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.
2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo electrical complaints
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My gages sometimes work when thewy do it is inaccurate information. Sometimes they dont work at all.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle suddenly shut off. As a result, the driver lost control and crashed into the rear of a second vehicle. The contact suffered a head injury that required medical attention. The vehicle was completely destroyed. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. In june of 2015, a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000(electrical system) was received. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 15,000.
2004 chevrolet monte carlo. Consumer writes in regards to ignition switch was replaced twice.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the contact lost control of the vehicle causing a crash. The air bags deployed. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries to the left leg and the right shoulder blade that required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was included in a manufacturer's recall related to the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number:14v400000 (electrical system); however, while driving at 5 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the power steering seized. Also the entire warning panel illuminated and all electrical power seized. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 7/29/15*cn the consumer stated the vehicle would also buck like it was about to stall. The consumer discontinued driving the vehicle. Updated 11/13/15
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that while driving at an unknown speed, the keys released out of the ignition without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the technician diagnosed that the ignition cylinder needed to be replaced. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 196,385. Updated 09/21/15*lj updated 09/24/15
Tl-the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact also stated that the heating system failed. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed but the diagnostic testing results were unknown. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 260,000. Djr
Noticed smoke from the passenger side dash by the door upon investigation notice the smoke was coming from the fuse box on the passenger side, upon further investigation I noticed the a wire coming from the fuse box was burned as well as the fuse box was burned also, after this happened other electrical devices started showing doors ajar, dome lights stay on all of the time,rear defroster stopped working, the body sensing components are not working, I am afraid the this is going to cause a fire in the passenger compartment as well as making it a danger to drive, this has been discussed in multiple forums stating that 2002-2008 monte carlo, impala and other vehicles have this same issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle went off the road and crashed into a body of water. The air bags failed to deploy and the vehicle had to be pulled out of the water. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact sustained facial lacerations and had a swollen ankle that did not require medical attention. The vehicle had not been taken to the dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 189,000. Updated 12/30/14
While driving, the engine shuts off causing power steering and power brakes to stop working as well as having no power to accelerate while trying to pull over to the shoulder of road. Once stopped I can put the car in park and turn the ignition on and the engine will start back. This happened app. 10 to 15 times in less than one week.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all the lights on the instrument panel illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the ignition key was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 68,700.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact received a notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system) and stated that the parts needed were unavailable to perform the repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
My instrument panel for over 4years has intermittently stopped like the speedometer would say I was going 100mph while going 20mph or 0mph when going 45mph. I have reported to various auto shops and chevrolet dealership and was told that if not constant do not worry about it. Now the RPM are stuck at 1 rpms and the speedometer is intermittent and not sure my other gauges are correct??? I am so frustrated as gm states they will not fix and no recall yet I read everywhere that people have gotten in fixed or have the same problem. This should be a recall and per the info below gm is fully aware. The dealership wants me to pay $500 for a defect and I need help. Also per the info below it has to be under 70000 miles. Well I have reported it since 55000!!! I want my car fixed by gm but they are refusing. What do I do? Gm parts bulletins & information - to cadillac, chevrolet and gmc dealers subject:bulletin gmp07-174 - special coverage adjustment #07187- instrument panel cluster gauge needle functionmessage #:vsu20071575 special coverage adjustment #07187- september 28, 2007 customers are being instructed to contact the dealership to arrange an ext; chevrolet avalanche, silverado, suburban, and tahoe; and gmc sierra, yukon, and yukon xl vehicles have reported that the instrument panel (ip) cluster gauges stick, flutter, or become inoperative. This may cause inaccurate readings, including the speedometer and fuel gauge.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start as the anti-theft security system warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000. Updated 1/16/15*cn the consumer stated when the security light came on, the vehicle would not start. If the switch was left on for 10 minutes, the vehicle would start. Updated 03/03/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that while making a left turn, the vehicle stalled without warning causing a vehicle to crash into the passenger's side of his vehicle, which then made the contact crash into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and no injuries were sustained. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that the instrument panel warning indicators illuminated sporadically. In addition, the heater and rear defroster failed to operate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.
Security light came on and went off when I shut car off then 2 days car would not turn over shut off for 10 min and car started normally.
All gauges on dash are inaccurate and will work sometimes, and at other times they do not work at all or give the wrong reading.
I started driving the car when the security feature turned on on my car. My car would not turn on afterwards in the parking lot for a couple minutes have passed. The security light was on during that time.
About a week after purchasing the car I realized that none of the gauges on the control panel were accurate. My speedometer sticks and reads random speeds so I never know how fast I'm going, my gas gage registers random amounts so I have to keep track of my fuel using my odometer. My oil and radiator gauges just don't work with the exception of an occasional blip. I read that this vehicle has the same control panel as another gm truck that was recalled for the same reason. One of these days I'm going to get a speeding ticket because I never know how fast I'm driving. It's frustrating.
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?
My speedometer, RPM, and gas gauges are inaccurate. I cannot tell how fast I am going, nor how much gas I have. Then ever since I bought my car, brand new, my transmission has been slipping, its an automatic. The dealer fixed it the 1st time, but now again, 90,000 miles later, its us starting to happen again.my radio has stopped working, no light or noise period. Please recall because I have read literally hundreds of posts of the same problem in the same car. I paid good money for my car, not for this. All if these problems are unsafe and I really hate for my 1 year old boy to ride in it. Please, please recall the car.
As I put the car in drive as reached about 15 MPH the cluster panel started to spin as if it had a mind of it's own. Since then I don't know how fast im going. I could be stopped at a light and it says im going 90. I could be in a neighborhood and im going faster then my gauges can read. I have no gas gauge. It reads a different amount any given minute. My car over heated on 12/18/2013 thanks to having a gauge read that my temperatures were fine. But really they weren't. It would be nice to know how fast im going. If my car is about to overheat. If I need gas. Long road trips are out of the question. But they shouldn't be I paid for this car. Only to have it fail at 26,000 miles. It wasn't covered by bumper to bumper as it took me more than 3 years to get to 26,000 miles. I don't want to be taking a curve too fast and crash my car because im not equipped with mandatory safety equipment to drive. Nothing on the cluster panel works.
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).
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.
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
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!!!!!
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.
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