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2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Problems and Recalls
Owners filed 276 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, most often about the engine (34% of complaints, typically around 96,500 miles). It is the most complained-about Monte Carlo model year since 2000 and has 5 recalls.
Most common 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo problems
Engine
95 complaints · 34%Half of these problems showed up before 96,500 miles. Parts named most often: engine, exhaust system, cooling system.
The contact owns a 2001 Monte Carlo ss. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 MPH the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle was driven to the dealer where the mechanic stated he could only diagnose the failure if the warning indicator light was illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired. The…
Tl contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo super sport. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. The vehicle was unable to be restarted and was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer stated that the engine and ECM caused the failure. The contact would have to pay over $500 to have the…
Electrical
77 complaints · 28%Half of these problems showed up before 86,000 miles. Parts named most often: wiring, ignition, horn, alternator/generator/regulator.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. The failure occurred after the vehicle was serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 14v400000 (electrical system). The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the body control module needed to be…
Tl contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo super sport. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle shut off without warning. The vehicle was unable to be restarted and was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer stated that the engine and ECM caused the failure. The contact would have to pay over $500 to have the…
Steering
38 complaints · 14%Half of these problems showed up before 59,000 miles. Parts named most often: column, linkages, gear box, hydraulic power assist.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo ss. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the steering wheel made a loud noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where it was stated the intermittent steering shaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was not…
Turn signals only work some of the time and make a loud buzzing noise sometimes you can make them work by pushing the four way flashers but it is only a temporary fix.. I believe this is a serious safety issue and there should be a recall for this problem. There is also a clunking noise coming form the steering…
Lights
36 complaints · 13%Half of these problems showed up before 75,000 miles. Parts named most often: turn signal, hazard flashing warning lights, headlights.
Over the past couple of months we have noticed that the turn signals on our 2001 Monte Carlo have started failing. They will be fine sometimes, and then out of the blue they will stop working. This problem sometimes lasts for just a few minutes, and recently we have gone for days without them working. After calling…
Turn signals fail to work on my 2001 chevy Monte Carlo. I find myself in many situations of putting myself at risk since they do not work.
Brakes
31 complaints · 11%Half of these problems showed up before 50,500 miles. Parts named most often: foundation components, antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip, disc, conventional.
Brake rotors were turned by dealer in june 2004 at 43,000 miles. Steering wheel started shaking, had brakes checked, brakes were fine. Was told the front rotors were no good and needed to be replaced. This occured 3 months and 4,000 miles later. The dealer replaced the rotors, charged $205.00 (did not charge labor).…
Dt: febuary of this year ABS traction sensor and brake system warning light illuminated. When backing iout of driveway or in normal driving at any given speed the brakes would grab and the traction active lights would illuminate. Took vehicle to a dealer, they said it was the left rear wheel hub sensor that failed…
Air bags
26 complaints · 9%Half of these problems showed up before 55,500 miles. Parts named most often: side/window, frontal.
The contact owns a 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The contact stated that the driver side door/curtain air bag was exposed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 52,000.
While swerving to miss an animal I collided with a park car at around 30 MPH. Upon this collision my front bumper on the passenger side struck the left rear end of a vehicle. My car has an estimated $3600 of damage, and the damage to the other vehicle is unkown at this time but is quite extensive. Neither the front or…
Fuel system
20 complaints · 7%Half of these problems showed up before 119,500 miles.
Engine backfired and exploded upon ignition after sitting for a week. Engine was cold and in cold weather. 3 foot flames, minor burns and injuries sustained er visit for smoke inhalation while extinguishing fire. Vehicle was parked on private property. A neighbor's car the same make and model similar year did the same…
Car would not start again, raised hood and proceeded to attach jump cables, and at the moment just before attachment, my daughter turns the key and wow, what an explosion! I was injured very bad the whole center of the motor was all over my driveway and I was thrown away from the car. Over 25,000 in medical bills and…
Transmission
17 complaints · 6%Half of these problems showed up before 70,000 miles. Parts named most often: automatic transmission, axle assembly.
While at a stop, the driver proceeded to go and the vehicle would not move. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle had two transmissions replaced within 70,000 miles. The dealer said the flywheel and flex plate became disengaged from the engine.
On 4 separate occasions vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating because transmission was slipping. Vehicle was serviced 3 times, and is currently at the dealership for this problem. Thus far, dealership installed an alternator/transmission/power steering pump, and switch for the lighting in an attempt to correct the…
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo recalls
Engine: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe
Risk: Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
Fix: The remedy applied under recalls 08v-118, 09v-116, and 15v-201 did not adequately remove the safety risk. Under the improved remedy, dealers will replace the engineâs front valve cover and gasket. Vehicles that are covered by recalls 08v-118, 09v-116, or 15v-201 that have not yet received the original remedy will instead receive the improved remedy under the original recall number. The recall began on february 19, 2016. Owners may contact chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020, buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300, oldsmobile customer service at 1-800-442-6537 and pontiac customer s
Full defect summary
General motors llc (gm) is recalling certain model year 1998-1999 chevrolet lumina and oldsmobile intrigue, 1997-2004 buick regal and pontiac grand prix, 2000-2004 chevrolet impala, and 1998-2004 chevrolet monte carlo vehicles. The affected vehicles were previously repaired under recalls 08v-118, 09v-116, and 15v-201 to address the possibility that engine oil may drip onto the hot exhaust manifold.
Electrical: ignition
Risk: If the key is not in the run position, the air bags may not deploy if the vehicle is involved in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
Fix: Gm will notify owners, and dealers will install two key rings and an insert in the key slot or a cover over the key head on all ignition keys, free of charge. The recall began on september 9, 2014. Gm's number for this recall is 14350.
Full defect summary
This defect can affect the safe operation of the airbag system. Until this recall is performed, customers should remove all items from their key rings, leaving only the ignition key. The key fob (if applicable), should also be removed from the key ring. General motors llc (gm) notified the agency on july 3, 2014, that they are recalling 5,877,718 model year 2000-2005 chevrolet impala and monte carlo, 1997-2003 chevrolet malibu, 2004-2005 malibu classic, 1999-2004 oldsmobile alero, 1998-2002 oldsmobile intrigue, 1999-2005 pontiac grand am and 2004-2008 pontiac grand prix vehicles. In these models, the weight on the key ring and/or road conditions or some other jarring event may cause the ignition switch to move out of the run position, turning off the engine.
Engine: engine and engine cooling
Risk: If the manifold is hot enough and the oil runs below the heat shield, it may ignite into a small flame and may spread to the plastic spark plug wire channel and beyond increasing the risk of an engine compartment fire.
Fix: Dealers will replace the engineâs front valve cover and front-valve-cover gasket with new parts of an improved design and remove the engineâs plastic cover and plastic oil-fill-tube extension, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin during may 2016. Owners may contact chevrolet at 1-800-630-2438, oldsmobile at 1-800-630-6537, and pontiac at 1-800-620-7668 or http://www.pontiac.com or http:www.gmownercenter.com.
Full defect summary
General motors is recalling 1,497,516 my 1997-2003 buick regal, my 1998-2003 chevrolet lumina, monte carlo and impala, my 1998-1999 oldsmobile intrigue, my 1997-2003 pontiac grand prix vehicles equipped with a 3.8l v6 naturally aspirated engine. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which drops of engine oil may be deposited on the exhaust manifold through hard braking.
Air bags
Risk: In a crash, a front seat occupant may receive more serious injuries.
Fix: Dealers will replace the sensing and diagnostic module.
Full defect summary
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The air bag sensing and diagnostic modules (sdm) could experience a memory error resulting in the air bags not deploying in a crash situation.
Seat belts
Risk: In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.
Fix: Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.
Full defect summary
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."
Recall repairs are free at any franchised dealer. Enter your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which recalls are still open on your car.
NHTSA defect investigations
Engine compartment fires
Summary
Ea02-030 is closed with gmea02-030 is closed with gm?s actions in 03v-473 and 04v-090 recalling approximately 529,000 my 1998-99 c- and h-body vehicles equipped with defective fuel pressure regulators.these vehicles were equipped with plastic intake manifolds that are unable to contain pressures that occur in some backfire events and defective fuel pressure regulators with leaking diaphragms that can provide a source of fuel to produce a combustible air-fuel mixture in the manifold.the closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by odi that no safety defect exists in the vehicles that are not included in gm?s recalls.odi will continue to monitor the incidence of manifold rupt
Questions about the 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
- What are the most common problems with the 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo?
- By NHTSA owner complaints: engine (95 complaints, typically around 96,500 miles); electrical (77 complaints, typically around 86,000 miles); steering (38 complaints, typically around 59,000 miles).
- How many recalls does the 2001 Chevrolet Monte Carlo have?
- 5 recalls listed by NHTSA, the latest from October 26, 2015 (engine). Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls to see which ones are still open on your car.
- Is the 2001 a bad year for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo?
- It is the most complained-about Monte Carlo model year since 2000, with 276 complaints. Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, so popular years collect more of them, and the newest years have had less time to.