Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints (2003)

158 consumer complaints on file.

#10142970November 17, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED EXCESSIVELY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE FIRST TIME HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TURNED THE ROTORS. THIS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY 30-60 DAYS. THE SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY REPLACED THE ROTORS. THE ROTORS HAVE TO BE TURNED APPROXIMATELY EVERY 10,000 MILES. THIS PROCEDURE HAS NOT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137986September 28, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR TO WORK, HEARD A CLUNK-GRIND SOUND ON A RIGHT TURN. DROVE TO WORK ANYWAY ON THE FREEWAY - ABOUT 15 MINUTES. WHEN PULLING INTO MY PARKING SPOT, TURNING RIGHT, THE CLUNK-GRIND SOUND APPEARED AGAIN AND THEN JUST MADE A GRINDING SOUND. AFTER HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER, WAS TOLD IT WAS A BROKEN RIGHT-FRONT AXLE. THE DEALER IS CURRENTLY REPAIRING, BUT THE CAR IS LESS THAN TWO FULL YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 41,500 MILES. I CALLED CHEVORLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ARE PICKING UP ALMOST 50% OF THE $600 REPAIR BILL. THANK GOODNESS THIS DIDN'T BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING 75 MPH. ON THE FREEWAY!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133235September 23, 2005
AIR BAGS
DT: 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THREE WEEKS AGO. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS A DEER IN THE ROAD, VEHICLE SWERVED AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS A DEER IN THE ROAD VEHICLE SWERVED AND HIT AN EMBANKMENT DRIVER SUSTAINED A KNOT THE FOREHEAD AND WAS HIT ON THE CHEST AND FOREHEAD. SHE WAS STILL UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S CARE. ANOTHER PASSENGER ALSO SUSTAINED INJURIES. NO ONE HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN BY THE STATE TROOPER. THE CONSUMER HAD A FRIEND WHO WORKED AT GM AND WHO INDICATED THEY HAD FOUND NUMEROUS VEHICLES WITHOUT AIR BAGS. *AK *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10112922March 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DURING INSPECTION, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS WERE COMING APART. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS. *JB CONSUMER REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND PADS AT HER EXPENSE AND WAS REIMBURSED BY THE MANUFACTURER. MECHANIC SAID THE ROTORS WERE MADE OF PRESSED METAL THAT FLAKED APART WHICH MADE THE BRAKES WEAR OUT. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112553March 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CAR BEGAN HAVING A HARD SHIFT IN ALL GEARS AT 41,000 MILES, 5,000 MILES OUT OF 3 YEAR/36,000 BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. THE HIGH MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE IS DUE TO EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK. THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED WAS A LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE, DEFECTIVE TORQUE CONVERTOR CLUTCH SYLENOID, AND A DEFECTIVE PRESSURE CONTROL SYLENOID. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT UPON MANUFACTURING A WIRE TO THE TRANSMISSION WAS CRIMPED. ALL PARTS HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110742February 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE LIGHT THAT COMES ON WHEN YOU OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR (UNDER THE DASH) STAYED ON WITH THE DOOR SHUT. THE LIGHT BULB, BURNED THE PLASTC AROUND THE WIRES AND STARTED THE CARPET ON FIRE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. MY HUSBAND REMOVED THE LIGHT BULB AND BURNED HIS FINGERS TO PUT THE GLOWING CARPET OUT. THEN, MY TURN SIGNALS WORKED SOMETIMES AND THEN AT OTHER TIMES DID NOT. THEY EVENTUALLY STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. I TOOK THE CAR FOR REPAIRS AND WAS TOLD THAT A RELAY SWITCH HAD GONE OUT. NEXT, SOME OF THE LIGHTS ON THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL PANEL WENT OUT. NOT ALL OF THEM. THEY REPLACED MY RADIO BECAUSE THE BUTTONS WERE PEELING. THE NEXT DAY, HALF OF THE LIGHTS ON THE RADIO WENT OUT AND THEN CAME BACK ON. THE DEALER ACTUALLY TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES A NEW RADIO'S LIGHTS WILL NOT ALL KICK ON RIGHT AWAY. THIS MAY TAKE SOME TIME AND IF THEY GO OUT AGAIN, I SHOULD BRING THE CAR BACK. ARE THEY KIDDING ME? I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM HERE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10108428February 2, 2005
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE, SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE:TORQUE ARM
AXLE BROKE SUDENTLY ON THE HIGHWAY THUS PROVOCING THE CAR TO STOP OUTSIDE IN THE FIELD..GM NOR THE DEALERSHIP REFUSE ANY RESPONSABILITY. CAR IS UNDER 36000 MILES WARRANTY.CAR HAS ONLY 23000 MILES AND WAS REGULARLY SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107939January 26, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I HAVE TAKEN MY 2003 MONTE CARLO IN THREE DIFFERENT TIMES FOR ROTOR VIBRATION. I HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH GMAC AND THEY ARE NOW TELLING ME THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS DUE TO DRIVER HABITS. THIS IS SO UNFAIR, SEEING AS THEY DECIDED TO REPLACE A CALIPHER ON MY LAST SERVICE CALL SAYING THIS IS WHAT CAUSED THE WHOLE PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE TO HEAR THE BRAKES "SCRUBBING" AS I STOP, IT SOUNDS LIKE A 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK! THEY SAY THIS IS DUE TO THE BRAKES "WEARING INTO" THE NEW SHAPE OF THE ROTOR. SIGH, SO MUCH FOR BEING EXICITED OVER YOUR $378.00 A MONTH VEHICLE. ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR IS THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AND RIGHT SIDE CALIPHER REPLACED. (THEY TRIED TO CHARGE ME BUT THEN THEY "FOUND"THE CALIPHER HAS STUCK).*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106591January 18, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS WERE TURNED TWICE AND THEN FINALLY REPLACED AFTER REPEATED GRABBING/VIBRATION WHILE BRAKING OCCURRED. DEALER FINALLY REPLACED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WHEN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE THIRD TIME. THERE WAS NO CHARGE TO ME (WARRANTY COVERED IT). *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103055December 15, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
THE BODY GROUND EFFECTS MOLDING IN THE REAR OF VEHICLE IS SEPARATING FROM THE REST OF BODY. LOOKED UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, AND THE LATCH BROKE THAT HOLDS THE MOLDING INTO PLACE, AND LOOKED LIKE ONE OTHER WAS CRACKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102375December 8, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES WERE CHANGED @ 32,000 MILES STILL WAS HAVING VIBRATION WHEN I PRESSED THE PEDAL TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR THEM TO CHECK 4 TIMES AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. RECENTLY I HAD TO TAKE BACK FOR OIL CHANGE, ROTATION OF TIRES I TOLD THEM TO CHECK AGAIN AND MY ROTORS HAD TO BE TURNED BUT, THEY DID NOT CHANGE THE BRAKE PADS SAID THEY STILL HAD 75% WEAR. THE ROTORS COST ME OVER $100.00. I AM STILL HAVING VIBRATION WHEN I DRIVE AND RUBBING WHEN I PRESS MY BRAKE PEDAL. I HAD MY CAR ALIGNED @ THE DEALER WHEN THE ROTORS WERE TURNED. NOW I AM GOING TO GET THEM TO CHECK MY BRAKES AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099900November 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR 4 HOURS OR MORE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE TRUNK. CONSUMER AND A NEIGHBOR EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099620November 8, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY ON THE ROAD WHILE FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE ENGINE STARTED TO SMOKE. THE SMOKE GOT WORSE, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098328November 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
THE SUN ROOF IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO CRACKED AND THEN LITTLE CRACKS SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUNROOF. THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098194November 3, 2004
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
INSIDE REARVIEW MIRROR DOESNT DIM WHEN BUTTON IS MASHED YOU HAVE TO FLIP THE BUTTON OFF AND ON MANY,MANY TIMES TO GET THE LIGHT TO COME ON AND START WORKING (DIMMING). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098195November 3, 2004
STRUCTURE
DASH PANEL PULLING AWAY FROM AIR BAG COMPARTMENT ON PASSENGER SIDE GLUE AND FOAM IS SHOWING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115925November 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Z-34 1997, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND IDLING HIGH. *BF THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093107September 23, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
1. UNABLE TO ACTIVATE HORN DUE TO POOR PLACEMENT ON AIRBAG ASSEMBLY. RESULT: ACCIDENT DUE TO INABILITY TO HONK HORN TO ALERT OTHER DRIVER, 2ND INCIDENT NO ACCIDENT, NEAR MISS. 2. DESIGN PROHIBITS HORN ACTIVATION UNLESS ICON (BUGLE) IS PRESSED DIRECTLY. 3. DRIVER MUST TAKE EYES OFF ROAD TO LOCATE THE MINUTE ICON TO BE ABLE TO HONK HORN. 4. CONTACTED CHEVROLET DIRECTLY WITH COMPLAINT, NO ACTION WAS TAKEN, HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10092796September 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DRIVING AND UPON PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL VEHICLE VIBRATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD VEHICLE NEEDED NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS. HAD THE REPAIRS DONE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086689August 12, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS REQUIRED TO BE TURNED FOUR TIMES AND READY TO BE TURNESD AGAIN FOR A FIF TH TIME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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