Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints

2,145 consumer complaints on file.

#10398895May 4, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A RECURRING FAILURE WHICH THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE RADIO AND HEADLIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FAIL WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,066.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398119April 28, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THE GAUGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10397768April 22, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIRST VOLTAGE METER QUIT WORKING THEN SPEEDOMETER AND RECENTLY TACHOMETER QUIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394502April 7, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
1998 MONTE CARLO 29,000 MILES, NO ACCIDENTS. BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING EXCEPT FOR THE THIRD LIGHT IN THE BACK WINDOW. READ ON FORUM A SIMILAR ISSUE, LIGHTLY MASSAGED THE WIRING HARNESS GOING FROM STEERING COLUMN TO TURN SIGNAL LEVER, BRAKE LIGHTS THEN BEGAN WORKING AGAIN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10395124April 7, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 MONTE CARLO SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING TOLD THE DEALER ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HOW I RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE AND WHY THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE OF COARSE THEY DO NOT KNOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394494April 6, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
JUST PURCHASED 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LS 2D TODAY, VEHICLE HAS 1ST GEAR ENGAGEMENT (SLIPS), WHEN PULLING OFF FROM STATIONARY POSITION VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER THEN JERK/CLUNK FORWARD LIKE BEING HIT FROM BEHIND ONLY OCCURS WHEN PULLING OFF FROM STAND STILL POSITION OR MAKING TURNS, ALSO NOTICED DASH BOARD PANEL IS SEPARATING FROM AIRBAG COMPARTMENT AND GLUE/FOAM SHOWING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10394319April 5, 2011
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STEERING WHEEL WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL CLUNKING AND POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED A DEFECTIVE STEERING SHAFT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,900 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,906.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392481March 22, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT
WE HAVE HAD HARDSHIP DUE TO JOB LOST AND MAJOR CAR MAINTENANCE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESOLVED BEFORE WE PURCHASE THE VEHICLE DOING A RECALL ON MARCH 12,2007 FUEL SYSTEM. WE PURCHASE FEB 2008 AND FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE STARTED IN 2010 AND COST A LOT OF MONEY!! WHEN U PULL UP THE VIN NUMBER YOU WILL SEE THIS HAD NOT BEEN DONE AND IT WAS IN CARMAX POSSESSION AND COST ME AND MY SON BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT HANDLE!!! I AM SO ANGRY ABOUT WHAT CARMAX IS DOING TO MY CREDIT AND MY SON DUE TO ALOT MONEY PAID OUT ON RECALL WORK IN WHICH WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT THE RECALLS WE PURCHASE THIS CAR IN FEB 2008 I CAN SHOW RECEIPTS AND GET THE MAN NAME [XXX] A LICENSE MECHANIC TO COME FORWARD THIS IS HORRIFIC TO KNOW CARMAX CONTRIBUTE TO OUR STRUGGLES MAINTAINING AND PAYING OUT ALOT OF MONEY INTO WORK THAT WAS UNDER RECALLS AND TOOK AWAY FROM HAVING THE MONEY TO PAY THE CAR NOTE IN THE PROCESS!!!! FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE HAPPEN WHERE THE RADIATOR AND NUMEROUS OF HOSES AND SENSORS WERE DESTROYED AND THE FUEL INJECTION PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACE AT MY EXPENSE I AM ANGRY AS A CONSUMER THAT US STRUGGLE COULD HAVE BEEN HANDLE FREE THROUGH RECALL AND WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED AND THAT PROBLEM EXIST FUEL SYSTEM WAS NOT REPLACE DOING RECALL ON MARCH 12,2007, WE WAS NOT NOTIFIED NOR IN OCT 16,2008 STEERING RECALL, NOR WAS WE NOTIFIED IN FEB 11,2009 FOR STEERING RECALLS THIS IS SAD THAT CARMAX CONTRIBUTED TO OUR STRUGGLES THEY NEVER CONTACT US NOR DID CHEVROLET CONTACT US ABOUT ANY RECALLS!!!! PURCHASE VEHICLE FEB 02,2008 PAID 32 PAYMENTS AND FOR AUGUST 17, 2009 DEFERMENT, APRIL 28,2009 DEFERMENT WITH 32 PAYMENTS PLUS 2 DEFERMENTS COMES TO 34 PAYMENTS. CARMAX TOOK THE PAYMENT I MADE AND APPLIED THEM TO MY TO THE DEFERMENTS MAKING MY ACCOUNT BE BEHIND WITH THE CONTRACT BALANCE AND FINANCE CHARGES COMES THEY WERE APPLIED CAME TO $8,980.24 TOTALING, AND LATE FEES COMING TO $659.33, BUT MY FULL AMOUNT FROM MONEY ORDERS AND CHECKS PAID CAME TO $11,593.97 TOTAL AND ITS 1,954. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392220March 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CLUNKING, AND IT REVS HIGH WHEN SHIFTING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390586March 18, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE RECUT 1 TIME, REPLACED 1 TIME BY DEALER DUE TO PITTING OF THE ROTORS CAUSING RUFF STOPPING. I REPLACE THE REAR PADS AND ROTORS OUT OF POCKET AT 39,000MILES AND STOPPED PROBLEM. FRONT BRAKE PADS CRACKED IN THE FIRST 12,000 MILES AND REPLACED OUT OF POCKET WITH CERAMIC PADS, NO MORE BRAKE TROUBLE YET, THE CAR NOW HAS 48,000 MILES. WE HAD NO ACCIDENTS FROM THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390988March 15, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 MONTE CARLO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SPEEDOMETER FAILURE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ ANY WHERE FROM 80-90 MPH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386932March 8, 2011
TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
I OWN A 2006 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO, THE TIRE PRESSURE LOW SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, IF MY CAR WERE A IMPALA GM WOULD FIX IT BUT SINCE IT IS A DISCONTINUED MODEL THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION ON THE NET ABOUT THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH REMOTE START/ LOCK PROBLEM FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IS A PROBLEM THEY DO NOT HONOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10385233February 24, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AT APPROXIMATELY 57,000 (OCTOBER 2010) THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ EITHER ZERO MILES PER HOUR OR 120 MILES PER HOUR WHILE DRIVING. IT WOULD MOVE ERRATICALLY WHILE DRIVING SHOWING ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO 120 MPH. THEN IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. IN JANUARY 2011 THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY AGAIN AND HAS BEEN DOING SO CONTINUALLY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS ACCURATE BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. I CONSIDER IT A SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO NOT KNOWING HOW FAST I AM GOING. WHEN ON THE FREEWAY I GAUGE MY SPEED BY OTHER DRIVERS. IF I USE MY GPS I AM CONSTANTLY LOOKING AWAY FROM THE ROAD TO SEE WHAT MY SPEED IS AND IT IS HARDER TO READ ON THE GPS. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET THROUGH EMAIL AND THEY DID NOT REPLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10383061February 17, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
THE ROTORS OF MY 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LS NEED TO RESURFACED OR REPLACE EVERY 6000 MILES, OTHERWISE I WILL FEEL THE SHAKING/VIBRATING OF THE BRAKES WHEN I TRY TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP AT HIGH SPEED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10380918February 6, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2001 CHEVY MONTE CARLO BLINKERS DOESN'T WORK AN WHEN I PRESS THE HAZARDOUS LIGHTS THY START WORKING BUT RECENTLY NEITHER OF THEM WORK. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10380000February 2, 2011
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HAZARD LIGHT, HEADLIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS ALL FAILED. HOWEVER, THE TURN SIGNALS FUNCTIONED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 150,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10379290January 27, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
OWNED THIS 2005 MONTE CARLO FOR OVER 3 YEARS NOW, FIRST INCIDENT WAS AROUND 50 TO 60000 MILES, 2 YEARS AGO, MY THEN MECHANIC CHANGED OUT SOMETHING IN MY IGNITION SWITCH THAT CURED THE SECURITY LITE ISSUE. I HAVE THE SECURITY LITE ON AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT AROUND 95000 MILES, AFRAID TO TURN THE CAR OFF, BUT, IF I AM AT HOME, I WILL SHUT THE CAR OFF AND IMMEDIATELY SEE IF IT WILL RESTART AND IT DOES, AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES RUNNING, THE SECURITY LITE POPS ON AGAIN AND STAYS ON! NOW, READING ALL THIS GM PASSLOCK SYSTEM ISSUES, IT IS VERY CLEAR GM NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, AND IT IS A PROBLEM OF GM! THE MONEY WE PAY FOR CARS AND FOR THIS TO CONTINUE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEALERSHIPS WANTS TO REPLACE THE BCM, OF COURSE, THAT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART AND IT IS NOT SOLVING THE ISSUE, THEY ARE PLAYING A GUESSING GAME WITH OUR WALLETS! ! IT IS APPARENT THERE IS A DEFECT SOMEWHERE IN THE PASSLOCK SECURITY AND I FIND THIS AS MANY OTHERS DO UNACCEPTABLE TO THE POINT WHERE I WILL NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT AND IF EVERYONE IN THESE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ DOES THE SAME THING, WELL, GM, I THINK YOU WILL HAVE RAMIFICATIONS FROM IT. WHY DON'T YOU PLEASE MAKE IT RIGHT WITH THE CHEVY CUSTOMERS THAT GIVES YOU YOUR JOB, BECAUSE IF NO ONE IS BUYING GM, THERE WILL BE NO JOB. I WOULD THINK GM CAN RESTORE A GOOD REPUTATION IF THIS WAS SOLVED. WE THE PEOPLE OWNING GM WITH YOUR SECURITY ISSUE IS REQUESTING A FINAL SOLUTION TO THIS ANNOYING ONGOING PROBLEM! SO WHAT DO YOU SAY GM, YOU THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER FOR THE PASSLOCK SECURITY LITE ISSUES ON THE CHEVYS? WE THE PEOPLE BELIEVE THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE QUICKLY! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10377032January 18, 2011
STEERING
CLUNKING NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL.. LOCAL AAA REPAIR CENTER GAVE ME A SERVICE BULLETIN LISTING THIS AS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT IN VARIOUS GM MODELS SINCE 2000. THE ABOVE MENTIONED SHAFT WAS REPLACED AND THE CLUNKING WENT AWAY I HAVE THE REPLACED SHAFT GM'S ORIGINAL FIX WAS A LUBE KIT(WHICH DID NOT LAST) THEN THEY LISTED A NEW "FIX" CHANGE THE SHAFT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE NHTSA HAS REVIEWED THIS PROBLEM SINCE THIS IS A PART IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE 2000 YEAR MODELS? WHY WASN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376741January 14, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS WITH THE LS4 V8 ENGINE COUPLED TO THE 4T65HD TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION AI STARTING TO ACT UP, MISSING SHIFTS AND SLIPPING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. MY CAR ONLY HAS 45000 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ABUSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376484January 13, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEED ODOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING OF 5 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONTINUOUSLY AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE SPEED ODOMETER BECAME INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000. UPDATED 2/23/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT WOULD READ 0 MPH AT ALL TIMES. UPDATED 03/09/11*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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