Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints (1999)

125 consumer complaints on file.

#756840January 14, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
SINCE CAR WAS PURCHASED I HAVE COMPLAINED OF POOR BRAKING WHEN WHEELS ARE WET DUE TO RAIN,SNOW OR CAR WASH..COMPLAINED TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THAT GM IS HAVING BRAKE PROBLEMS ON SOME MODELS,AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN REPLACE TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN OF THE BRAKES AND REFUSED TO EVEN TAKE WHEELS OFF TO CHECK PADS AND ROTORS UNLESS I AGREED TO PAY FOR INSPECTION...AFTER FILING PREVIOUS COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA WEBSITE,I WAS CONTACTED BY GM FOR A TECH SERV BULLETIN/RECALL TO CUT AWAY A PIECE OF THE FENDER LINER, ENGINEERS SAID WOULD FIX TROUBLE..I BROUGHT CAR TO MCGUIRE CHEVY IN MARSHFIED, MASS TO HAVE RECALL PERFORMED AND HAVE NOTICED NO IMPROVEMENT..THIS DESIGN FLAW IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN..AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS,IT'S ALWAYS A MYSTERY HOW HARD I'LL HAVE TO APPLY BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE,AND HOW LONG I'LL HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE CAR ACTUALLY SLOWS DOWN!...IN THIS DAY AND AGE TO HAVE A MAJOR CAR COMPANY AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO MAKE A CAR STOP CONSISTENTLY WITH 4 WHEEL DISCS SHOULD BE CRIMINAL,OR AT THE VERY LEAST NEGLIGENT!!! GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY! THIS CAR WILL BE OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2002. PLEASE HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8001044December 26, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER /RAIN BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. THERE IS A DELAY OF 10 TO 15 SECONDS AFTER BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED BEFORE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND CUT OUT A PART OF THE WHEEL WELL. THIS REPAIR HAS FAILED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899785December 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN IT RAINS OR SNOWS VEHICLE IS HARD TO STOP. ROTORS WILL NOT STAY DRY. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A COMMON CHARACTERISTIC IN MONTE CARLOS WITH SAME STYLE RIM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897402October 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN COMING TO A STOP AT SLOW SPEEDS AND APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES. DEALER REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER 3 TIMES IN JANUARY 2000, JUNE 2001, AND SEPTEMBER 2001.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895336August 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
REAR BRAKES PREMATURELY WORE OUT. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES SUDDENLY, CALIPERS WON'T RELEASE AND WHEELS LOCKED UP. DEALER SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751208August 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO GET THIS MATTER TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MANUFACTURER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE PADS AND ROTORS FAILING ON THE 1999 MONTE CARLO EVERY 8,000 MILES IS A NORMAL OCCURRENCE, AND NEITHER WILL STAND BY THE WARRANTIES THAT THEY GIVE NOR WILL THEY REPAIR THE DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750477August 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKES WILL NOT OPERATE TO STOP THE VEHICLE NORMALLY WHEN DRIVEN IN THE RAIN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE PEDAL WILL GET HARD LIKE THERE IS NO POWER BRAKES WORKING. AFTER YOU RIDE THE BRAKE WITH CONSIDERABLY MORE EFFORT THE BRAKES WILL RETURN TO NORMAL AND SLOW THE CAR. IF THEY ARE NEEDED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, THEY ARE USELESS. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER WHEN NEW. THE ROTORS WHERE CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. TO THIS DAY I HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THE PROBLEM WHEN IN THE RAIN SO AS NOT TO GET INTO TROUBLE FROM IT. I THINK THE COMPANY KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM SINCE ON THE NEXT YEAR DESIGNED CAR THE BRAKES WHERE MADE MUCH BIGGER. BOTH IN THE BRAKE ROTOR SIZE AND THE CALIPER AND BRAKE SIXE. I AM AN A.S.E. CERTIFIED MASTER MECHANIC SO I KNOW WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT. CONTACT ME IF YOU LIKE AND I CAN EXPLAIN MORE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894019August 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS AT 25MPH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION*AK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893675August 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON AN INCLINE VEHICLE WILL ROLL FORWARD. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, H0OWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747894July 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
AFTER READING THE OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MONTE CARLOS I FEEL THAT I SHOULD ALSO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE EXPERIENCES I HAVE HAD WITH MINE. AT A LITTLE OVER 7000 MILES MY CALIPERS STARTED "STICKING". I WOULD GO TO BACK UP OR MOVE FORWARD AND THE RIGHT FRONT CALIPER WOULD MAKE A WHINING NOISE. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR THAT PROBLEM AND FINALLY ON THE 3RD ATTEMPT THE CALIPER WAS "RECONDITIONED"..... PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE WOULD TAKE WAY TOO MUCH ROOM TO GO INTO FULL DETAIL BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN THOSE PROBLEMS AS WELL. MY CAR HAS BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES NOW FOR A TOTAL OF 17 DAYS FOR TAPPING NOISES IN THE ENGINE. IT HAS HAD THE PISTONS, RINGS, CAMSHAFT, LIFTERS, TENSIONER PULLEY AND FLYWHEEL REPLACED... ALL THIS AND NOW THE MOTOR IS SLUGGISH AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT HAS LOST POWER.I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH THAT THIS CAR HASN'T PUT ME ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD YET. BUT WITH ME BEING A FULL TIME STUDENT TAKING NIGHT CLASSES AT A COLLEGE 15 MILES FROM MY HOME IT IS A SCARY THING TO THINK THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE WITH A NEW VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747447June 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE PISTONS AND RINGS WERE INITIALLY REPLACED AFTER HEARING TAPPING NOISES IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE CAM AND LIFTERS WERE REPLACED WHICH STILL DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE FIXED THE ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE BRAKE CALIPER HAS "HUNG UP" NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE THE CAR PURCHASED. COMPLAINTS STARTED FOR THAT PROBLEM SOON AFTER PURCHASE AND WAS FINALLY FIXED IN MAY OF 2001. JUNE 2001, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER SAYS IN ORDER TO CHECK THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TO PAY DIAGNOSTIC FEE EVEN THOUGH THE FACTORY WARRANTY IS STILL IN EFFECT. JUNE 2001, NOW THE TENSIONER PULLEY IS BAD. WHAT NEXT???
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747497June 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES FAILED WHEN THEY ARE WET. I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S JUST THE FRONT BRAKES. WHEN IT'S RAINING OUT ,IT IS DANGEROUS.THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A 5 SECOND DELAY AFTER YOU APPLY THE BRAKES.ONE TIME IN PARTICULAR I WAS ONLY GOING 40 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, NOTHING, WHEN THEY DID GRAB THE CAR WENT TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY ,I ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746519June 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *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
#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
#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

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