2005 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY MONTE CARLO. LAST YEAR I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER AND RPM AND TEMP GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR PLACES TO GET IT REPLACED AND IT JUST COSTS TOO MUCH AND WILL TAKE 3-5 DAYS FOR REPAIR AND I NEED MY CAR FOR WORK. I HAVE BEEN USING MY GPS TO SEE HOW FAST IM GOING. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE AND HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. MY OIL GAUGE AND GAS GAUGE WORKS FINE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 MONTE CARLO WITH ONLY 87,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I WAS GOING APPROX. 55 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED SPEEDING UP SAYING I WAS GOING OVER 120. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER IS SAYING 120 MILES AN HOUR IN PARK. I HAVE CALLED THE CAR DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE OVER $500.00 TO FIX. I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT ON THE 2005 MONTE CARLO'S. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER IN MY WIFE'S 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO STARTED SHOWING THE WRONG SPEED WHEN WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I SET THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 75, YET THE SPEEDOMETER SAID I WAS GOING OVER 100. AT FIRST THE PROBLEM WAS SPORADIC, THEN BECAME CONTINUOUS. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED FOR ABOUT $460. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, I ALSO PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, SO I HAD TO PAY $200 OF THE ORIGINAL BILL, HOWEVER THIS SEEMS TO BE A WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM OVER SEVERAL YEARS OF GM PRODUCTS. THERE HAD NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS WHILE THIS WAS OUT, BUT MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A SPEEDING TICKET AND I RECEIVED 2 WARNINGS FOR SPEED, ALL WHILE DRIVING IN TOWN. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ERRATIC AND INACCURATE SINCE EARLY 2009 WITH ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TELL HOW FAST THE CAR IS GOING SINCE THEN. WHILE DRIVING SLOW ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 120 MPH OR MORE. WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED ON I-95, THE SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES REGISTERS 20 MPH. THE TACHOMETER ALSO DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND THE GAS AND TEMPERATURE GUAGES ARE UNRELIABLE. UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS, FOUND THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH THE 2005 MONTE CARLO, AS WELL AS EARLIER MODEL GM VEHICLES. WHILE THE EARLIER MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, THE 2005 MONTE CARLO HAS NOT. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR A RECALL ON THE 2005 MONTE CARLO, AS THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND REPAIRS SHOULD BE COMPED BY GM. DEALER ESTIMATES REPAIR COST BETWEEN $600 AND $900. DAUGHTER RECEIVED A HIGHWAY SPEEDING TICKET IN FEBRUARY 2010 DUE TO INACCURATE SPEEDOMETER READING.

2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO LS - SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED OVER 100 MPH WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. ONCE PEGGED IT WOULD NOT RETURN TO ZERO, THE GAUGE REMAINED AT 50 - 60 MPH. WHILE RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT GM HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH VARIOUS MODEL CARS AND SUV SPEEDOMETER AND AT LEAST ONE CLASS ACTION SUIT WAS BROUGHT AGAINST THEM. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 MONTE CARLO AT NIGHT AND MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER BEGAN TO OPERATE ERRATICALLY AND STOPPED WORKING. THE CAR HAD ABOUT 46,700 MILES ON IT WHEN THE MALFUNCTION OCCURRED. I REPORTED THIS TO THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER ON 3/1/10 AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. THE CSR ADMITTED THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO OPERATE THE CAR WITH A FAULTY SPEEDOMETER BUT TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP ANYWAY. (?) THE FAILURE OF GENERAL MOTORS DASHBOARD ELECTRONICS IS REPORTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE INTERNET. THERE ARE AT LEAST 57 COMPLAINTS ON THE NHTSA WEB SITE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. GM AGREED TO PAY FOR TRUCKS AND SUVS FOR 2002 - 2004 MODEL YEARS BUT WILL NOT REPAIR ANY AUTOMOBILES. GM RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A SETTLEMENT FROM DELPHI ELECTRONICS FOR FAULTY PARTS IN A CLOSED SETTLEMENT. HOWEVER, GM WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE GAUGES. THIS APPEARS TO BE SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT TOYOTA FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE FLOOR MAT FOOT PEDAL HAZARDS. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED BY OPERATING GM AUTOMOBILES WITH KNOWN OR POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ELECTRONICS. RESPECTFULLY. *TR