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2002 Chevrolet Impala exterior lighting problems

123 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2002 Chevrolet Impala15% of all complaints for this model year.

123
Exterior Lighting complaints
15%
share of all complaints
77,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • High beam switch has been broken, very common problem when google searching. No one fixes it as it is prohibitively expensive. Cannot use high beams and many people adjust the low beams higher as a solution, which is bad for everyone. Should be a recall?

    filed Jul 18, 2020

  • This particular issue occurs at random times and conditions. As I'm traveling at night and I pull back the dimmer switch lever, the headlights will go out and leave me totally in the dark. The only way that I can get the headlights to come on again is to continue to manipulate the dimmer/turn…

    filed Mar 19, 2015

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.