2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THE GAUGE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

AT APPROXIMATELY 57,000 (OCTOBER 2010) THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ EITHER ZERO MILES PER HOUR OR 120 MILES PER HOUR WHILE DRIVING. IT WOULD MOVE ERRATICALLY WHILE DRIVING SHOWING ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO 120 MPH. THEN IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. IN JANUARY 2011 THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY AGAIN AND HAS BEEN DOING SO CONTINUALLY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS ACCURATE BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. I CONSIDER IT A SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO NOT KNOWING HOW FAST I AM GOING. WHEN ON THE FREEWAY I GAUGE MY SPEED BY OTHER DRIVERS. IF I USE MY GPS I AM CONSTANTLY LOOKING AWAY FROM THE ROAD TO SEE WHAT MY SPEED IS AND IT IS HARDER TO READ ON THE GPS. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET THROUGH EMAIL AND THEY DID NOT REPLY.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE SPEED ODOMETER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING OF 5 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONTINUOUSLY AND OVER A PERIOD OF TIME THE SPEED ODOMETER BECAME INOPERATIVE. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,000. UPDATED 2/23/11 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER FUNCTION PROPERLY. IT WOULD READ 0 MPH AT ALL TIMES. UPDATED 03/09/11*JB

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAUGES IN MY INSTRUMENT PANEL NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY AND GETTING STUCK AND NOT RESETTING THEMSELVES WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. CURRENTLY 4 OUT OF THE 6 GAUGES WITHIN THE CLUSTER HAVE FAILED. UPON RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE THERE HAS BEEN A REALIZATION OF HOW COMMON THIS PROBLEM IS. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON GM MODELS FOR THIS ISSUE INVOLVING THE SAME PARTS, BUT NOTHING FOR THE MONTE CARLO. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON 11/11/10 AND HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO SS , LAST NIGHT, I OPERATED THE STEERING COLUMN MOUNTED HEADLIGHT DIMMER CONTROL. THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER WIGGLING THE LEVER THEY CAME BACK ON BUT I WAS UNABLE TO SWITCH THEM FROM HIGH BEAM TO LOW BEAM. I'VE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FIND NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF THIS OCCURRING. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT RELATED TO MY INCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE I WAS SUDDENLY BEING PASSED AND WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BECAUSE ALTHOUGH MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED I WAS DOING 65 MPH, I WAS ACTUALLY GOING MUCH SLOWER. I REALIZED THERE WAS A DEFECT WHEN I EXITED AND WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT THE RED LIGHT, MY SPEEDOMETER STAYED ON 60 MPH. SINCE THEN MY TACHOMETER AND MY GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING. THE NEEDLES POINT STRAIGHT DOWN ON ALL THREE. I CALLED THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS ALL OF WHICH HAVE QUOTED ABOUT $400 TO REPAIR THE CLUSTER ASSEMBLY. GIVEN THAT THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART AND HAS BEEN RECALLED IN A COUPLE OF OTHER CHEVY MODELS, CHEVY NEEDS TO RECALL THE MONTE CARLO AND FIX THIS FOR ALL MC OWNERS. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND THE DEFECT FIRST OCCURRED AT ABOUT 85,000 MILES. TODAY I HAVE JUST UNDER 90,000 MILES BUT RARELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE DEFECT. I AM ALSO WORRIED ABOUT PASSING STATE INSPECTION DUE TO THIS DEFECT THAT CHEVY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE GAUGES ON THE VEHICLE FAILED, INCLUDING THE FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE HE COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT SPEED HE WAS TRAVELING OR IF THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE BECAUSE NONE OF THE DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER ONLY ADVISED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,700.

I TO HAVE A 2004 MONTE CARLO THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES HAVE ALL GONE OUT. IT STARTED AT 40,000 MILES NOW SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS., I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS THEY SAID THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE (THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE THEY HAD WITH THE TRUCKS BUT THEY COVERED THEM. THESE ARE THE SAME ELECTRONICS) THEY INFORMED ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER WHERE IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $700.00 TO FIX. THE INTERNET IS LOADED WITH CUSTOMERS WITH THIS SAME COMPLAINT SO I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE GM HAS NOT HEARD OF IT. I GUESS SOMEONE HAS TO DIE BEFORE IT WILL BECOME NOTICED. *TR

GAUGE CLUSTER IS INOPERATIVE OR INACCURATE THAT MAY LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT, FINES, EXPENSIVE REPAIR COST DUE TO INACCURATE GAUGE READINGS, OR FATALITY. HAS BEEN ADDRESSED ON PARTICULAR VEHICLES(HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/MONTE_CARLO/2004/ELECTRICAL/GAUGE_CLUSTER_NEEDLES_SPAZZ_OUT.SHTML) BUT NOT THE MONTE CARLO LINE. 2004 MONTE CARLO INSTRUMENT PANEL DEFECTS COMMENTS: WRITING IN CONCERN FOR ALL. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITH THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT INSTALLED ON THE 2004 MONTE CARLO'S AMONG OTHERS I'M SURE. GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE GAUGES WILL NOT READ CORRECTLY WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN FINES, INJURIES, EXPENSIVE REPAIR COST DUE TO FAULTY GAUGE READINGS, AND POSSIBLE FATALITIES. FOR A SMALL EXAMPLE OF COMPLAINTS GO TO HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2004/CHEVROLET/MONTE+CARLO/DIGITAL+INSTRUMENT+PANEL WOULD LIKE YOU'RE SUPPORT IN URGING GM TO RECALL AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEBODY BECOMES A STATISTIC, OR IS FINED FOR ALTERING THE SPEEDOMETER TRYING TO FIX THIS THEMSELVES. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT. *TR