Tl* the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle jerked and the computer turned on and off as smoke emitted under the hood. The contact extinguished the fire. A police and a fire report were not filed and there were no injuries. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v701000 (engine and engine cooling); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The failure mileage was approximately 119,000.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo jerking problems
15 of the 2,120 owner complaints about the Chevrolet Monte Carlo describe jerking or lurching, most of them for the 2007 model year.
- owner complaints
- 15
- worst model year
- 2007
- typical mileage
- 70,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
- 20074
- 20062
- 20033
- 20021
- 20012
- 19953
Often reported together
Slipping 3Harsh shifting 3Loss of power 1Hesitation 1No deployment 1
What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet monte carlo.while accelerating from a stop, the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle jerked and then accelerated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet monte carlo super sport. The contact stated that while stop within a parking lot, the vehicle jerked, suddenly accelerated independently and crashed into a metal pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained head injuries which required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified about the failure. The contact received a notification for recall the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system). The approximate failure mileage was unknown.
When pressing the accelerator after being stopped at a light, the vehicle jerks and vibrates a couple of times before accelerating. It feels as if the gear is not shifting properly. It happens often and thrusts us forward quite a few times.
From a stopped point the transmission slips upon acceleration causing the car to make a loud clunking noise and then jerk and bark the tires until the car goes into gear almost causing me to be rear ended each time.
I had just exited the highway and was sitting at a red light waiting to turn left, when the light turned I stepped on the throttle like normal and the transmission revved up, clunked into gear started rolling and then began to shudder & vibrate. I had only been able to move about 10 feet. I took my foot off the accelerator as the car felt like it would shake it self to pieces. At this point someone almost back ended me. I then stepped on the accelerator again and didn't move the engine just revved and then another large clunk and the car popped into gear jerked forward almost causing me to lose control of the car. If there were poor weather conditions I feel this transmission issue would have caused an accident.
Transmission is slipping some times the gears do not seem to catch and it slips and jerks the car into gear causing the car to occasionally lose traction during acceleration. Can be a little scary at times. *tr
Just purchased 2003 chevrolet monte carlo ls 2d today, vehicle has 1st gear engagement (slips), when pulling off from stationary position vehicle will lose power then jerk/clunk forward like being hit from behind only occurs when pulling off from stand still position or making turns, also noticed dash board panel is separating from airbag compartment and glue/foam showing.
While driving my 20065 chevy monte carlo the other day at high way speed my traction control light came on the car did a hard jerk causing me to jerk back breaking drivers seat had to tie down with rope to get it home..and the engine has lost its power...what is gm doing about this safety issue....and will gm fix this before some one gets killed.
The contact owns a 2003 chevrolet monte carlo. The contact stated that when pulling off from a stationary position the vehicle will drag and then jerk forward like you have been hit from behind. The dealer has not been able to find out what is causing the problem even though they have seen the problem on other vehicles. The problem does not happen while driving; this is a failure that only occurs youre pulling off from a stand still position. The VIN number was not available at the time of the complaint.the failure mileage was 34000 and the current failure 41000.rl
Related recalls
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The model years with the most reports are 2007 (4 complaints), 1995 (3 complaints) and 2003 (3 complaints).
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