Bulletins


BulletinBulletin dateReplacement BulletinItem no.SummaryAdded
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
05060405809/01/200510017568Intermittent chuggle or fishbite on light acceleration or a highway speeds with no diagnostic trouble codes (dtcs). *tt11/10/2005

Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
09/10/201070000
 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 now registers between 6000-7000 rpms & none of the gauges are working properly. my car also smells like it has an exhaust or fuel leak which comes thru the vents, it makes me sick & gives me headaches. i took it to a dealer a yr. ago, paid $98.00 for them to tell me they couldn't find a problem. to this day, my car still smells like gasoline, i pray it doesn't catch on fire. tonight i've been researching these problems & found that the faulty gauges is a very common problem with these cars & quite expensive to fix. i feel chevy should be held responsible for repairing this problem & all the others, after all they're the ones who built a car with many serious problems. this is very unfair for the many consumers out there who have spent their hard earned money to buy this car. not everyone can afford to get this fixed along with paying the car payment. i don't understand why they can't be made to take care of this. what would have to happen in order to make them pay? what's listed above? a crash, fire, injury or death? shouldn't have to be that way, something needs to be done before any of that happens!
05/22/2012
 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.
07/01/2011
 All of the gauges have completely gone out in my 2005 chevy monte carlo ss supercharged including the speedometer, gas gauge, temperature gauge, oil gauge, etc.
03/15/201183195
 2005 monte carlo speedometer not working told the dealer about the problem and how i researched it on the internet and found out it is a very common problem for this vehicle and why this is not a recall issue of coarse they do not know.
12/10/201071000
 The speedometer on my 2005 chevy monte carlo registers the wrong speed. while in park, it reads different speeds from negative to 120 mph. while driving, it does not register correct speed. this is an important safety issue. there are many other monte carlo owners with exact same complaint. mine began right around 70,000 miles, the same as others. dealer states it is not recalled or under warranty and will cost $600. to repair. this defect should be recalled before someone gets killed going the wrong speed because of this defect!
10/28/201072000
 Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. while the vehicle was parked he started it and noticed the speedometer was not working. the vehicle had not been taken to a dealer or local mechanic. the manufacture was contacted and he was advised that the vehicle was not under warranty. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 72,000 and the current mileage was 75,600. vwb
10/11/201045000
 Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet monte carlo. while driving approximately 35 mph the speedometer stopped worked. he stated the speedometer registered he was driving 120 mph. the failure happens intermittently in cooler weather conditions. the failure started approximately 2 weeks ago. he stated if he lets the vehicle warm up 15 minutes the failure does not occur. the vehicle has not been taken to the dealer. the failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 47,136. vwb
01/01/201058000
 2005 monte carlo speedometer gage faulty reading inaccurate or freezes understanding there are numerous other monte carlo owners with the same problem and also with other gages
09/26/20081
 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 email the video to them but their email would not accept the video. took the video in and bo laughed at it and did not really seem to care that something was wrong with the car, he said we would have to go talk to someone up front but no one was there because they where all over at the new building. called the new building now is des moines imports at 11400 nw 54th ave grimes, iowa 50111and talked to a jessica and told her about the car and how upset i am at the way i have been treated by mitsubishi dealership. jessica says that bo is no longer even with them and that i should talk to andy and some other guy from kia. so i talk to andy and told him what has been going on and made an appointment to have the car looked at. we drop the car off and hear nothing from them all day and it?s getting late in the day after 5pm, so i have to call them to ask what is going on. they could not get the car to do it and they want to keep it another day, they drove it twice already. next day i hear nothing and have to call again we can't be with out the car and they can't get it to do it. i have a lot more detail and they only want to pay 100.00 towards bill. i don't feel this is my bill. *tr
02/01/2008650001
 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