2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Complaints

THIS JUST STARTED RIGHT OUT OF THE BLUE. MY SPEEDOMETER WORKS VERY ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES IT READS 30MPH WHEN IM DOING 70MPH AND SOMETIMES IT SAYS 30MPH WHEN IM NOT EVEN MOVING. IT CAN ALSO BE ANY COMBINATION OF ANY SPEED. IT JUST DOES WHATEVER. SOMETIMES IT WORKS FINE. USUALLY WHEN IT STARTS TO GO BAD IT EVENTUALLY WILL JUST DROP TO BELOW 0MPH AND STAY THERE. NOW THE TACHOMETER IS DOING THE SAME THING. BOTH OCCUR TOTALLY AT RANDOM. THIS COULD EASILY LEAD ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IF I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST IM GOING. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX IT BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T THINK I COULD AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONICS EITHER. THE CAR IS A 2004 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS WITH 61,000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LS. THE STEERING SHAFT MADE A CLANKING NOISE WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED IN YEAR 2005 AT 26,000, AND THEN IN YEAR 2007 AT 47,000. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL # 08E063000 (INTERMEDIATE STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000. UPDATED 12/7/09 *CN UPDATED 12/08/09.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TURNING THE STEERING COLUMN WHEN DRIVING SHE HEARS A CLINGING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES, AND THE STEERING SHAFT WAS REPLACED. THE REPAIRS DID NOT REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS EXCLUDED FROM RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS 08E063000 AND 09E005000 (STEERING). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS ON HIS VEHICLE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. ALL OF THE GAUGE NEEDLES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE POINTED DOWNWARD AND INOPERABLE. WHILE DRIVING, THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF HIS SPEED INCLUDING HOW FAST OR SLOW HE WAS DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO HAVE AN AUTHORIZED DEALER DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO MAILED THE CONTACT A LETTER INFORMING HIM THAT THE WARRANTY IS NOT VALID FOR THE REPAIR AND THAT THERE ARE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING $450 TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT FILED CLAIM# 71-762-310145 WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,776.

TACHOMETER IS THE ONLY GAUGE LEFT WORKING NOW ON MY 2004 MONTE CARLO SS DALE EARNHARDT JR. EDITION. OIL PRESSURE, BOOST GAUGE, WATER TEMP AND FUEL GAUGE ALL SHOW INCORRECT READINGS AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. YESTERDAY THE SPEEDOMETER REFUSED TO SHOW ANY SPEED AT ALL. I AM NOW FORCED TO USE THE CAR'S OVERHEAD CONSOLE COMPUTER TO SHOW ME HOW MUCH FUEL I'VE USED AND MY GARMIN GPS TO TELL ME WHAT MY SPEED IS. THIS IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION TO OPERATE A CAR IN. THE CAR HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT. THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. CHEVY SAYS THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BUT THE COST IS PROHIBITIVE. THE CLUSTER ON THE DALE JR. EDITION IS DIFFERENT FROM THE STANDARD CLUSTER (CAR # AND SIGNATURE) SO IT IS UNLIKELY THAT MY CAR WILL REMAIN ORIGINAL WITH A REPLACEMENT CLUSTER. GM NEEDS TO REPLACE OR FIX THE GAUGES ONLY. A SIMPLE SOLUTION THAT WON'T COST A LOT OF MONEY. THERE IS NO NEED TO DO AN EXPENSIVE, DESTRUCTIVE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE CLUSTER. *TR

I OWN A 2004 MONTE CARLO SS, WHETHER DRIVING ON HWY OR CITY ROADS I LOOSE ALL ELECTRICAL POWER, IE LIGHTS,GAUGES,RADIO FOR ABOUT 2 SECONDS, ENOUGH TO GET YOUR ATTENTION AND THEN ALL COMES BACK ON, NO INTERRUPTION IN THE RUNNING OF THE CAR, I'M AFRAID THAT IT MAY GET WORSE AND THE CAR WILL SHUT DOWN , I HAVE HAD THIS LOOKED AT BY A DEALER SERVICE DEPT AND THEY CAN NOT FIND THE TROUBLE AND THERE ARE NO CODES STORED IN THE COMPUTER, I HAVE 61000 MILES ON AND WE LIKE THE CAR, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS PLUS. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 MONTE CARLO FLUCTUATES AND WILL STICK AT PAST 140 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING ALONG AT POSTED SPEEDS. ALSO, MY GAS GAUGE WILL SURPASS THE FULL MARK WHEN I KNOW I HAVE LESS THAN FULL. *TR

BAD STEPPER MOTORS IN MY TACHOMETER, VOLTMETER AND NOW MY ENGINE TEMPERATURE METER HAVE DIED OR ARE FAULTY, PRODUCING ERRONEOUS READINGS. THE FAILURES SEEM TO BE RANDOMLY OCCURRING AS THE MOTORS SLOWLY DIE OUT, GIVING FALSE READINGS IN EACH GAUGE UNTIL THEY ARE PERMANENTLY STUCK IN A POSITION. THIS HAS OCCURRED TO EACH METER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WITH METERS GIVING INCORRECT VALUES, SOMETIMES RESETTING AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ONCE THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON, BUT THEN BECOMING INCORRECT ONCE AGAIN. CONSEQUENCES OF THIS COULD LEAD TO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE CAR IN CASE AN ACTUAL PROBLEM OCCURS IN AREAS OF THE CAR WHERE MONITORING THE SITUATION WOULD EB CRITICAL, SUCH AS IN MY CASE WHEN MY ENGINE COOLANT WAS RUNNING VERY LOW BUT I COULD NOT TELL DUE TO THE GAUGE BEING BROKEN. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND POTENTIALLY MYSELF COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE ONLY AVAILABLE OPTION IS TO PURCHASE A NEW DASH CLUSTER FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHILE THE PROBLEMATIC MOTORS COST $5 EACH TO REPLACE BUT ALTERING THE DASH IS NOT LEGAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WERE WORKING PROPERLY. IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL GAUGES GONE BAD FOR MY VEHICLE. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTS AT A RANDOM POINT ON THE GAUGE AND ALWAYS READS INCORRECT. WHEN TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS, THE NEEDLE MAY TURN 180 - 360 DEGREES AROUND THE GAUGE, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE SPEED, MAKES USING THE CRUISE CONTROL OPTION DANGEROUS, AND A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING STOPPED FOR A SPEEDING TICKET. THE TACHOMETER GAUGE WORKS 50% OF THE TIME BUT THE OTHER TIMES THE NEEDLE IS IN THE "RED ZONE" GIVING THE DRIVER A FALSE SENSE OF THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING. THE TEMP GAUGE WORKS 90%, BUT IN COLD WEATHER IT CAN STAY ABOUT THE HALFWAY LINE ALSO SHOW A WRONG READING OF THE ENGINE OVERHEATING. *TR