2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO Vehicle Speed Control Problems

5 NHTSA complaints on file

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Vehicle Speed Control Issues in the 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO

5 vehicle speed control complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2005 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 1 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Vehicle Speed Control Complaints

#10462492 |
A YR. AFT. I BOUGHT MY 2005 MONTE CARLO, THINGS BEGAN GOING WRONG WITH IT. FIRST 2 THINGS TO GO:THE CRUISE CONTROL & RE-WINDOW DEFROSTER. THE NEXT YR, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT ON THE INTERSTATE, I SWITCHED MY LIGHTS TO BRIGHTS & WITHIN SECONDS I HAD NO LIGHTS AT ALL! THIS COULD OF CAUSED A VERY BAD ACCIDENT, I WAS ABLE TO QUICKLY SWITCH THE LIGHTS BACK TO DIM & LUCKILY THEY CAME BACK ON. SINCE THEN, I NO LONGER USE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS, FOR FEAR OF MY LIGHTS NOT COMING BACK ON. THEN IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WENT HAYWIRE AFTER THAT, ODOMETER SHOWED THAT I WAS GOING 110, GAS GAUGE QUIT & TEMP GAUGE REGISTERED PAST 260. NOT A FUN NIGHT TO BE DRIVING, NOT KNOWING MY CORRECT SPEED, HOW MUCH GAS I HAD, IF MY CAR WAS GOING TO OVERHEAT OR HAVE NO LIGHTS! SINCE 6/15/2012 THE TACH...
#10459360 |
ALL OF MY GAUGES STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY. THIS PROBLEM FIRST STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WITH MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND BATTERY GAUGES. NOW MY SPEEDOMETER IS FLUCTUATING IRRATICALLY AND GETTING STUCK. AFTER REVIEW OF OTHER BLOGS AND POSTS THIS IS DEFINATELY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT AND SHOULD BE FIXED BY THE GM. *TT
#10407649 | Fire
HEATER BLOWER MOTOR FIRE'S ON 2005 CHEVY MONTE CARLO LS, REPLACED TWICE !!! FIRE BOTH TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS PROBABLY AROUND 18,000 MILES OR SO. THEN THE SECOND TIME WAS AROUND 27,000 MILES OR SO. (I WOULD HAVE TO FIND MY RECIEPTS TO VERIFY EXACTLY). BUT, BOTH TIMES THE CAR'S BLOWER MOTOR WAS ON FIRE !!! ALOT OF SMOKE, THICK ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. A MAN CAME OVER TO HELP ME (AS I AM HANDICAPPED BY POLIO, AND COULD NOT GET OUT OF MY CAR MYSELF), AFTER IT HAD BEEN BURNING FOR ABOUT 1/2 HOUR , THE MAN POURED WATER INTO THE FIREWALL AREA THAT WAS BURNING, IT STILL TOOK ABOUT ANOTHER HALF HOUR TO TRY TO STOP THE FIRE. BUT ONLY THE FAN MOTOR AND CLOSE VACINITY BURNED. BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE IF THAT MAN HAD NOT COME ALONG AND POURED BOTTLE WATER ON IT REPEATEDLY FOR...
#10250592 |
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...
#10234082 |
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
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