Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints

2,145 consumer complaints on file.

#888844May 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ALTERNATER HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DEFECTIVE ALTERNATER WOULD NOT ALLOW ENGINE TO COOL. *AK CONSUMER STATED ALTERNATOR IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENGINE, BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION IT DOES NOT COOL PROPERLY, TO GET THE PART THE ENGINE MUST BE DROPPED, CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS A POOR DESIGN.*SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888845May 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
SPARK PLUGS ARE CAUSING VEHICLE TO DRIVE POORLY.*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
#9002405May 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LIGHT COMES ON. ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK. THIS LIGHT CONSTANTLY STAYS ON. SOMETIMES THE BRAKES FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LOCKING UP OR BRAKING APART.
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
#886604April 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DURING WET CONDITIONS ONLY BRAKES WILL NOT ENGAGE FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 SECONDS AFTER APPLICATION, THEN WILL CATCH, RESULTING IN AN INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, ACTED JUST LIKE OLD DRUM BRAKES WHEN THEY GOT WET. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE, BUT REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744436April 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES FAIL IN RAIN HAVE BEEN TO DEALER FOUR TIMES AM NOW GOING FOR FIFTH TIME PLEASE DO NOT WAIT TILL SOMEBODY IS KILLED BEFORE PROBLEM IS FOUND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744446April 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES TAKE 4-5 SECONDS TO APPLY WHEN WET AT HIGHWAY SPEED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886295April 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS OPERATED ERRATICALLY. FIRSTCRASH RESULTED WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO STOP WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40 MPH UNDER COLD/WET WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AT BEGINNING OF MARCH, AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ABS. ON MARCH 16TH, 2001, UNDER RAINY/ICY CONDITIONS, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MPH WHEN SHE TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED TO ENGAGE. VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH, CAUSING REAR END OF VEHICLE TO SWING AROUND INTO DITCH, AND CAUSING 3 TIRES TO FLATTEN, AND $9000.00 OF DAMAGE. CONSUMER HAS NOT BEEN IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE SINCE SECOND OCCURRENCE. DEALERSHIP HAS PROVIDED CONSUMER WITH NO INFORMATION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. *AK THE BRAKES FAIL COMPLETELY WHEN IT GETS WET AND COLD. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886318April 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
BALL JOINT FAILURE, BROKE FROM LACK OF LUBRICATION, ON LEFT SIDE WHILE MOVING AT LOW SPEED OF 3-5 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IF IT OCCUR ON HIGHWAY. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560838April 18, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY A SUV, CAUSING $2365 IN DAMAGES, CONSUMER FEELS THAT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN BUMPER HEIGHTS OF SOME VEHICLES, MORE DAMAGES WILL HAPPEN, CONSUMER STATES THAT GOVERNMENT USED TO MANDATE BUMPER HEIGHTS FOR ALL PASSENGER VEHICLES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744085April 15, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
HARD TO STOP IN RAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEED . PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR HAVE BEEN BACK TO DEALER 4 TIMES .TURNED ROTORS ONCE PROBLEM STILL EXSITS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885468April 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BLEW WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE. METAL PIECES FLEW EVERYWHERE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HAD MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WAS NOT REPAIRABLE.*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
#743640April 6, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884977April 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
REAR BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884993April 3, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
FLAP THAT CONCEALS SIDE AIRBAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS CONTINUALLY COMING OFF. THIS CONCERNS CONSUMER, AND IS RECEIVING NO SATISFACTION FROM DEALERSHIP IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP TUCKS THE LEATHER MATERIAL ON THE SEAT UNDER THE AIRBAG, HOWEVER AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT IS EXPOSED AGAIN. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743219March 28, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
FOUND ODI ID 735734 ON YOUR WEB SITE, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY RECALL NOT ISSUED?. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884237March 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT WHEELS LOCKING UP ON THREE OCCASIONS. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP, AND VARIOUS PARTS AND REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT PROBLEM REOCCURRED WITHIN A MATTER OF TIME. *AK THE DEALER TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM EIGHT TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURS AND IT WAS EVEN GETTING WORSE. THE CONSUMER WAS AFRAID OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883811March 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
PROBLEM WITH BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE. CONSUMER RAN A RED LIGHT GOING 30 MPH BECAUSE VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP. BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR, BUT IT STARTS TO SLOW DOWN. DEALER HAS HOOKED VEHICLE UP TO A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, BUT PROBLEM DOESN'T SHOW. DEALER IS CONVINCED THAT'S THE WAY THEY SHOULD WORK.*AK THE CONSUMER HAD TWO ACCIDENTS AS THE RESULT OF BRAKE FAILURES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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