2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

TRAVELING ON US 90 W. ALL OF A SUDDEN NO GAUGES. FOR WEEKS THERE AFTER I WAS SCARED AND EXTREMELY CONCERNED MY CAR WAS OVER HEATING(MAXED OUT TEMP RANGE)AND SPEEDOMETER ON ZERO. IN SHORT IT DOES EVERY THING READING WISE EXCEPT CORRECTLY ONCE THE KEY IS USED. I (THINK ) I'M HEARING A "POP OR DISTORTED/SHORT" IN THE SPEAKERS. .I HAVE NOT INSTALLED OR OTHERWISE ALTERED ANY EQUIPMENT OR MADE ANY CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT OF ANY KIND... AFTER REVIEWING THE INTERNET AND ASKING OTHER OWNERS OF LIKE MAKE/MODELS AND THE "OTHER CLOSELY RELATED MODELS I.E IMPALA I'VE BEEN TOLD MORE HAVING THIS PROBLEM THAN NOT. I'M ALSO FINDING IT SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM RATHER EARL IN PRODUCTION YEARS AND APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN ENGINEERING/ASSEMBLY OF THESE AUTOMOBILES. (PERHAPS A FULL REVIEW OF ELECTRICAL PATIENT/DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY METHODS MAY RESOLVE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. I TRULY WANT TO START A CLASS ACTION TO "REPAIR" (NO MONEY)WITH NEW RE-DESIGNED INSTALLS BY DEALER. AS OF TODAY MY "CARLO" IS AT 89000 MI... PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IF I CAN HELP OR YOU KNOW OF A CORRECT FIX.DEALER WANTS 700 TO REPLACE DASH..(IS THIS NEW DASH DIFFERENT IN ANY WAY FROM OEM BUILD I WONDER)ALSO MY AVALANCHE TRUCK AT 60,000+ DOING THE SAME THING. DOES IT TAKE A FIRE OR DEATH TO RECOGNIZE THIS A RECURRING DEFAULT IN MFG. OF CHEVROLETS. GM AND ITS DEALERS ARE MUM AND IT MUST BE MY FAULT. PERHAPS A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL REVIEW OF GM ENGINEERING IS IN ORDER NOT WITHSTANDING DURABILITY STANDARDS AND WHO MAKES THE WIRES/ASSEMBLY AND WHERE..I'M JUST SAYING. *TR

ON A RAINY DAY I WAS FOLLOWING AT LEAST THREE CAR LENGTHS BEHIND A TRUCK THAT LOST CONTROL AND STARTED TO SKID. I PUT MY BRAKES ON BUT MY CAR HYDROPLANED AND LEFT THE PAVEMENT THE CAR CAME BACK DOWN AND SLID AS I WAS SLIDING I SMACKED A FORD F-150 MY SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK ON IMPACT CAUSING ME TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED AS IT WOULD NO LONGER RUN. *TR

VEHICLE IGNITION RANDOMLY TURNING OFF ENGINE WHILE IN GEAR FROM 2006 TO SALE IN NOV 2007. TRIPS TO DEALERSHIPS IN MALDEN, MA AND WEST BABYLON, NY ADVISED "TOO HEAVY" KEYRING, BUT CONTINUED TO BE A PROBLEM. ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF ENTIRE DASHBOARD INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER OCCURRED IN JANUARY, 2007 AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP IN WEST BABYLON NY WHERE I WAS TOLD KEYS WERE TOO HEAVY FOR IGNITION REPORTING NOW DUE TO SIMILAR INSTANCES IN OTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLES BUT NOTICED MONTE CARLOS WERE NOT ADDRESSED AS AN ISSUE. *TR

THE STEERING PROBLEM WAS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 19,000 MILES.. VERY TIGHT STEERING, WAS IN WARRANTY AT THE TIME AND HAD IT SERVICED. HOWEVER, ALL THEY SAID WAS IT WAS ADJUSTED. *TR THIS WAS THE SPRING OF 2006. STEERING AT THIS TIME IS STILL VERY TIGHT, AND IT IS REAL BAD IN SUMMER MONTHS. THE CAR NOW HAS 39,000 APPROX. IF MY CAR WAS RECALLED BECAUSE OF THIS, I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THE SPEEDOMETER AFTER THE CAR WARMS UP, BEGINS TO STOP WORKING. USUALLY AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT, I WOULD NOTICE THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS BELOW ZERO (0) THEN I KNOW UPON ACCELERATING IT WILL NOT GO UP EVEN TO 45 MPH...AT TIMES IT STICKS TO AROUND 25 OR SO. THEN AFTER ABRUPTLY STOPPING AND THEN GOING FORWARD, IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS IS DANGEROUS, BECAUSE I TRY TO STAY WITHIN THE PROPER SPEED, ACCORDING TO OTHER CARS AROUND ME, BUT IF I WAS TO GO SLOWER THAN I THOUGHT TO BE, I COULD GET SLAMMED INTO BECAUSE OF NOT KEEPING UP WITH OTHERS. I FEAR THIS. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ALSO NOT READING RIGHT, IT USUALLY SHOULD STAY BELOW HALF TEMP... IT GOES UP ABOVE EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD ANTI FREEZE REPLACED WITH FRESH. THAT TOO IS DANGEROUS. OTHER THAN THESE THINGS, I HAVE HAD LITTLE TO NO PROBLEMS. I LOVE THE CAR, I JUST HATE WHEN THERE IS A PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO LOOK INTO THIS, AS I HAVE NOTICED I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THESE CONCERNS OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. FOR ME, THE STEERING IS THE MOST DANGEROUS. NOW IF MY CAR WAS IN ANY RECALL I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED, AS I MOVED OUT WEST FOR A FEW YEARS, AND ADDRESS HAD CHANGED. I AM NOW BACK HOME. NATURALLY WHEN YOUR NEW / USED CAR WARRANTY STOPS, THEN "THINGS" HAPPEN AND STILL MAKING CAR PAYMENTS MAKES IT HARD TO SERVICE THE EXPENSIVE PARTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE READINGS FLUCTUATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE BEEN THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS 2005 MONTE CARLO. I HAD AN OIL LEAK AND THE CHEVY DEALER RAN A DYE TEST TO SEE WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. THE TEST SHOW IT WAS THE REAR MAIN SEAL THAT WAS BAD. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN ON ALL SCHEDULED OIL CHANGES, RUNNING MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC (RECOMMENDED) AND HAVING ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE DONE. I DO NOT FEEL A REAR MAIN SEAL SHOULD BE GOING OUT ON THIS LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE (UNDER 50,000 MILES). I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER CARE LINE, AND THEY WERE NO HELP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT READING AND OCCASIONALLY REGISTER 80 MPH IN A 40 MPH ZONE. THE INSTRUMENTAL MESSAGING CENTER FAILURE ALSO CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO FLICKER AND BECOME DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT 45,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,800. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER WAS ACTIVATED WHEN THE SEAT CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER. NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT A SHORT IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WARMER CAUSED THE FIRE. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM ANY REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL GAUGES WERE ALL NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO VIEW THE THERMOSTAT, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL LEVELS, ETC. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 176,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 180,000.