NHTSA Complaint #10994615 — 2016 CHEVROLET IMPALA

THE LIGHTING ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL FADES OR DISAPPEARS SO THAT I CAN'T SEE INFORMATION LIKE MY ODOMETER READING. ON JUNE 8, 2017 THE PROBLEM WAS SO BAD THAT I COULDN'T EVEN SEE THE LIGHT THAT SHOWS WHICH GEAR I SHIFTED INTO. ON JUNE 12, 2017 THE INFORMATION WAS FADED BUT READABLE IF EXAMINED CAREFULLY. I HAD A SIMILAR OCCURRENCE IN MARCH WHILE TRAVELING. ALL THREE PROBLEMS OCCURRED ON BRIGHT, SUNNY DAYS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS HOT (FROM DRIVING OR FROM THE TEMPERATURE). ON JUNE 12, 2017 I NOTED THAT, WHEN I PULLED MY KEY FROM IGNITION, THE KEY HAD GOTTEN SO HOT THAT IT ALMOST BURNED ME. ALL THREE TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THE PROBLEM BEGAN. IT HAD BEEN PARKED AND WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS DID NOT LIGHT UP AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. FOR THE MARCH OCCURRENCE, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND AFTER A WAITING PERIOD IT WAS TURNED BACK ON AND THE DISPLAYS REAPPEARED. FOR THE JUNE 8TH OCCURRENCE, THE DISPLAY GRADUALLY REAPPEARED. FOR THE JUNE 12TH OCCURRENCE, THE DISPLAYS APPEARED DIM FOR MY ENTIRE 20 MILE DRIVE.