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1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 5, 2001
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
0
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Apr 28, 1998

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–3 of 3

EngineSuspension
Filed Oct 5, 2001

ENGINE IS DEFECTIVE AND THERE IS ALOT OF SMOKE THAT COMES OUT. ENGINE WILL LOSE ALOT OF OIL. VEHICLE ALSO VIBRATES AT LOW SPEEDS, AND SHAKES AT SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. *AK

NHTSA ID
897397
Incident
Oct 2, 2001
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 7, 1998

SEAT MOUNTS BROKE, SEAT ADJUSTER AND FRAME BROKEN SEVERAL TIMES.

NHTSA ID
537393
Incident
Nov 23, 1993
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 28, 1998

DRIVER SEAT ADJUSTER/FRAME AND RECLINER BROKE.

NHTSA ID
534822
Incident
May 7, 1990

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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