Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEERING | |||
| 02/09/2004 | 45000 | 1 | 06/30/1999 |
| 1999 chevrolet montecarlo. e xperiencing grinding noises with left turns at all speeds. at low speed, car appears to want to lose power when making left turns. have not experienced power loss with right turns or proceeding straight after stop. *ak | |||
| 01/20/2004 | 80000 | 2 | 08/01/2001 |
| While driving the front rack and pinion snapped. this caused the steering wheel to lock up and resulted in the driver losing steering control. *ak the cap on the worm gear was worn and caused the worm gear to move which in turn caused the bearing to fall out. these failures caused the rack to lock up. a recall was issued for this failure but the consumer's vehicle was not included due to vin. *nm | |||
| 12/01/1998 | |||
| Steering system malfunctioned, causing vehicle to go to the right while driving.vehicle made noise. may cause a loss of vehicle control. also, dealer replaced coil system. please provide further information and vin#. *ak | |||
| STEERING - GEAR BOX - SHAFT SECTOR | |||
| 10/15/2000 | 1 | 10/01/2000 | |
| Both, driver's and passenger's seat backs flipped forward when brakes were applied or when vehicle came to a stop.*ak seat backs do not latch in a closed position. *yh | |||
| STEERING - LINKAGES - TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | |||
| 02/06/2003 | 54000 | 4 | 12/06/2002 |
| Left front wheel hub assembly failure, tie rod end & elec sensors on lh axle that help operate abs (wheel speed sensors), torque converter slippage.: left front tire was not secure and wobbled during driving due to faulty hub assembly; abs wheel speed sensor cracked causing abs not to work properly; transmission slips out of overdrive under normal highway driving speeds when gearshift is in the od position; car starts off in what appears to be too high of a gear making it very sluggish to move-danger to pull into traffic with this. local gm dealer mechanic stated he has reported the faulty wheel speed sensor problem to gm because many vehicles of this same model have had same problem for which the abs control module had been replaced in error not solving the problem-vehicle makes clicking sound when applying brakes and causes headlights to dim and flash making it appear that i am trying to flash another vehicle with my headlights-this could prove to be extrememly unsafe especially if someone has the belief that my flashing headlights are giving them an ok to make a turn or other maneuver, when in fact i am not.*ak | |||