Chevrolet Silverado owners have reported 6 interior lighting related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common interior lighting problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's interior lighting (6 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Interior Lighting problems |
The instrument panel clusters overly bright high beam indicator distracted the driver and caused a near miss accident with a deer crossing the roadway. When driving the vehicle on very dark roadways the high beam indicator glows too intense back into the driver's eyes.
High beam indicator is too bright when driving the vehicle during night time hours on very dark roadways. The high beam indicator illuminates too brightly back to the drivers eyes and causes unnecessary periphery eye strain. This is a safety issue and an inconveinence to the operator of the vehicle when high beam operation is needed for safe road visiblity.
The consumer accidentally hit the interior dome light override switch 3 times which caused the vehicle's headlights to fail without warning. The switch was only supposed to allow the dome light to remain illuminated when doors were closed.
Dome overide button causes automatic lights to go off when vehicle is in drive at night.
While driving 55 mph the consumer hit the dome light override switch and the headlights went out.
While dimming the light for instrument panel consumer's hand "bumped" dome override switch. As a result, all external lights shut off during operation of vehicle. This was only designed to happen when dome overriding switch was pressed four times in rapid succession. Problem occured whenever switch was touched. Dealership has been unable to determine a cause for this problem. Consumer states the dealer replaced the switch and it does the same thing.