Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / IMPALA / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006090664 Incident Date: Dec, 28 2006
Consumer's City: MARSHFIELD Consumer's State: WI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: IMPALA Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights:high/low beam dimmer switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 2G1WF52E529 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 03 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 10 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Headlights and taillights went out while driving at night. the first time it was very momentary (just a few seconds and they again came on and functioned ok). none-the-less it caused a rapid application of the brakes. second time, approximately 10 days or so later, same happening and rapid stop caused and pulled off to side of highway. again the lights came on and functioned normally after about 30 seconds to a minute of time passed. third time, approximately 2 days later, same happening only lights remained out. was necessary to replace the dimmer switch and the cost to repair was $345. *jb