2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Apr 12, 2016 · Engine · 169,800 miles · NY · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. After striking a pothole at approximately 15 MPH, an abnormal sound emitted from the vehicle without warning. The air bags deployed. The vehicle filled with smoke and caught on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A police report was filed and the contact sustained a minor thumb injury that did not require medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v201000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 169,800. Vin tool confirms parts not available.

Filed Jan 21, 2016 · Engine · 138,000 miles · MO · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. While the vehicle was parked in the garage, the contact noticed that the garage was on fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A fire report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v201000 (engine, engine cooling). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 138,000. Updated 04/14/16*lj

Filed Jan 5, 2016 · Electrical, Engine · 104,000 miles · RI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. A few minutes after the vehicle was parked in the driveway, it burst into flames. The fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. The front end of the vehicle was completely burned. The contact stated that there were no warning indicators. A police report and a fire report were filed. Prior to the fire, the contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 14v400000 (electrical system) and 15v201000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the parts to do the repairs were not available. The failure mileage was 104,000.

Filed May 20, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 120,000 miles · KY · fire

Thought this was the car for me. Wrong. After purchasing the car the following things have gone wrong and most seem dangerous. No way to control headlights .. Driving at night at 55 MPH, lights all shut off the indicator lights also stop working at random times ignition does not accept key every time resulting in leaving a spare key in the ignition and hope it starts. If not I'm required to wait 15 minutes before starting or longer. The traction system no longer works, along with cruise, or steering controls total power lost to steering wheel, hope this doesn't affect the airbag. I have the supercharged version, the engine caught fire and had to be replaced. Needless to say it is no longer supercharged. Not so sure about this issue, however when pumping gas the pump will kick off every half gallon pumped into tank. Another fire issue?

Filed Mar 11, 2010 · Seats · 40,000 miles · OH · fire · 1 injury

I have a 2002 chevy impala and a 2004 chevy monte carlo. Right after my warranty expired on the monte carlo, my heated seat cover caught fire, caused personal injury and property damage. An adjuster came out to look at it and assured me that gm would fix the problem. 2 years later, I can't even get a return phone call. Since then I purchased a 2002 impala. Heated seats worked for 2 days and I noticed a burn starting in the same exact spot where the monte carlo caught fire. Gm wants me to pay another $90 for the dealer to verify that the heated seat cover problem is in fact a heated seat cover problem. These cars are not safe to drive and I don't feel safe after being burned by it. Gm needs to issue a recall. I've called gm many many times and every time, someone has closed the case on the impala. Supposedly, gm had issued a check to repair the monte carlo, but I never received it and they won't call me back about it. This issue needs to be recalled by either gm or the heated seat manufacturer. So far, only one person has been injured by the monte carlo. Since then, the heated seat has been disconnected. The impala seat has not yet caught fire, but a burn hole has started and when it started to get hot, the heated seat was immediately disconnected.

Filed Jun 3, 2009 · Engine · 82,000 miles · TX · fire

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle lost power. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road. Upon further inspection, he noticed flames near the engine. He was able to safely extinguish the fire. The vehicle was towed to a dealer to determine the cause of the failure. The repair would cost $7,000. The vehicle was excluded from the federal safety agency campaign id number 09v116000 (engine and engine cooling), although the failures were identical. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 82,000.

Filed Dec 10, 2008 · Seats · 50,500 miles · OH · fire · 1 injury

To whom it may concern, I have a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. This is a very nice car with all the options. The heated seat caught fire and in turn caught me on fire. I put the fire out with my hand but not before it burned a hole through the seat and in my coat. Fortunately, I was just parking when this occurred. If I wouldn?t have been able to snuff the fire before it got out of hand, I could have been seriously injured. Further, just think if I had kids in the back seat. This is a 2-door car and I would not have been able to get anyone out of the back seat if the front seat was engulfed in flames. I called the customer support line for gm and they informed me to take it to the dealership for a diagnostic. The dealership confirmed the fire was caused by faulty wiring in the seat heater. The dealership then made the necessary calls and informed me that the seat would not be fixed and I must call my insurance company and open a claim which would cost me a $500 deductible. I have read reports of some brand new 2009 chevrolet cars/trucks that already have recalls for seats which can cause fires. Since my car is a 2004 it's no longer covered. If a heated seat would fail, I would expect it to not get warm, or work intermittently. But to catch fire, burn my clothing and cause physical harm due to no fault of my own, this is unacceptable. I have owned many gm cars; three camaros, a blazer, and now the monte carlo. I have always taken a chevrolet over any other car. Excuse the pun, but that flame is gone. My car is now worth less than half the price of last year. With a burned seat and the cost of repairs and replacement of my burned clothing, it's worth even less. I will never again own a vehicle labeled, built, contracted, designed, owned, or sold by gm or any of its affiliates. Replacing a heated seat consists of one part. The heating element is molded into the leather seat cover. Unfortunately for gm, a lawsuit and bad publicity will cost more.

Filed Oct 26, 2008 · Seats · WI · 1 injury

Since its been getting colder, I have been using my car seat warmers. I've been noticing in the last week that it has been getting extremely hot within a short amount of time & I'm noticing a burning smell. Yesterday I turned the driver seat, seat warmer on & it started to smoke & nearly sparked a fire in the seat. The stitching had started to smolder & burn. I immediately pulled over & turned the seat warmer off.

Filed Nov 22, 2004 · Engine · IL · fire

At 2700 miles it blew the engine. Replaced engine and drove home, whole front started on fire. *bf the consumer was informed that the fire was from a gas leak in the pipe. The consumer felt that the fault was due to green chevy mechanics. Per invoice: the engine light had come on, found codes for engine misfire, cylinder #3, knock sensor melted, performed compression test, cylinder #3 showed zero compression, removed #3 spark plugs, electrode was gone, removed the engine, disassembled the engine down to the pistons, holes were present in the piston, cylinder walls were severely gouged and the engine assembly needed to be replaced.