1996 Chevrolet Monte Carlo — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 232 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system52 (22.4%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2001–2007.
• Brakes48 (20.7%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1995–2004.
• Engine26 (11.2%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 1996–2004.
• Fuel system17 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 1995–2005.
• Exhaust & emissions control11 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1998–2004.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)10 (4.3%)

Other / uncategorized: 9 classifications (3.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (3,764 records, model years 1995–2007) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, brakes and engine.
• Manufacturer communications (5,533 records, model years 1995–2007) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 235 records for 1995 235
2. 1996 206 records for 1996 206
3. 1997 230 records for 1997 230
4. 1998 173 records for 1998 173
5. 1999 208 records for 1999 208
6. 2001 719 records for 2001 719
7. 2002 682 records for 2002 682
8. 2003 642 records for 2003 642
9. 2004 718 records for 2004 718
10. 2005 669 records for 2005 669
11. 2006 890 records for 2006 890
12. 2007 897 records for 2007 897

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 14mention a crash
• 1mention a fire
• 10mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 41
• Investigations NHTSA 5
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
• Owner complaints NHTSA 155

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