NHTSA Complaint #10352546 — 2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO

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