2000 Chevrolet Impala Electrical System

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, DARK GREY SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ABS WARNING ILLUMINATED AND SECONDS AFTER NOTICING THE SMOKE, FLAMES STARTED TO EMIT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED WHO VERIFIED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI-THEFT WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,835. UPDATED 11/24/14*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND THE SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER 15-20 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STARTED. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, BUT THE LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON. UPDATED 01/27/15*JB

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE FOR OVER 1 YEAR, BUT MY IMPALAS ENGINE WILL JUST STOP RUNNING WHILE IN TRAVEL UP TO 65 MPH CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH INABILITY TO STEER, OR BRAKE WHILE IN TRAFFIC. NUMEROUS REPORTS IN ONLINE SEARCHES HAVE INDICATED THAT THERE ARE MANY IMPALA OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES, BUT ACCORDING TO THEM GM IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THOSE SAME OWNERS ARE ONLY PAYING HIGH SERVICE FEES AT GM DEALERSHIPS WITH THE PROBLEM NEVER BEING FIXED. I SUSPECT THAT IN THE FUTURE MY IMPALA WILL BE INVOLVED IN A COLLISION DUE TO THIS PROBLEM, BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT AS IT IS. *TR

2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE AND WOULD LIKE A REFUND FOR PAYING FOR THE IGNITION LOCK CYLINDER.*SS THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. *JB

1.) I CAN REMOVE THE IGNITION KEY FROM THE CYLINDER WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. WHEN I TURN KEY OFF AND LOCK DOOR, THE LOCK POPS BACK UP BECAUSE IT NOT IN THE OFF POSITION. I GET BACK IN AND PUT THE KEY IN AND TURN TO THE LEFT, EVEN THOUGH THE CAR IS OFF, AND I CAN NOW LOCK MY DOOR. I MUST ALWAYS USE EMERGENCY BRAKE BECAUSE I DON'T TRUST IT NOT TO ROLL WHEN I GET OUT. ON 9/29/2014, NHTSA RECALL #:14V400 GM, RECALL #:N140350 COMPLETED BUT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOTHING THAT I CAN TELL. " 2014-04-10 GM IS AWARE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED COMPLAINTS OF KEYS COMING OUT OF IGNITIONS. SECOND REPAIR ADDED TO VEHICLES RECALLED EARLIER DETROIT ?? GENERAL MOTORS INFORMED THE NHTSA TODAY THAT IT IS ADDING IGNITION LOCK CYLINDERS TO ITS SAFETY RECALL OF 2.2 MILLION OLDER MODEL CARS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CYLINDERS CAN ALLOW REMOVAL OF THE IGNITION KEY WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, LEADING TO A POSSIBLE ROLLAWAY, CRASH AND OCCUPANT OR PEDESTRIAN INJURIES. 2.) CAR TAKES A LONG TIME AND MANY CLICKS TO START. TURN KEY,CLICKING AND DASH AND SECURITY LIGHTS FLASH BUT WILL NOT CRANK, YOU CAN TURN IT OVER UNTIL YOUR FINGERS GO NUMB, THEN AFTER YOU HAVE REACH THE POINT OF SCREAMING IT CRANKS. CAR STARTED DOING THIS JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES A WHILE BACK AND AS TIME WENT BY IT TAKES LONGER AND LONGER TO START OR SHOULD I SAY IT TAKES MORE CLICKS OR MANY TRIES AND THEN IT WILL JUST TURN OVER. THE DEALER STARTED IT FASTER WHEN I HAD IT IN FOR THE RECALL. 9/28/2014 22 COMPLAINTS: 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA CAR WON'T START, CLICKING NOISE WHEN TRY.. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/IMPALA/2000/ELECTRICAL/CAR_WONT_S... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V400000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED IMMEDIATELY AFTER LEAVING THE DEALER FROM GETTING THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 70 MPH. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE HOWEVER, THE ANTI-THEFT SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND PREVENTED THE VEHICLE FROM BEING STARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSLOCK/BCM SYSTEM. I HAVE TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. THE BCM NEEDS REPLACEMENT IT IS A VERY KNOWN AND COMMON PROBLEM THAT GM IS WELL AWARE OF. THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM IN THE IGNITION CYLINDER WILL EITHER GO BAD OR SHORT OUT AND THEN THE BCM WILL SEE IT AS THE CAR IS BEING STOLEN AND THEN SHUT DOWN THE FUEL INJECTIONS AND THE STARTER PREVENTING THE CAR FROM BEING STARTED. I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF DOING THE RELEARN OF THE BCM/IGNITION SO THAT I CAN START MY [XXX] CAR. THE NEEDS TO BE A MAJOR RECALL ON THE CHEVY LINE WITH THE PASS LOCK II SYSTEM INSTALLED IN IT!!!!!! *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND SECURITY LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR DIED. WAITED SOME TIME AFTER PULLING OVER AND CAR STARTED SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OF SECURITY LIGHT THIS IS RANDOM AND VERY ANNOYING AS YOU DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE CAR IS GOING TO DIE. DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE PARTS THAT ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND I DID THIS ONCE BEFORE (OUT OF WARRANTY) AND CAN'T SEE DOING IT AGAIN IF THIS IS NOT A FIX. *TR

MY 2000 CHEVY IMPALA DECIDES NOT TO START ON SOME DAYS. AT FIRST, IT WAS VERY INFREQUENT AND NOW ITS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. WHEN I TURN THE KEY TO START MY CAR, THE ONLY THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE SECURITY LIGHT TURNS ON. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES THE MY CAR SUDDENTLY STARTS UP AGAIN. FROM WHAT I READ ONLINE AND ON YOUTUBE, THIS PROBLEM IS NOTORIOUS WITH A LOT OF GM VEHICLES. NOT A LOT OF MECHANICS KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND I DONT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO HAVE IT SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS OBVIOUS MALFUNCTION. I KNOW THAT MY NEXT CAR WILL NOT BE A GM.

SECURITY LIGHT FLASHING, WONT START OR IF IT STARTS THE RADIO AND ALL CLUSTER GAUGES WONT WORK. *TR

CAR WILL NOT START. IT APPEARS TO BE THE PASSLOCK SYSTEM. NEED TO WAIT FOR SYSTEM TO RESET AND IT WILL START. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR AND MANY OTHER GM VEHICLES. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

NO WARNING, NO EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. 2000 CHEVY IMPALA LS 3.8 STALLS CONSTANTLY. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, SO THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ALL OVER JUST LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET, DON'T KNOW WHY THIS IS NOT A RECALL, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH IN THE FAST LANE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND THE CAR JUST STALLED, ALSO STALLED AT A RED LIGHT, ALSO STALLED TRAVELING AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND AT 30 MPH (ALMOST REAR-ENDED ON BOTH OCCASIONS). CHEVY DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER, CHEVY MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL GM CARS FOR YEARS. WHY IS THIS NOT KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC? THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND IT STALLED ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. NOW THEY WILL TRY REPLACING THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR BUT WILL NOT GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM. NEXT THEY WOULD TRY THE MASS AIR SENSOR. THIS IS A KNOWN COMMON PROBLEM THAT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC IF IT HAPPENED AT THE WRONG TIME. I KNOW, I WAS ALMOST KILLED ON THAT MAJOR HIGHWAY THAT DAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. WHEN HE INSERTED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, IT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

2000 IMPALA DOES NOT ALWAYS START. SECURITY ISSUES NOT ALLOWING START UNTIL AT LEAST 15 MINS OF TRYING. *TR

2000 IMPALA, CAR HAS DIED 2 TIMES SINCE PURCHASED 2 WEEKS AGO FOR NO REASON WHILE DRIVING. ALL ELECTRICAL STILL WORKS BUT STARTER WILL NOT ENGAGE, AFTER 5-30 MINUTES OF WAITING IT WILL START. CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS TO CHANGE THE IGNITION SWITCH SOMETIMES IT HELPS. CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT WONT DO ANYTHING IT. ALSO HAVE THE TURN SIGNAL ISSUE WHERE THEY QUIT WORKING UNTIL YOU TURN ON THE FLASHERS. FUEL GUAGE DOESNT WORK. ALL OF THE RECALLS HAVE BEEN DONE TO THIS CAR. WHY WONT CHEVY FIX THE DANGEROUS ONE ABOUT THE CAR STALLING AT FREEWAY SPEED AND LOOSING THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES DO TO A STALLED ENGINE. 119000 MILES ON THE CAR. *TR

LOW/HIGH BEAM SWITCH (MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH) WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND SWITCHING FROM LOW TO HIGH OR VISE / VERSA HEADLIGHT WILL GO OUT COMPLETELY. JUST TOLD MY WIFE LEAVE THE LOW BEAMS ON AND NEVER SWITCH TO THE HIGH BEAMS.. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN THE KEY IN THE IGNITION BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE IGNITION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND OBSERVED SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THERE WAS A RECALL DEFECT WHICH THE MANUFACTURER FAILED TO HONOR. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.

MY 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA IS CAUSING A GREAT DEAL OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AND IS LEAVING ME STRANDED IN AWKWARD SITUATIONS. AT UNPREDICTABLE TIMES IT WILL NOT START. I TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING. I TOOK IT TO A GM DEALER AND THEY PUT A NEW IGNITION SWITCH ON THE CAR AND IT WAS FINE FOR 6 MONTHS. COST $500. I OFTEN COULD WAIT 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND IT WOULD START. BUT IT BEGAN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. I TOOK IT IN TO A MECHANIC, HE RAN THE CODES AND DETERMINED IT WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH. COST $450 AND WITHIN A MONTH IT BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING. I GOT STRANDED AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A GM DEALER AND THEY PUT A NEW BATTERY ON IT AND REMOVED ALL THE AFTER MARKET UNLOCKING MECHANISMS AND CHARGED $550. THREE DAYS LATER WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE PASS LOCK SYSTEM. THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT OF SOME SORT GOING ON IN THE WHOLE STARTING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. *TR

MY 2000 CHEVROLET IMPALA HAS A PROBLEM A COUPLE OF TIMES EVERY MONTH WHERE IT WON'T START UP. I'LL TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. SO I'LL JUST WAIT 15-30 MINUTES AND IT STARTS UP FINE. I'VE HEARD MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ON ALL SIMILAR GM VEHICLES AND WAS WONDERING WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL. *TR

ELECTRICAL SIGNALS QUIT WORKING INTERMITTENTLY,WILL START IF HAZARDS ARE PUSHED. *TR

BODY CONTROL MODULE, PASS LOCK SENSOR, IGNITION SWITCH. WILL NOT ALLOW CAR TO START CORRECTLY OFTEN NOT AT ALL. IF RESEARCH IS DONE THERE IS THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON GM VEHICLES WITH THIS SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME RECURRING PROBLEM. GM REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH THIS SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT PERSONALLY HAD A INJURY CAUSED BY THIS PROBLEM BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INJURY IS THERE. IF I CAN NOT START MY VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM IT CAN AND HAS LEFT ME IN A POSITION THAT IS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. *TR

MY 2000 IMPALA HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH THE DIRECTION SIGNALS. AT TIMES THEY WORK FINE AND OTHER TIMES THEY DON'T. SOMETIMES WHILE THE DIRECTIONAL IS WORKING IT WILL STOP FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR REAR END COLLISIONS EVEN WITH ARM SIGNALS. THIS OCCURS ON A NEARLY DAILY BASIS. I AM WAITING TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL AS THE COST TO REPLACE IS APPROXIMATELY $500 AS THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL IS SOLD AS A SINGLE UNIT (DIRECTIONAL ARM AND FLASHING UNIT ARE 1 PIECE). THE UNIT ITSELF IS OVER $300. *TR