2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo complaints

CONSUMER STATES STEERING IS SHIMMYING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WHEELS ARE PITTING.

THE PROBLEM IS THE THE ROTORS HAVE HAD TO BE RESURFACED AT 11,000, 22,000 MILES AND NOW AT 30,000 I HAVE TO REPLACE ROTORS OUT OF MY POCKET. THEY GET HOT AND DO NOT COOL DOWN BEFORE NEXT TIME YOU SEP ON BRAKE. CHEVE. DID PAY FOR THE RESURFACING ON THE FIRST 2 TIMS, BUT WILL NOT FIX THEM ANYMORE TIME. LES SCHWAB IS DOING THE REPACEMENT WORK NOW AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ONE THEY HAVE DONE, FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. CHEVE. DEALER DID TELL ME THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE MALIBU ROTORS BUT NOT THE MONTE CARLO. WHEN THE ROTORS START GOING YOU GET A PLUSING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHEN THEY GET REALLY BAD YOUR STEERING WHEEL SHAKES. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE ROTORS, WHY IS CHEVROLET NOT COMING FROWARD TO FIX THIS PROBLEM RIGHT?*AK

STEERING WHEEL VIBERATES AND VISIBLY SHAKES FROM SIDE-TO-SIDE AFTER REACHING A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. VEHICLE PULLS SLIGHTLY IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS. STEERING COLUMN IS NOT CENTERED, AND HAS NOT BEEN SINCE FIRST DAY OF OWNERSHIP. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN ALERTED TO THESE DEFECTS, BUT HAS NOT RETURNED CALLS. SERVICE CALL WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED IN APRIL OF 2001, BUT DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT FURNISH COURTESY TRANSPORTATION. THEREFORE VEHICLE WAS NOT LEFT FOR SERVICE/INSPECTION. VIBRATION WORSENS AT HIGHER SPEEDS SUCH AS HIGHWAY DRIVING. DIFFICUL TO CONTROL AND IS THROWN WHEN HITTING FLAW IN ROADWAY. *AK

UPON CHANGING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR GEARS STICK/RPMS REV, AND VEHICLE JERKS VERY HARD UPON CHANGING GEARS. COMPUTER COMPLETELY SHUTDOWNS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION, AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR TRAILER END TIE ROD BROKE, CAUSING ROD TO CUT INTO TIRE, WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE BEING NOISY. *AK. ALSO THE FRONT STEERING SHAFT BEGAN MAKING NOSIE, BUT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.*SLC

VEHICLE WANDERS VERY BAD,AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE RACK AND PINION. WHEN COLD STEERING WHEEL IS GOING OFF CENTER AND THE VEHICLE PULLS VERY BAD TO THE LEFT. SO FAR VEHICLE HAS HAD NEW ENGINE CRADLE AND NEW STEERING RACK.PROBLEM IS STILL THERE, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN HELPFULL AT ALL. UPON NUMEROUS OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS HEADLIGHTS FLICKERING,AND CHIRPING NOISE UNDER HOOD. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING THE ENGINE STOPPED AND VEHICLE LOST POWER, VEHICLE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ACTUAL LOSS OF POWER. *JG

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR 1.5 HOURS WHEN A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD. BYSTANDERS REPORTED HORN AND HEADLIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED BEFORE FIRE STARTED.VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT, CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVE INSPECTED VEHICLE AS WELL, BUT HAS NOT GOTTEN BACK WITH CONSUMER ON THE FINDINGS.*AK

HORN IS VERY HARD TO LOCATE ON STEERING WHEEL IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT SEPARATES FROM WHERE THE SIDE AIR BAG IS STORED. HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES BUT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR. THEY SAY THAT THERE COULD BE A RECALL BUT CHEVROLET DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE CONTACED CHEVROLET SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SATISFACTORY RESULTS, THE LAST TIME I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE I WAS TOLD THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT CONSIDED THE MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. CONSUMER COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FALLS OUT OF SEAT,LEATHER REPLACED, SCREW SHOWING,LEATHER BUCKLED, STILL NOT CORRECTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE TWICE . CURRENTLY, FOR REPAIR FOR FOURTH TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR AVBOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER'S RESTRAINT DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO RETRACTOR. DEALER HAS REPAIRED RESTRAINT SEVEN TIMES, BUT PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

THE MATERIAL ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT KEEPS PULLING AWAY FROM THE SIDE AIR BAG LEAVING AN UNSIGHTLY HOLE IN THE SEAT BACK. THE PROBLEM STARTED AS SOON AS I PURCHSED THE CAR 11 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AT LEAST THREE TIMES AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY SATISFACTION. THE LAST TWO TIMES I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT GM IS PREPARING A TECHNICAL BULLETIN WITH A FIX BUT NOTHING SO FAR. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET AND THEY CHECKED WITH THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THEY WERE TRYING. I WAS PROMISED A FREE LOF FOR MY TROUBLE. MY MAIN COMCERN IS THAT I PURCHASED A NEW CAR AND HAVE YET TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO DAYS WITHOUT THE DEFECT AND UNSIGHTLY SEATBACK. I HAVE OWNED GM PRODUCTS ALL OF MY LIFE AND I AM SERIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE ACTIONS AND EFFORTS OF THE DEALER AND OF THE LEVEL OF CONCERN OF CHEVROLET.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON BUT NO CODES SHOW UP, CAR ENGINE QUITS AFTER PUTING IN GEAR(REVERSE). STEERING AND BRAKES QUIT AND EMERGENCY BRAKE USED TO STOP. *AK

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT, ALLOWING THE LATCH PLATE TO TURN, THE NARROW SIDE TOWARDS THE SEAT BACK AND IN TURN THE WIDE SIDE TO THE DOOR, IN THE AREA OF THE COVER OF THE AIR BAG COVER, WHEN THE DOOR CLOSED, A HOLE WAS MADE IN THE DOOR PANEL AND ALSO THE SIDE OF THE SEAT BACK AT THE AIR BAG COVER.*YD

THE AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF I AM AFRAID THAT IT IS GOING TO OPEN UP AND MAKE ME WRECK AND MAYBE EVEN KILL ME AND MY PASSAGE. THE SEAT COVER KEEPS RIPPING LOOSE AND YOU CAN SEE PART OF THE AIR BAG .*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR PROBLEM. THEN, WHILE BACKING UP AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST. ON-STAR REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT ANTI-THEFT DEVICE CAME ON AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT OFF. *AK CONSUMER HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE ON ONE OCCASION WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

FLAP THAT CONCEALS SIDE AIRBAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS CONTINUALLY COMING OFF. THIS CONCERNS CONSUMER, AND IS RECEIVING NO SATISFACTION FROM DEALERSHIP IN RESOLVING THIS ISSUE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALERSHIP TUCKS THE LEATHER MATERIAL ON THE SEAT UNDER THE AIRBAG, HOWEVER AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT IS EXPOSED AGAIN. *SLC

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ON DASH HAVE BEEN CUTTING OFF AND NOT OPERATING. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT MORE PROBLEMS KEEP ARISING. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED DEFCTIVE AND WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALER IN A DEAL MADE WITH THE CONSUMER. *YH

CONSUMER STATES THERE ARE 2 SMALL IMPRINTS IN THE CENTER OF STEERING WHEEL THAT HE HAS TO TAKE HIS EYES OFF ROAD TO FIND IN THE EVENT OF BLOWING HORN. *SLC

WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED ON A INCLINE HILL, AND AFTER IT'S PUT IN REVERSE WITH BRAKES NO LONGER APPLIED, CAR STARTS TO MOVE FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS TO APPLY BRAKE AND GAS AT THE SAME TIME TO PREVENT VEHICLE FROM GOING FORWARD.*AK *SLC

BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SHOULDER BELTS ARE NOT OUTBOARD ENOUGH, AND HITS CONSUMER RIGHT UNDER THE NECK, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE BELT RESTING ON THE NECK.*AK