2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY AT 4 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER. THE MOUNT THAT HOLDS THE RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILED AND BOTH FRONT WHEELS WERE HEADED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BOUNCED UP AND DOWN A FEW INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN THIS TYPE OF FAILURE AND WILL REPLACE THE STEERING RACK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 23,300.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. SINCE DECEMBER OF 2006, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT LEAST THREE TIMES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION WAS IMPROPERLY REPAIRED THE FIRST TIME AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SHOP. THE BATTERY DIED AND THE CONTACT WAS NOT GIVEN A NEW ONE. THE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM WITH ONSTAR IS MAKING A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MECHANIC DOES NOT PERFORM THE REPAIRS AND LEAVES THE VEHICLE PARKED FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. THE ENGINE SIZE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 33,852 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000.

THERE WERE FOUR ADULTS IN THE CAR (2) FRONT (2) BACK AND I WAS PARKING THE CAR AT MY APARTMENT. I PARKED THE CAR AND THE (2) ADULTS IN THE FRONT SEAT GOT OUT AND THE (2) ADULTS IN THE BACK SEAT COULD NOT GET OUT. BOTH SEATBELTS WERE IN THE TIGHT POSITION AS IF YOU WERE STOPPING QUICKLY. THE SEATBELTS ARE DRAPED OVER THE SEAT BECAUSE OF THE BRACKET HOLDING THEM TO THE SEAT. THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK COULD NOT GET OUT BECAUSE OF THE SEATBELT. I WENT TO THE SEAT AND HAD TO SLIDE IT BACKWARD A LITTLE TO GET THE SEATBELT TO RELEASE. *JB

I OWN A MONTE CARLO SS 2006, AND WHILE DRIVING THE BATTERY CABLE OR ANOTHER PART OF IT CAME LOOSE OR MALFUNCTIONED, TO WHERE IT WAS SHORT CIRCUITING THE POWER TO THE CAR. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING AND LOST ALL POWER, EVEN THE ALTERNATOR STOPPED. THIS SEEMED LIKE IT WAS TRIGGERING THE THEFT PROTECTION; ANYHOW I HAD NO POWER, AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND COULDN'T TURN MY KEY BACK TO THE RELEASE POSITION, SO I POPPED THE HOOD BUT COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE DOOR WOULDN'T UNLOCK. I PULLED ON BOTH HANDLES AND WITH NO POWER THE CAR WOULDN'T LET ME OUT. A PERSON STOPPED AND OPENED THE HOOD AND MOVED THE BATTERY WIRING AROUND SOME, WHICH GAVE ME POWER TO AT LEAST OPEN MY DOOR NOW. I TOOK THE CAR DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER SHIP TO BE SERVICED AND LOOKED INTO. MY MAIN CONCERN IS IF I AM IN A WRECK AND LOSE ALL POWER TO THE VEHICLE THEN HOW AM I TO OPEN THE DOOR(S). THE HANDLE SHOULD UNLOCK THE CAR DOOR FROM THE INSIDE WITH OR WITHOUT POWER.*AK

TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. DEALER AND CHEVROLET BOTH SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND NO FIX IS AVAILABLE. BOTH MADE IT SOUND LIKE A VERY RECENT PROBLEM BUT AFTER SOME RESEARCH OF MY OWN INCLUDING YOUR SITE, I HAVE FOUND CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING OF THIS DEFECT FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW. ARE WE TO JUST TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE A INFERIOR VEHICLE, LACKING IN MY CASE ANYWAY, A FEATURE THAT WAS A MAJOR PART OF MY DECISION TO PURCHASE THIS VEHICLE? I DON'T KNOW AND APPARENTLY CHEVROLET DOESN'T EITHER. SHAME ON CHEVROLET. HOW CAN THEY CLAIM 100% SATISFACTION WHEN THEY WONT EVEN TELL US WHEN A FIX MAY BE EVOLVING? JUST SMOKE AND MIRRORS. *JB

I HAVE INFREQUENT LIFTER NOISE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS PISTON SLAP. IT'S NOT PISTON SLAP. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED TWICE. I GOT THE SAME RESPONSE. PISTON NOISE. SYMPTOMS: COLD START..WINTER-FALL OR SUMMER...LIFTER NOISE..VALVES CLATTER...ENGINE RUNS ROUGH..NO CODES..AFTER IDLING FOR A FEW MINUTES THE VALVES PUMP UP AND THE ROUGHNESS AND NOISE GO'S AWAY... I ALSO HAVE THE ODOR OF BURT TRANSMISSION FLUID (HAIR BURNING) WHEN ACCELERATING.. I ALSO OIL 1QT A MONTH. *NM

TIRE MONITOR SYSTEM FAILED FROM DAY ONE. IT HAS NOW BEEN 5 MONTHS WITH NO FIX AVAILABLE. AFFECTS THE REMOTE LOCKS AND STARTER AS WELL. NEED TO BE WITHIN 10 FEET OF CAR FOR IT TO WORK. HAVE HAD IT IN 3 TIMES AND THEY STATE THEY ARE WAITING FOR A FIX AND BULLETIN. HELP CORRECT THIS SOMEONE. THE DEALER IS GETTING NO HELP FROM CHEVROLET AT ALL. BAD PRACTICE. I HAVE OWN CHEVROLET FOR 25 YEARS WITH NOT HAVING THIS MUCH TROUBLE FIXING AN ISSUE. MY DEALER IS ALWAYS GREAT IT IS ON THE OTHER END THEY NEED HELP.*JB

SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK CLOSER AT ON-STAR'S BUSINESS PRACTICES...THEY NEARLY CAUSED A SEVERE ACCIDENT TONIGHT. WHILE DRIVING MY MONTH-OLD CHEVY THRU A BUSY INTERSECTION IN THE DARK, BAD WEATHER, THE RADIO TURNED ITSELF OFF AND A MALE VOICE CAME FROM THE BACK SEAT (REAR SPEAKERS) TELLING ME I NEEDED TO HIT THE BLUE ONSTAR BUTTON AND 'FINISH' SIGNING UP FOR THE SERVICE. I NEARLY JUMPED OUT OF MY SKIN, MID-INTERSECTION. I HAVE REPEATEDLY TOLD THEM I DO NOT WANT THE SERVICE, DID NOT KNOW THEY WOULD LITERALLY SOLICIT WITH AUTOMATED MESSAGES WHILE DRIVING! THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY DISTURBING USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND A SAFETY HAZARD. *JB

TERRIBLE ODOR FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, I HAVE BROUGHT THIS CAR BACK TO THE DEALER ON 3 OCCASIONS. THEY STATE THEY CLEANED THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT?? NOW AFTER 2 WEEKS OF HAVING MY CAR BACK THE ODOR IS BACK AND WORSE. THE DEALER STATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRAIN PLUG, THEN THE ONBOARD COMPUTER, THEN THEY SAY THEY REMOVED THE ENTIRE UNIT AND CLEAN AND DISINFECTED IT? THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. I AM A VERY UNHAPPY CUSTOMER!!! *JB

2006 MONTE CARLO HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT AND AIR BAG FAILURE. *TS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. WHEN THE AIR BAGS FAILED, THIS CAUSED AN ISSUE WITH THE ONSTAR SYSTEM. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON WHILE SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. THIS MEANT THAT THE AIR BAG WAS NOT ACTIVATED. THE SEAT BELT INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED THE SDM. THE ONSTAR SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED NUMEROUS TIMES. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM NOT FUNCTIONING. *NM

CAR SHAKES WHILE DRIVING SINCE NEW. NOW 1000 MILES. BEEN TO A CHEVY DEALER(TEAM CHEV IN SMYRNA, TN) THEY HAVE TRIED 3 SETS OF TIRES, ALL DEFECTIVE. THEY BELIEVE THE RIMS ALSO TO BE DEFECTIVE. CAR STILL SHAKES, AND FEELS LOOSE OVER BUMPS. DEALER SAYS HANDS ARE TIED DUE TO VERY POOR CHAIN OF COMMAND TO PROPERLY RESOLVE THIS MATTER QUICKLY, SO MY NEW CAR DRIVES NEW. COMPUTER WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CHOOSE TIRE SIZE WHICH IS ACTUALLY 225/60-16. *JB

I HAVE A 2006 CHEV. MONTE-CARLO, BOUGHT NEW WITH 9 MILES ON IT. I COMPLAINED TO MY DEALERSHIP ( COOPER CHEV. ANNISTON AL. ) ABOUT THE CAR HAD A LIGHT SHIFTING MOVEMENT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF THE CAR,( AT 90 MILES A HR. THE CARD WILL DART TO THE LEFT INTO THE OTHER LANE )ALSO A VERY LOUD WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD AREA,MY DEALERSHIP DROVE MY CAR AND SAID YES YOUR CAR HAVE A MOVEMENT IN THE FRONT END,AND A WIND NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD, THEY HAD ME TO TEST DRIVE ANOTHER MONTE CARLO AND IT DID THE SAME AS MY CAR DID, SO MY DEALERSHIP SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR, SINCE THE TWO CARS HAVE THE SAME THING, ITS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR TO DO THIS. YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM. MY DEALERSHIP NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT MY CAR,NEVER RAISED THE HOOD,I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, THEY TEST DROVE MY CAR AND STATED YOU HAVE WIND NOISE COMING FROM BOTH DOORS, THE WINDSHIELD, THE BUMPER IS LOOSE, THE GRILL IS LOOSE, THE WIPER BLADES ARE MOUNTED TOO HI, I TOLD MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID, I KNOW THEM THEY CAN'T FIND THERE WAY OUT OF THE RAIN WITH OUT HELP. I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP, THEY HELP A LOT FIXED SOME THINGS WRONG, BUT COULD NOT FIX THE WIND NOISE, OR FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END,MY CAR HAS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE FRONT END SHIFTING OR FLOATING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, I CAN NOT GET A GM PERSON TO LOOK AT MY CAR,OR ANY HELP BECAUSE MY DEALERSHIP KEEPS SAYING I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. SINCE 2 CARS DO THE SAME THING. I NEED HELP WI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DASH PANEL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS POORLY LIGHTED AND THERE WAS LIMITED VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING IN THE DAYLIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A SERVICE DEALER ON A BRIGHT DAY, THEREFORE THE PANEL WAS VISIBLE AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, IN CLOUDY CONDITIONS THE GAUGES ARE NOT VISIBLE AT ALL.