2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Complaints

PASSENGER SIDE WIPER FAILED, HAD TO SPEND $50 IN SHOP TO GET IT TO WORK PROPERLY. *TR

DRIVING BACK HOME FROM MY MOTHERS AND MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED SO FOR BOUT MONTH I HAD NO CLUE HOW MUCH GAS WAS IN CAR, HOW FAST I WAS GOING, OIL ETC TOOK ME OVER A MONTH B4 I FINALLY HAD SAVED THE MONEY TO HAVE IT FIXED AND SEEING AS I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR AND SEEING SAME COMPLAINTS I WAS BEYOND PISSED THAT I HAD TO PAY $560 TO FIX GM'S [XXX] PARTS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING AT 10 MPH AND THEN WENT TO GO 45 MPH MY SPEED READING WENT TO 120 MPH. I WASN'T GOING THAT FAST IT STARTED TO JUMP AROUND THEN STAYED AT 120 MPH. I THEN STOPPED AND KEEP TURNING THE KEY ON AND OFF IT WENT DOWN TO 100 AT FIRST THEN SHUT OFF CAR AGAIN THEN WENT DOWN TO 90 SO I KEPT DOING THAT TILL IT WAS AT 0. DROVE ABOUT 10-15 MILES AND IT STARTED TO JUMP AGAIN. I THEN CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR 2 MONTHS AGO AND THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME SEVERAL HUNDREDS TO FIX. I READ ALOT OF REVIEWS ON THIS YEAR MONTE CARLO, EVERYONE HAD THE SAME ISSUES AND NO RECALL ON THIS CAR TO GET FIXED. I WILL NOT EVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY CAR AND I WILL BE GLAD TO TELL FRIENDS AND FAMILY HOW CHEVY TREATS THERE CUSTOMERS. MATTER INFACT I WILL CONTACT MY LOCAL TV STATION TO INFORM OTHER HOW CHEVY TAKES CARE OF THERE CUSTOMERS. *TR

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAY AN INACCURATE READING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 46,000. DR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RETRACTABLE SEAT BELT WAS PURCHASED ON 4/7/2011 AND WILL NOT RETRACT; HOWEVER, IT WILL SPORADICALLY FAIL TO UNLATCH. THE SEAT BELT WAS REPLACED FOUR TIMES BUT THE ISSUE HAS RECURRED. THE SEAT BELT WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD WORK ON THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INOPERATIVE. SPEEDOMETER SAYS YOU ARE DOING 110 MPH WHEN CAR IS SHUT OFF AND IN PARK. TEMPERATURE GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER. ALWAYS READS COLD. TACHOMETER BARELY WORKS. ALL GAUGES GIVE A FALSE READING. CONTACTED GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN SO IT WILL NOT BE RECALLED. QUOTED OVER $500 TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. DRIVER MESSAGE CENTER POPS UP RANDOM WARNINGS, LIKE CHECK AIR PRESSURE WHEN AIR PRESSURE IS FINE. NOT SURE HOW THIS DOES NOT CLASSIFY AS A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN YOU HAVE NO CLUE HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, IF THE CAR IS GOING TO OVERHEAT, IF THE OIL PRESSURE IS TOO HIGH OR LOW, OR IF THE SUPER CHARGER BOOST IS CORRECT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE CARS AND FIX IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED!!!!! *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD CONTINUOUSLY DISPLAY AN INACCURATE READING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000.

I WAS DRIVING 55 MPH AND MY SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS DOING 10MPH. THEN MY TAC STOPPED WORKING. THEN MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING TOTALLY. MY DRIVER SIDE SEAT WILL NOT HEAT AT ALL. MY WHEELS ARE PEELING. THE CHROME IS PEELING RIGHT OFF THE WHEELS. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. I HAVE HAD IT CHECKED FOR THE CODE SO THEY REPLACED THE GAS CAP AND DID A RESET WITHIN 75 MILES THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. I AM GIVING UP ON CHEVROLETS. EVERY VEHICLE WE OWN IS A CHEVY, WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THESE PROBLEMS AND NO SOLUTIONS???? WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM YOU WOULD THINK THERE WOULD BE A RECALL AND A SOLUTION. WHEN THE HEAT ON MY SEAT STOPPED WORKING IT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING INSIDE THE CAR SO I QUICKLY SHUT IT OFF AND PULLED THE CAR OVER TO CHECK UNDER MY SEAT TO MAY SURE THERE WAS NO FIRE. THANK GOODNESS THERE WASN'T A FIRE. I PAID THE EXTRA MONEY FOR THE INTIMIDATOR, WHAT A WASTE. *TR

CAR WOULD NOT START DUE TO PASSLOCK SENSOR. THE SECURITY LIGHT BLINKED FOR 10 TO 40 MINS AT A TIME AND WOULD NOT ALLOW CAR TO START. IT HAS MADE ME LATE TO WORK, CHURCH, DAYCARE, ETC. IT IS STILL HAPPENING UP TO TODAY'S DATE WHICH IS MAY 19, 2012. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WIRES. THE TAIL LIGHT WIRING WAS WIRED INCORRECTLY AND CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL TO FAIL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,401. UPDATED 6/6/12 *CN THE CONSUMER BELIEVED DURING ASSEMBLY AT THE GM FACTORY, THE TAIL LIGHT/STOP LIGHT WIRING WAS IMPROPERLY ROUTED. ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE WIRING HARNESS WAS WRAPPED AROUND A MOUNTING BOLT AND THE RIGHT SIDE, THE WIRES WERE PINCHED BETWEEN THE SHEET METAL OF THE VEHICLE'S BODY AND THE HOUSING OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. OVER TIME, THE INSULATION ON THE WIRES BECAME WORN AND CAUSED A SHORT AND LOSS OF BRAKE LIGHT FUNCTION. UPDATED 06/11/12