Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | |||
| 01/07/2009 | 60000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2001 chevrolet monte carlo. the contact stated that he drove over a puddle of water at 20 mph when the abs and traction control warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. the contact shut off and restarted the vehicle, and the problem recurred. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they advised that the vehicle need to be diagnosed however, the contact declined. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. the failure mileage was 60,000. | |||
| 10/29/2010 | 130500 | ||
| Abs, trac off lights come on and stay on and service traction control warning comes on. took to mechanic, replaced both front wheel hubs not even 6 months ago and now back at shop again to have them replaced. but even having those fixed lights still remain on. | |||
| 06/21/2009 | 110000 | 1 | |
| 2001 monte carlo ss failure of steering knuckle passenger side. replaced outer tie rod two times on second replacement noticed tie rod was loose in knuckle after looking closer i saw large crack in tierod hole that if separated completely the steering would have failed. had to replace steering knuckle and tierod again. was told that this happens very frequently with all models of gm cars with this same setup. mileage at failure was around 110,000 miles. *tr | |||