2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

THE WHOLE DASH CLUSTER ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO DOES NOT WORK. AT FIRST THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS SHOWING RED WHEN MY CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE, THEN THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT (IT DOESN'T EVEN MOVE) FOLLOWED BY THE FUEL INDICATOR GAUGE. IT HASN'T BEEN WORKING FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW. ITS HARD TO TELL WHEN I NEED TO FUEL MY CAR UP, WHEN IT MAY BE RUNNING HOT, OR HOW FAST I'M GOING. *TR

PURCHASED A 2005 MONTE CARLO ON SEPT 22ND FROM MITSUBISHI MOTORS AT 90160 HICKMAN RD DES MOINES, IA, 50325. IT WAS WITH IN A FEW DAYS (APPROXIMATELY FRIDAY SEPT 26TH) THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT ZERO AND DID NOT MOVE UNTIL THE CAR WAS SHUT OFF. THE CAR ALSO WAS SHIFTING HARD AND MAKING A NOISE CALLED MITSUBISHI AND TOOK THE CAR INTO BE LOOKED AT. I ONLY TOLD THE SERVICE PERSON ABOUT THE SHIFTING NOISE BUT TOLD THE TECH ABOUT THE SPEEDOMETER STICKING AT ZERO. THE SERVICE PEOPLE SAYS THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE THAT NOISE AND THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT STICK FOR THE TECH. THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT STICKING AT ZERO AND A VIDEO WAS TAKEN OF IT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THAT IT IS ON ZERO AND THE CAR IS PASSING HOUSES. CALLED MITSUBISHI AND TRIED MANY TIMES TO EMAIL THE VIDEO TO THEM BUT THEIR EMAIL WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE VIDEO. TOOK THE VIDEO IN AND BO LAUGHED AT IT AND DID NOT REALLY SEEM TO CARE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR, HE SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TALK TO SOMEONE UP FRONT BUT NO ONE WAS THERE BECAUSE THEY WHERE ALL OVER AT THE NEW BUILDING. CALLED THE NEW BUILDING NOW IS DES MOINES IMPORTS AT 11400 NW 54TH AVE GRIMES, IOWA 50111AND TALKED TO A JESSICA AND TOLD HER ABOUT THE CAR AND HOW UPSET I AM AT THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TREATED BY MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP. JESSICA SAYS THAT BO IS NO LONGER EVEN WITH THEM AND THAT I SHOULD TALK TO ANDY AND SOME OTHER GUY FROM KIA. SO I TALK TO ANDY AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT. WE DROP THE CAR OFF AND HEAR NOTHING FROM THEM ALL DAY AND IT?S GETTING LATE IN THE DAY AFTER 5PM, SO I HAVE TO CALL THEM TO ASK WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO DO IT AND THEY WANT TO KEEP IT ANOTHER DAY, THEY DROVE IT TWICE ALREADY. NEXT DAY I HEAR NOTHING AND HAVE TO CALL AGAIN WE CAN'T BE WITH OUT THE CAR AND THEY CAN'T GET IT TO DO IT. I HAVE A LOT MORE DETAIL AND THEY ONLY WANT TO PAY 100.00 TOWARDS BILL. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS MY BILL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ABNORMALLY AND THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD. THE BRAIN, PCM, WHEEL BEARINGS, AND IC SHAFT WERE REPLACED. ALSO, ON ONE OCCASION WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS DIMMED AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR THE LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE AGAIN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,800.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WATER ACCUMULATED IN THE REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY WHEN IT RAINED. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WASHED, WATER AND/OR MOISTURE ALSO ACCUMULATED IN THE REAR TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY. THERE WAS A NEAR CRASH INVOLVING A HEAVY TRUCK DUE TO THE TAIL LIGHT FAILURE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY OF 2008, IN WHICH THE LIGHT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED PER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. THE SECOND FAILURE INVOLVED BOTH REAR EXTERIOR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES, WHICH WERE REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2008. BOTH REAR EXTERIOR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES WERE ALSO REPLACED WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. ALL OF THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE DEALER IS CURRENTLY REFUSING TO HONOR THE 12,000 MILE YEAR WARRANTY ON THE TAIL LIGHTS, WHICH HAVE RECENTLY FAILED AGAIN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A WARNING FROM HIS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REGARDING THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS NOT ILLUMINATING PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,534 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000. UPDATED 12/1/08 *CN UPDATED 12/05/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE. SHE ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE MOTOR FAILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 37,000. UPDATED 11/12/08. *LJ UPDATED 11/14/08. *JB

FIRST OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO INCORRECTLY MEASURE THE SPEED AND SLOWLY OVER 3 MONTHS IT STOPPED WORKING TOTALLY AND NOW DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. IN ADDITION AFTER BUYING THE CAR IT HAD A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN MAKING TURNS AT SLOW SPEED..I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND IT WASN'T FIXED EITHER TIME AND GAVE UP BECAUSE GM COULDN'T FIX IT AND WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME ONCE I WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR