1999 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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???