2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Complaints

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE; DRIVING DOWN ROAD, SPEEDOMETER WENT TO ZERO. DRIVING FREEWAY, SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY WENT BACKWARDS PAST ZERO. DRIVING DOWN ROAD, SPEEDOMETER WENT FROM 35 TO 60 TO 120. EACH TIME WOULD NOT WORK AGAIN UNTIL CAR SAT PARKED AND RESTARTED. EVEN IN PARK WITH CAR OFF AT TIMES SPEEDOMETER WAS STILL READING EITHER ZERO OR 120. TOOK TO DEALER, HAD TO PULL OUT DASH AND SEND IT OUT FOR REPAIR OVERNIGHT, FIXED FOR $438.88. (CAR HAS 60,000 MILES). *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. AT TIMES IT READS 140 MPH AT A COMPLETE STOP OR 80 MPH WHEN I THINK I'M DOING 30 MPH. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST I'M ACTUALLY GOING. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY LAST WINTER, JUST AFTER MY WARRANTY EXPIRED. I DIDN'T REALIZE IT UNTIL I WAS PULLED OVER FOR GOING 20 MILES OVER THE LIMIT, WITH MY CRUISE CONTROL ON. I DIDN'T RECEIVE A TICKET, BUT WAS LATE FOR AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT. WHEN I CALLED MY CHEVY DEALER, THEY CLAIMED THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS AND WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE PANEL. THIS OCCURS MORE IN VERY COLD OR RAINY CONDITIONS. I HAVE NOT HAD IT CORRECTED YET.

SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE IS NOT SHOWING CORRECT SPEED. IT WILL SHOW 10 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IS MAINTAINING IDENTICAL SPEED OF OTHER VEHICLES ON A FREEWAY . IT WILL SHOW 120 MPH WHEN VEHICLE IS STOPPED. THE NEEDLE WILL POINT DIRECTLY DOWNWARD AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO REGISTER THE CORRECT MILES PER HOUR AND DOESN'T EVEN WORK MOST OF THE TIME. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED AT A CERTIFIED GARAGE. *TR

THE 2004 MONTE CARLO SPEEDOMETER ERRATIC, INDICATING GOING 30-12 MPH, EVEN THOUGH I STOPPED/ OR DROVE AT OR NEAR THE SPEED LIMIT ON INTERSTATE 55 MPH AND IT READ 45 MPH. I COULD DRIVE 30 MPH, AND IT READ 110 MPH. DEALER WANTED $500.00 TO FIX. I HOPE GM RECALL SOON. I HEARD THAT GM TRUCKS AND SUV HAD THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. SERVICE WRITER TOOK THE INFO & AN HOUR LATER INFORMED ME THAT PROBLEM WAS FIXED AND I OWED $108.00!!!! NO COMMUNICATION, NO ESTIMATE, NO NOTHING BUT THIS CHARGE, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. SAID THEY LUBED A NEOPRENE SEAL ON THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. I STARTING HAVING STEERING PROBLEMS. THE STEERING FELT LOOSE AND LIKE METAL GRINDING TOGETHER. THE BUMPING COULD BE FELT OVER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AS WELL SO IT RAISED SOME CONCERNS. AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH I FOUND IT WAS THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT. I AM SURE THE COMPANY HEARD THIS COMPLAINT BEFORE. I FOUND CHEVROLET'S FIX TO FIRST BE A LUBE KIT THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM FOR MAYBE 20,000 MILES IN WHICH I PURCHASED AND HAD THE DEALER APPLY. WAS LATER TOLD THE PROBLEM WAS MISSING AND DEFECTIVE SUB FRAME WELDS. THEY ALSO FIXED THE WELD PROBLEM WITH SUPER GLUE? IM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE MECHANIC DID WHILE FIXING MINE, BUT I HAD TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET WITH NO CLUE HOW SAFE AND HOW LONG THIS FIX WILL WORK. PAPER JUST SAID INTERMEDIATE REPLACED. AND I PURCHACED THE LUBE. IT WAS A DEALER'S DEFECT, AND THEY WERE VERY AWARE OF.IT. ASK ANY OF THEIR MECHANICS. YET NO RECALL. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAILURE WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER DOOR LOCK. WHEN THE WEATHER WAS COLD THE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK FROM THE EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR UNTIL THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN WARMED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000, THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,250. *AK UPDATE 4/23/07 *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS @ JIM JOHNSON NISSAN HERE IN BOWLING GREEN,KY IN DECEMBER OF 2006. SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN FEELING A "THUMPING" WHILE DRIVING-NO MATTER WHAT SPEED. WE HAD TAKEN THE CAR TO JIM JOHNSON A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHICH TIRES WERE TAKEN OFF-BALANCED AND RE-BALANCED AND STILL THE SAME ISSUE. JIM JOHNSON HAD PLACED 2 NEW TIRES ON THE FRONT BUT WE ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TIRES WE HAVE ON THERE ARE GOODYEAR EAGLES. WE CALLED GOODYEAR CONSUMER CTR. THEY IN TURN HAD US GO TO A GOODYEAR TIRE DEALER FOR A TIRE INSPECTION, UPON WHICH THEY FOUND A "THUMPING" IN THE TIRES. GOODYEAR CONSUMER CENTER HAD OFFERED US $58. FOR EACH TIRE REPLACEMENT TOWARDS THE WARRANTY. WE FEEL FOR OUR SAFETY AND OTHERS AROUND OUR CAR,WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND ANY MONEY FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE TWO TIRES THAT ARE FAULTY AND DEFECTIVE, WE FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT NO CHARGE TO US FOR SAFETY REASONS AND THE IDEA THAT THEY ARE FAULTY AND DEFECTIVE NO MATTER WHAT THE WARRANTY CLAIMS ARE. WE FEEL THEY ARE NOT STANDING BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. *JB