1999 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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

BOTH, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BACKS FLIPPED FORWARD WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED OR WHEN VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP.*AK SEAT BACKS DO NOT LATCH IN A CLOSED POSITION. *YH

BOTH BODY SEAM JOINTS VISABLE AT ROOF TO REAR FENDERS, GETTING WORSE, NOT VISABLE WHEN NEW, CAR HAS 9000 MILES ON IT.

SHEARED BOLT WAS FOUND ON MY GARAGE FLOOR AFTER DRIVING TO AND FROM WORK. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN BEFORE. DEALER CLAIMS I HIT SOMETHING, BUT NO OTHER DAMAGE IS VISIBLE. I DIDN'T DRIVE BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS UNSAFE, BUT WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING IF THE IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT TO OBTAIN COST OF REPAIR AND TOWING AND HOPEFULLY SAVE SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING IN RAIN WOULD APPLY BRAKES, AND ABS SYSTEM WOULD FAIL TO WORK UNTIL IT DRIED OUT. PEDAL WOULD GET HARD. TOOK TO DEALER & MECHANIC PUT ON A NEW SET OF PADS & ROTORS. BEEN TO DEALER TWICE & FINALLY INFORMED BRAKES WORK NORMALLY.*AK