1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/29/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH SPARK PLUG WIRING BURNING UP. CONSUMER REPLACED WIRING ON FOUR OCCASIONS. REASON FOR THE WIRING BURNING IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/28/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE RADIATOR LOOKED DIRTY AND SLIMY AFTER HAVING IT FLUSHED. SINCE THEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING HOT AND LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND HE STATED THE "HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN."*AK

• 12/23/1998· POWER TRAIN

  WAS TRAVELING 70MPH WHEN VEHICLE LOCKED UP SUDDENLY. WAS MAKING NOISES BEFORE IT HAPPENED. SPUN AROUND 3 DIFFERENT TIMES BEFORE EDGING TO SIDE OF ROAD. TOOK TO DEALER. WAS TEST DRIVEN. WAS INFORMED PLANETARY GEAR FAILURE CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO LOCK UP. FOUND PIECES OF METAL IN PAN. CONSUMER IS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE THIS CAR, THE NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. *AK.ET.

• 12/23/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP IN RAINY WEATHER AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE TRAVELS FROM 30 FT TO 150 FT OR MORE DEPENDING ON SPEED, EVEN IF FORCEFULLY DEPRESSING BRAKES. ONCE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. *AK

• 12/22/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE STALLS CONTINUOUSLY.

• 12/16/1996· WHEELS

  DESIGN OF THE WHEELS ALLOW FOR WATER TO GET ON THE ROTOR WHICH CAUSES THEM TO GRAB.

• 12/15/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  CRUISE CONTROL GOT STUCK ,WILL NOT DISENGAGE OR RECOVER. HAD TO STEP ON ACCELERATOR FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/12/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE DOES START CORRECTLY/STALLS DUE TO COMPUTER FAILURE. *AK

• 12/07/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER HAS PUT THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP A NUMBER OF TIMES BECAUSE THE FUEL INJECTORS/SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES CONTINUE TO BURN OUT WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/04/1996· POWER TRAIN

  THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH THE OPTION CALLED SKIP SHIFT, DISTRACTS FROM THE DRIVER.

• 12/02/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY

• 12/01/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  "PHANTOM HESITATION OCCURS @ ANY SPEED,FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. IT HAS BEEN "FIXED" TWICE AND STILL OCCURS. AT A LOW SPEED, ENGINE MAY STOP. THAT IS DANGEROUS IN AN INTERSECTION.

• 11/30/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CONTINUOUSLY FAILED IN RAINY WEATHER. AFTER APPLYING BRAKES WITH FULL PRESSURE, VEHICLE DOES NOT STOPFOR IT FEELS AS IF IT IS ON ICE.

• 11/26/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  UPON APPLYING ABS BRAKES IN RAINY WEATHER, VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP/SKIDS. ONCE WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER VEHICLE SKIDDED/LOST CONTROL AND HIT A ROAD SIGN. *AK

• 11/24/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DEFECTIVE TIMING BELT - TIMING BELT FAILS COMPLETELY AT 25,700 MILES, LESS THAN HALF THE MILEAGE LISTED IN OWNER DOCUMENTATION (60000 MILES, NO TIME GIVEN). FAILURE AT HIGHER SPEEDS COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKE FUNCTION. *LA

• 11/24/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT STOPPING VEHICLE PROPERLY CONSUMER FEELS THE BRAKE PEDAL GOING DOWN TO THE FLOOR BEFORE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS A NORMAL CONDITION. ALSO, REAR CYLINDERS ARE LEAKING. *AK *ML

• 11/22/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  BECAUSE THERE IS A DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG THE HORN WILL NOT WORK IT'S THE DESIGN . TT

• 11/18/2014· ENGINE

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

• 11/18/1998· STEERING

  WHILE DRVING ON HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER ASSIST. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT. *AK

• 11/17/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING ON THE SPARK PLUGS. *AK

• 11/17/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTAKE GASKETS FAILED.

• 11/14/1997· VISIBILITY

  WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED, CAUSING LOUD NOISE.

• 11/14/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  OWNER STATES WHEN ABS BRAKES WERE USED , THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , THEY DID NOT WORK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 11/09/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  MY BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 22,000 APPROX AND 46,000 AND EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THE REASON WAS POOR METAL--BY A MECHANIC AND SERVICE DIRECTOR--THE PADS WERE GONE AND THE ROTORS EATEN AWAY. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR CLOSE TO 50 YEARS W/O HAVING EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

• 11/04/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  TOO MUCH PEDAL PRESSURE REQ'D TO STOP CAR. BRAKES/ROTORS WORN OUT AT 36,OOO MILES , FRONT AND REARS. *AK

• 11/04/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  PREMATURE ALTENATOR FAILURE, CAUSED BY ALTENATOR BEING POSITIONED UNDER CAR , WHICH CAUSES IT TO BE OUT OF A "COOLING AIR FLOW" AND TO OVERHEAT/BURN UP,INTERNALLY. PLUS, DUE TO IT'S LOCATION, THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE, AND SUB FRAME HAVE TO BE REMOVED TO REPLACE THE ALTENATOR. ALTENATORS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT THIS MILEAGE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER 96-Z-34 OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. CLEARLY A BAD DESIGN BY GM, AND IT PASSES AN UNNEEDED/UNWANTED BURDEN ON TO PEOPLE WHO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS AND HOPE THEM TO BE TROUBLE FREE,. MODERN TECHNOLOGY SHOULD ALLOW THEM TO BUILD A SYSTEM THAT IS MORE DURABLE. I HAVE TWO OTHER VEHICLES, THAT ARE MUCH OLDER THAN THIS CAR THAT ARE MUCH MORE RELIABLE AND LESS COSTLY TO MAINTAIN. THIS POOREST / AND MOST UNRELIABLE OF MONTE CARLO NOW HAS A REPUTATION IN THE MARKET PLACE AND THE RESALE VALUE HAS PLUMMMENTED. THERE SHOULD BE SOME LIABILITY ON GM'S PART.*AK

• 11/03/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING AND THERE IS A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD GASKET. ALSO, ENGINE WON'T CRANK. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR OVERHEATING, AND THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. *AK

• 10/29/1996· STRUCTURE

  WEATHER STRIPPER FROZE THE DOOR SHUT.

• 10/28/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOUR TIMES, AND THERE IS AN OIL LEAK. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/27/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL IN WET CONDITIONS. BRAKE MUST BE APPLIED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. THEY ARE VERY SPONGY FEELING. DEALER HAS CHECKED SYSTEM AND FINDS NO PROBLEM. THERE IS A PROBLEM !!!! ENGINE: FAILS TO START OR HAS A ROUGH START. WHEN THE ENGINE IS HAVING THESE PROBLEMS IT WILL SMOKE AND SPUTTER. DEALER HAS REPALCED THE MAIN COMPUTER, SPARK PLUGS, GASKETS, FUEL INJECTORS... PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.

• 10/27/1997· SEATS

  ARM REST FAILED CAUSING IT TO INTERMITTANTLY FALL OFF.

• 10/27/1997· SEATS

  REAR SEAT LATCH LOCKED IN CLOSED POSITION.

• 10/22/2014· AIR BAGSCrash

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE FRONT AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER AND THE REAR PASSENGER SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• 10/21/2014· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT DEVELOPED A SEVERE LEAK. THE LEAK CAUSED FUEL TO BE RELEASED IN LARGE QUANTITIES DIRECTLY INTO THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD AND OUT THE THROTTLE BODY. FUEL CONTINUED TO FLOW OUT INTO THE AIR CLEANER HOUSING AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND ONTO THE GROUND. SEVERAL GALLONS OF FUEL WERE DISCHARGED IN THIS FASHION. THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING POORLY BUT GAVE NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS A LEAK UNTIL THE AIR CLEAN WAS OPENED. THE PART THAT FAILED WAS A STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS PART NUMBER PR216T PURCHASED FROM ROCKAUTO.COM ON 5/15/2013 AND INSTALLED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. VEHICLE MILEAGE AT INSTALLATION WAS APPROXIMATELY 131000. THE PART FAILED ON 10/20/2014 AT VEHICLE MILEAGE148243 MILES. THE PART WAS INSTALLED TO CORRECT A SIMILAR SITUATION INVOLVING A MUCH LESS SEVERE LEAK IN AN OLDER PART. THE FUEL LEAKAGE WITH THE OLDER PART DID NOT ESCAPE THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD. AGE AND ORIGIN OF THE OLDER PART ARE NOT KNOWN. THE OLDER PART MAY HAVE BEEN ORIGINAL TO THE VEHICLE. GIVEN THE SIGNIFICANT QUANTITY OF FUEL DISCHARGED AND THE REPEATED NATURE OF THE FAILURE, I FEEL AN INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED. *TR

• 10/21/1997· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING REAR END COLLISION, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. ALSO DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED, THROWING DRIVER INTO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/14/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT 70208 MILES DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP AT MY COST, AGAIN AT 91000 MILES DEALER TO REPLACE WATER PUMP, AFTER COMPLAINING TO GM DEALER AGREED TO WARRANTY PARTS AND LABOR. 2 WATER PUMPS IN 91000 MILES! #2 BRAKES AT 48911 DEALER REPLACED FRONT DISC AND WARPED ROTORS. AGAIN AT 91000 DEALER SAYS ROTORS ARE WARPED AGAIN AND REPLACED, BOTH TIMES AT MY COST. 2 SETS OF ROTORS IN 91000 MILES! NEITHER TIME WERE THE ROTORS VISUALLY DAMAGED OR WORN FROM DISC PADS.

• 10/14/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  AT 70208 MILES DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP AT MY COST, AGAIN AT 91000 MILES DEALER REPLACED WATER PUMP. AFTER COMPLAINING TO GM THE DEALER AGREED TO WARRANTY PARTS AND LABOR. 2 WATER PUMPS IN 91000 MILES! #2 BRAKES AT 48911 DEALER REPLACED FRONT DISC AND WARPED ROTORS. AGAIN AT 91000 MILES DEALER SAYS ROTORS ARE WARPED AGAIN AND REPLACED, BOTH TIMES AT COST. 2 SETS OF ROTORS IN 91000 MILES! NEITHER TIME WERE THE ROTORS VISUALLY DAMAGED OR WORN FROM DISC PADS. *NLM **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*734293

• 10/14/1998· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  MANUAL DOWNSHIFT VALVE IS STICKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL, DEALER NEEDS TO REPLACE CONTROL VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY. *AK

• 10/10/2006· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED IMMEDIATELY UPON STARTING THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED BUT IMMEDIATELY STALLED AGAIN. THE ABS LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE.

• 10/10/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR WILL STALL WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM OR IF THE CAR IS WARM, IT WILL NOT START RIGHT AWAY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. *AK

• 10/08/2009· POWER TRAIN

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION GEARS SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE. A LOCAL MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND DID NOT HAVE ALL OF THE NECESSARY COMPONENTS TO DO SO. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT IDENTIFY OR LOCATE THE CORRECT TRANSMISSION FOR HIS MODEL. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

• 10/05/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN INTO THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND DRIVER'S SIDE/ PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

• 10/01/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES RECALLED SERVICE DENIED.

• 09/29/2003· STEERINGFire

  WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED STEERING GEAR BOX WAS LEAKING AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 09/28/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE PEDAL NEARLY TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 09/27/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  REOCURRING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN EVEN 100 MILES THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF BECAUSE IT WONT PASS INSPECTION. THE EMISSION SYSTEM HAS GONE OUT. SINCE WE'VE HAD THE CAR WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SYSTEM AND THE WINDOWS KEPT GOING OFF TRACK. AS OF NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT GO UP. I CANT AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH "CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE" AND I'M ON PERMANENT DISABILITY THROUGH SOCIAL SECURITY.

• 09/25/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES REPLACED TWICE WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES. *AKY

• 09/23/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FAILURE RESULTED IN A BREAKDOWN DURING RUSH HOUR ON A FREEWAY; THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED AND RESULTED IN MANY UNHAPPY MOTORISTS.

• 09/22/1997· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  ONCE VEHICLE WARMS UP IT STALLS. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THESE VEHICLES. DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTORS AND THREE GASKETS AND THE SPARK PLUGS, AND VEHICLE STILL STALLS. OWNER STATES THE THE VEHICLE SHAKES AND IDLES ROUGHLY, AND SHE HAS SMELLED GAS ON SEVERALOCCASIONS. OWNER IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 09/20/1998· EQUIPMENT

  THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON IF VEHICLE HAS SAT FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY DEALER NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.