Chevrolet Monte Carlo wipers problems

Filed Jan 10, 2015 · Visibility · 131,300 miles · MI

Today my wipers decided they would park in a straight up 12 o clock position, due to a tab that gets bent on the wiper parking mechanism. I know my car isn't the only one that has done it, a lot of other chevy's have as well, and its a safety issue for sure, kind of hard to see with 2 wipers in my vision, due to a faulty tab that needs to be recalled. General motors/chevy is well aware of the issue to, as they've released a tsb on it, and even made an updated parking mechanism with a stronger parking tab to stop this issue.

Filed Sep 23, 2014 · Electrical · 113,111 miles · NC

After driving, when you go to turn the key/ignition back, it only turns back to where the radio, lights, and wipers stay on. The ignition will not turn all the back. Also, they key will come out of the ignition in any position, even while the car is in gear. I received a recall notice in august 2014 stating that as soon as parts are in, I could go and get the key ring replaced,but I have yet to receive the notice about parts for this recall. I have never had my car key on a key ring, even before the recall. I also read about a recall on ignitions of some chevy models back in june. I am not sure if this is related to the recall but something has to be done because I have to jump my car off every morning, or after long periods of time due to the ignition being stuck in the "on" position. This is eventually going to kill my alternator, and whatever else chooses to go next. This time consuming and inconvenient, and the fact that you can pull the key out of the ignition while driving is too dangerous! Please help!

Filed Jul 29, 2014 · Electrical, Lights · 135,000 miles · OH

While driving home car's headlights became stuck on high beam and stayed stuck for several days then functioned as normal. A few weeks later while driving home at night headlights failed to function at all. Signal lights and fog lights were all that illuminated the roads. Visibility was only a couple of feet. Dealership is aware of issue and has issued several technical service bulletins for it not only this model year, but others. They will not fix or even reduce costs to fix because they claim this is not a safety issue. Not having any headlights at all is a huge safety issue in poor weather, but especially at night! Upon inspecting multifunction switch in steering column and flipping external switch for high beams/wipers/signals to see if there is any function after a month of car sitting in drive, smoke began to steadily come out of steering column at switch. Battery was diconnected which stopped the smoke.

Filed Mar 21, 2014 · Electrical, Fuel system · 119,450 miles · WI

I have a 2002 chevy monte carlo ss and I am having electrical issues the windshield wipers don't always function properly neither do the turning signals my seats will move on there own ,there is a ticking noise coming from the doors once keys are taken out of the ignition also I have a problem when pumping gas into the car the pump keeps shutting off unless I hold it at a certain angle.

Filed Mar 17, 2014 · Visibility · 76,399 miles · IN

Passenger side wiper failed, had to spend $50 in shop to get it to work properly.

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 Feb 3, 2010 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · IL

To the best of my knowledge, any time the wipers, lights, rear-defrost, or when its just cold out, the instrument cluster stops functioning. Notably the speedometer will go up with speed, but not go back down. This also applies to the oil pressure, temperature, fuel and RPM gauges. This defect makes it so I have no idea what speed I am traveling and can be a risk to hazardous road conditions.

Filed Dec 1, 2009 · Electrical · 50,000 miles · ID

I own a 2005 monte carlo, at around 50,000 miles began to have problems with instrument cluster. The fuel gauge and the alternator gauge failed. I have also had problems with the windshield wipers not returning to the set position, I do see that there has been service bulletins issued to for this. The instrument cluster has not been addressed by chevy and I have read many other complaints about this failure from other owners. The fix for this is to replace the entire instrument cluster, this is running between $450 and $650. I think this is a defect that chevy needs to replace free of charge.

Filed May 19, 2009 · Visibility · 86,000 miles · WV

Went out one morning to start my car and let it warm up. Turned the wipers on to clear the windshield, and they went h alfway up and stopped. Shut them off, and the parked in the up position from then on. When traveling down the interstate with them in the up position, they would vibrate excessively due to the wind, and I thought they would be ripped off the glass. Had to have the entire assembly fixed, for $700. This has happened a lot with this model car from what I've seen and read.

Filed Sep 24, 2008 · Visibility · 88,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet monte carlo. While driving approximately 55 MPH in rainy weather conditions, the windshield wipers worked normally. When the wipers were deactivated, the blades remained in an upward position. The failure was annoying and hindered visibility. The vehicle has not been repaired. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The current mileage is 90,000 and the failure mileage was 88,000. Updated 10-30-08 *bf the consumer stated the windshield are in an upward position when they are not in use. Updated 10/31/08.