2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Feb 29, 2016 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving at various speeds, the speedometer and fuel gauges became inoperable. The failure recurred randomly. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Nov 11, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 104,921 miles · MI

1.)cannot drive with the brights on because it will unexpectedly trigger all lights to fail and you will be driving blind in the complete pitch black night. 2.)the speedometer, gas gauge, and temp gauge haven't worked since about 75,000 miles. I purchased this car brand new and have had it serviced as needed. This is a factory defect, not something that was caused somehow by me. I think that it is ridiculous that I have to deal with these defects with my own money when I specifically purchased a brand new car so I didn't have to deal with problems of the vehicle that one would associate with a used vehicle. The brights issue could literally kill people, I'm sure it probably has.

Filed Mar 13, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · 100,000 miles · ND

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the speedometer, tachometer and fuel gauge readings fluctuated. The failure recurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Oct 11, 2012 · Electrical · 176,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that the instrumental panel gauges were all non-functional. The contact stated that he was unable to view the thermostat, speedometer, fuel levels, etc. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 176,000. The current mileage was approximately 180,000.

Filed Jun 21, 2012 · Acceleration, Electrical · 70,000 miles · CO

A yr. Aft. I bought my 2005 monte carlo, things began going wrong with it. First 2 things to go:the cruise control & re-window defroster. The next yr, while driving at night on the interstate, I switched my lights to brights & within seconds I had no lights at all! This could of caused a very bad accident, I was able to quickly switch the lights back to dim & luckily they came back on. Since then, I no longer use the bright lights, for fear of my lights not coming back on. Then it seemed like everything went haywire after that, odometer showed that I was going 110, gas gauge quit & temp gauge registered past 260. Not a fun night to be driving, not knowing my correct speed, how much gas I had, if my car was going to overheat or have no lights! Since 6/15/2012 the tach now registers between 6000-7000 rpms & none of the gauges are working properly. My car also smells like it has an exhaust or fuel leak which comes thru the vents, it makes me sick & gives me headaches. I took it to a dealer a yr. Ago, paid $98.00 for them to tell me they couldn't find a problem. To this day, my car still smells like gasoline, I pray it doesn't catch on fire. Tonight I've been researching these problems & found that the faulty gauges is a very common problem with these cars & quite expensive to fix. I feel chevy should be held responsible for repairing this problem & all the others, after all they're the ones who built a car with many serious problems. This is very unfair for the many consumers out there who have spent their hard earned money to buy this car. Not everyone can afford to get this fixed along with paying the car payment. I don't understand why they can't be made to take care of this. What would have to happen in order to make them pay? What's listed above? A crash, fire, injury or death? Shouldn't have to be that way, something needs to be done before any of that happens!

Filed Mar 5, 2012 · Electrical · 69,000 miles · AL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that the instrumental panel failed and the contact was unable to read the speedometer, fuel gauge or the tachometer. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who inspected the vehicle and located the failure at the instrument cluster. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 69,000 and the current mileage was 78,000. Updated 03/28/12*lj updated 03/30/12

Filed Feb 24, 2012 · Engine, Fuel system · 49,000 miles · VA

2005 monte carlo over heats,second year I bought the car. Replace a number of things. Gas gauge does not work,speed gauge does not work,rear defrost does not work. This is 2012 and I bought it in 2005. Til this day the car is still over heating. The car is a lemon. When you have a car for seven years,and have to keep financing. To make payments and full coverage insurance and to fix the car, and don't get to drive the car for almost two years. You lose respect for the company that built this model.the manufacturer ought to pay me for taking their lemon off their hands. What ever we fix the car will run, but not long and the list goes on.

Filed Sep 21, 2011 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA

All of the gauges have completely gone out in my 2005 chevy monte carlo ss supercharged including the speedometer, gas gauge, temperature gauge, oil gauge, etc.

Filed Jun 20, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 16,000 miles · MI · fire

Heater blower motor fire's on 2005 chevy monte carlo ls, replaced twice !!! Fire both times. The first time was probably around 18,000 miles or so. Then the second time was around 27,000 miles or so. (I would have to find my reciepts to verify exactly). But, both times the car's blower motor was on fire !!! Alot of smoke, thick electrical burning smell. A man came over to help me (as I am handicapped by polio, and could not get out of my car myself), after it had been burning for about 1/2 hour , the man poured water into the firewall area that was burning, it still took about another half hour to try to stop the fire. But only the fan motor and close vacinity burned. But it could have been worse if that man had not come along and poured bottle water on it repeatedly for many, many tries before extinguishing the fire. My car was repaired at where I purchased the monte carlo new.". Right now (6-20-11) I have only 28,000 miles on this 2005 monte carlo. I have also, just had to replace the wiper motor., a few weeks ago. !!! These should be recalled and gm should have to make these repairs or refund the money that people like me have already shelled out for these very costly repairs !!! Now...I also have problems with my speedometer not working right. And gas gauge, "the entire cluster is bad, at an approximate cost of around $600.00 (six hundred dollars). This also should be recalled for safety. My speedometer might show 90 MPH when I know I am going maybe 40. Or it might show 20, when I'm on the highway doing about 70 !!! Sometimes the speedometer goes all the way around - past 120mph . Yesterday, when I stopped my car in the driveway, it showed I was still going 60 MPH while sitting still in my driveway. Help please, make gm recall and re-imburse people for these repairs !!! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) *

Filed Nov 8, 2010 · Electrical · 70,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that the instrument panel would fail sporadically and the gauges would read inaccurately, such as speeds traveled and fuel levels. The contact stated that while sitting at a traffic stop, the speedometer indicated that he was traveling 100 MPH. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 77,000.

Filed Aug 30, 2010 · Electrical · 124,000 miles · IL

I own a 2005 chevy monte carlo. Last year I noticed my speedometer and RPM and temp gauge stopped working. I've been searching for places to get it replaced and it just costs too much and will take 3-5 days for repair and I need my car for work. I have been using my GPS to see how fast im going. I also looked online and have seen many complaints for the same problem. My oil gauge and gas gauge works fine.

Filed Mar 2, 2010 · Electrical · FL

Instrument panel cluster failed on a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. Panel cluster failed around 42,000 miles on the car. Gas gauge does not work nor does the speedometer. Or temp gauge. This issue is complained of in the same year vehicles.