Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints (2000)

233 consumer complaints on file.

#898903November 7, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
REAR DEFFOGGER DID NOT WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR REAR DEFOGGER AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754002November 1, 2001
STRUCTURE
DEALER HAD THE CAR FOR TEN WEEKS. GMC PLATFORM ENGINEER BUILT ENGINE CRADLE FOR THIS VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752718September 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
10/31/00 , GM REPL ENGINE CRADLE/FRAME TO ALLEVIATE CLUNK ING NOISE PRT#10288271. DEALER SAID TO HAVE DONE RACK &PINION WITH NO SUCCESS NOTHING ON INVOICE FOR LATTER. 5/10/01, SAME NOISE & VIBRAT IN STEER, TECH SAYS LEAK GEAR ,REPLAC GEAR ASSEMBLY PRT#26079929.8/8/01 MILAGE#23725 NOISE IS BACK AND THE SAME THIS TIME CALLED A WORN STEERING SHAFT. REPLACED PRT#26078302 .8/29/01 MILES#24608 NOISE STILL PRESENT . TECH CAN NOT IDENTIFY. CALLED GM EACH TIME THEY INSIST THE DEALER IS FIXING IT ,HARDLY. THEY HAVE REPLACED JUST ABOUT EVERY PRT THEY ARE FIXING BY PROCESS OF ELIMINATION. REPAIRS THIS EXTENSIVE ON 14928 MILES,19988,23725, &STILL THERE TELL ME THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS MODEL. EVERY BUMP IS VIBRATING IN THE STEERING WHEEL &CLUNKING CAN BE FELT. EVERYTHING FEELS LOOSE & SHAKEY. SOMETHING IS JUST NOT RIGHT AND IT SCARES ME TO THINK I PUT MY FAMILY IN THIS CAR , WITH NO REAL ANSWERS. IT HAS BEEN THE SAME DEFECT FROM THE FIRST VISIT TO THE DEALER AND IT REMAINS. PLEASE HELP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895464August 29, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVER SIDE SEATBACK DOES NOT LOCK. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WOULD ONLY LOCK UP ON IMPACT. ONLY WAY FOR A PASSENGER TO ENTER OR EXIT REAR SEATS IS IF DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS PULLED UP. PLEASE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894607August 17, 2001
SUSPENSION, STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STRUCTURE
STEERING WHEEL WOULD MAKE POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING. HAD TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, MECHANIC REPLACED RACK AND PINION ONLY. POPPING NOISE REAPPEARED AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE. WENT BACK TO DEALER, AND PINION WAS REPLACED AGAIN. NEXT DAY, POPPING NOISE CAME BACK . CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALER, AND ENGINE CRADLE WAS REPLACED. THEN, POPPING NOISE HAS REAPPEARED. TAKING VEHICLE BACK AGAIN TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748961July 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
DRIVERS POWER WINDOW GETS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION, TOOK VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DEALERS FOR PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT SEEM TO RESOLVE, I HAVE A BABY DUE IN 2 WEEKS AND 2 OTHER CHILDREN, IF THERE IS A FIRE IN THE CAR I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADVISED GEERAL MOTORS " HOW DO THEY EXPECT ME OR MY PREGNANT FINACE TO BREAK A WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IMPOSSIBLE! IF FIRE WE WOULD ALL BE KILLED DUE TO SMOKE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889099May 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SOUNDED LIKE MUFFLER WAS GONE 20000 MILES/ SECONDS 37111 . TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888630May 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE THREE TIMES AND FAILED TO CORRECT DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886813April 25, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE WILL STALL WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, JUST LIKE SOMEBODY TURNED OFF ENGINE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING STALLING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743703April 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUDDERED UPON BRAKING, HAD LONGER THAN NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE. HIT DEBRIS IN ROAD, CAUSING WHEEL AND ALIGNMENT DAMAGE. ALL FOUR ROTORS DETERMINED TO BE PREMATURELY WARPED, PROBABLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING. CHEVROLET DISLLOWED CLAIM FOR REPAIRS, CITING "NO SERVICE RECORDS FOR VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP FROM WHERE PURCHASED"!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741838March 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
REAR BRAKES WOBBLE, CAUSING A BAD VIBRATION THAT CAN BE FELT THROUGH THE SEAT WHEN DRIVING. AT AROUND 11,000 MILES I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER. THE ROTORS WERE TURNED ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS HELPED, BUT AFTER ABOUT 2000 MILES THE WOBBLE AND VIBRATION RETURNED. I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES CAUSING THE VIBRATION, BECAUSE WHEN I MASH ON THE BRAKES HARD THE VIBRATION IS MUCH LESS, SOMETIMES NO VIBRATION AT ALL. THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO STOP WELL UNLESS PRESSING HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, ESPECIALLY WHEN WET. I AM SENDING YOU THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE I FEEL THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AND I AM TIRED OF BEING TREATED LIKE I AM A LIAR AND I AM STUPID. I HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES AND I KNOW HOW BRAKES ARE SUPPOSED TO WORK. THE BRAKES ON THIS CAR DO NOT PERFORM PROPERLY. MY DRIVING HABITS ALLOW ME TO GET 70,000 PLUS MILES ON A SET OF BRAKES. I CURRENTLY HAVE A 1999 DODGE RAM WITH OVER 70,000 MILES, THAT WILL NOT NEED BRAKES FOR ANOTHER 30,000 MILES PROBABLY. I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741717February 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES,BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLANT LEVEL LOW INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON ,EACH TIME THEY TOPPED IT OFF AND COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM,I WAS REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CAR MANUAL SAYS THE COOLANT FLUID SHOULD BE FINE FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OR 150,000.THE FORTH TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WAS YESTERDAY I WANTED TO LEAVE IT AND GET THIS RESOLVED,FOUR HOURS LATER I CALLED AND THEY FOUND A LEAKING GASKET ,THEY SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND TAKE PART OF THE ENGINE APART ,I WAS NOT HAPPY .I DIDN'T BUY A NEW CAR TO HAVE THIS KIND OF WORK DONE AT 26,500. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741572February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
I HAVE A 2000 MONTE CARLO SS AND IM HAVE INTERMETTED STALLING AND EXSESSIVE CRANKING AND DEALER SAID THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING. MY SES LIGHT COMES ON AND DOES NOT STORE CODES. I HAVE A EGG SMELL COMING OUT OF THE HEAT AND A.C. MY RIMS ARE CHIPPED. THE FACTORY JUST PAINTED OVER THEM. THREE LINES IN MY DEFOGGER DO NOT WORK FROM THE DEALER WHEN THEY WHERE PUTTING CAR PARTS IN MY CAR AND SCRACHED THE LINES. MY DRIVER SEAT IS CAVING IN AND WAS RETRIMED 2 TIMES AND LOOKS 2 DIFF. COLORS. MY TRAC. DID NOT WORK ONCE IN A SKID 2 DAYS AGO.MY REMOTE SOME TIMES DON'T LOCK MY CAR AND THE DEALER SAID ITS NORMAL. BACK BRAKE SQEEK AND TOOK IT TO A TIRE PLACE AND THEY ADD "QUIET BRAKE" TO THE BACK OF PADS TO STOP IT ..SO FAR IT WORKS. DEALER REPLACED MY RADIO AFTER ITS SINGED MY TAPE AND IT SKIPPS CD'S AND SCRATCHES THEM. WHEN DEFOGGER IS ON I CAN'T GET ANY CLEAR RADIO STATIONS. MY DRIVER WINDOW IS SCRACHED AT TOP FROM PUTTING THE WINDOW DOWN AND WHEN ITS DOWN IN THE DOOR IT CHATTERS OVER BUMPS AND PASS. SIDE WORKS GREAT. SUN ROOD LINING IS BROKE AND DEALER GLUED IT AND BROKE IN WINTER.EACH TIME I GET IT BACK FROM THAT DEALER I GET A SCRATCH IN IT SO I JUST CHANGED DEALERS. MY CAR IDLES BETWEEN 500&1000 AND SOME TIMES STALLS. CAR ROLLS BACK ON HILLS.THE DEALER DAMGED MY SIDE MIRRORS AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM... PLEASE HELP ME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740654February 9, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
THE CHECK VEHICLE SOON LIGHT CAME ON SO I IMMEDIATLY DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOT TIGHTED DOWN THE GAS CAP AND THATS WHY THE LIGHT CAME ON SO THEY RE-SET THE LIGHT. TWO DAYS LATER THE LIGHT RETURNED AND AGAIN I WAS TOLD ABOUT THE GAS CAP, I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD NOT PUT ANY GAS IN IT. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND DISCOVERED THE CAR HAD A "WEAK FUEL PUMP". #2 I WAS LEAVING FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN MY TIRE BLEW OUT, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE I MUST OF HIT SOMETHING WITH IT. (I NEVER HIT ANYTHING). #3 I ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE CAR FROM INFRONT OF MY HOME, INTO THE DRIVEWAY, RED FLUID BEGAN TO POUR OUT UNDER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED. #4 THE VEHICLE ENGINE HAS HAD A LOW IDLE MISS THAT STARTED ABOUT 10 DAYS AFTER WE BROUGHT THE CAR HOME. #4 I JUST NOTICED THAT MY PASSENGER DOOR IS POPING AGAINST THE RIGHT FRONT FENDER WHEN YOU ATTEMPT TO OPEN IT. THE CONDITION SEEMS TO BE WORSENING AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FENDER AND THE DOOR DO NOT LINE UP CORRECTLEY. THE DEALERSHIP CONTINUES TO TELL ME THAT THE CAR IS RUNNING TO "FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS" AT THIS TIME. I AM AT A LOSS I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GET MY VEHICLE TAKEN CARE OF WHEN THE DEALERSHIP DOESNT EVEN CARE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE TIME TO CHECK IT OUT. THIS WAS MY FIRST CARBUYING EXPERIENCE AND IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE, I LOVE MY MONTE CARLO AND I JUST WISH SOMEONE WOULD ASSIST ME. (TIRESIZE: P255 60R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255 60R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880131February 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH HAD A FRONT CRASH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#559361February 2, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR LOW SPEED COLLISION, THE HOOD STRIKER PULLED OUT OF THE HOOD AND WHEN THE OWNER ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HOME THE HOOD FLEW UP CAUSING NO VISIBILITY AND DAMAGE TO THE ROOF, UPON INSPECTION THE REPAIRMAN NOTICED THAT THE STRIKER WAS BRAIDED TO THE HOOD INSTEAD OF WELDED, HE BELIEVES THIS IS A POOR DESIGN (BODY SHOP REPAIRMAN WROTE IN FOR CONSUMER). NL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736462November 17, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHIELD JUST STARTED CRACKING IN THE MORNING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TOLD ME THAT IT COULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735984November 8, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, ENTERED A RESTAURANT AND FLAMES/SMOKE WERE NOTICED COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL AREA. AFTER THE FIRE HAD BEEN PUT OUT, THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, HOOD, FRONT CLIP, TIRES, AND FENDERS WERE ALL BURNED/MELTED. INCIDENT NUMBER 01-2000-0004723-000 WAS FILED BY THE JOPLIN, MO FIRE DEPARTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736002November 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ABNORMAL BRAKE ROTOR WEARING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874560November 7, 2000
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, STRUCTURE, WHEELS, TIRES
CONSUMER IS LOSING TRACTION ON WET PAVEMENT, FEELS LIKE VEHICLE WANTS TO SLIDE.*AK THE WHEEL WERE ABOUT TO FALL OF SHAKING BAD AT HIGH SPEED DUE TO LOOSE AND MISSING LUG NUTS. STRUT IS LEAKING. DEFECTIVE TIRE 235/45/17( NO MAKE/MODEL OF TIRE PROVIDE) CAUSING VIBRATION, DRIFTING AND SLIDING. BENT WHEELS REPLACED CAUSING VIBRATION. CRADLE WERE TOO SHORT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CREAK WHEN TURNING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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