Consumer Complaint Detail
CHEVROLET / MONTE CARLO / 1996
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 999085983 | Incident Date: Jun, 24 1999 |
| Consumer's City: READSBORO | Consumer's State: VT |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: MONTE CARLO | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 2G1WX12X9T9 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 29 1999 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 30 1996 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Bought car july 12, 1996, july 29, 1996 broke down due to #6 injector staying open. replaced.sept 9, 1996, found improper leak down rate on fuel injectors.installed fuel injectors.34,610 miles check engine light on, found #3&5 cylinders misfiring. they put injector cleaner in.40,323 miles #1,#3 & #5 cylinders spark plugs & wires burned.43,000 miles #2 cylinder spark plugs & wires burned.they want me to pay for this problem, but why do they keep burning out. have 2 more to burn. called chevy, they said the same wires have to burn twice.i saw many complaints about this on nhtsa website. what does it take for a recall. people shouldn't have to pay for same problem.why didn't they change all spark plugs and wires to all cylinders. have to keep going back. $108.05 for each cylinder.never heard of this problem on any other car. from day 1, car has started hard, nobody can figure out why.this car is not yet 3 years old, i would like to keep it longer, but not with this happening. *ak |