Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER WIRE WAS MELTED AND CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT WINDOWS WERE INOPERABLE. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE CABLE MOTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDOWS FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES. UPDATED 09/22/06. *JB
DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED OPERATING DURING A SNOW STORM, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEVICE THAT THE AIR COMES THROUGH TO DEFROST THE BACK WINDSHIELD WINDOW,CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE INUSE.DEALER CONTACTED. NLM
WHILE DRIVING MACPHERSON STRUT FAILED, CONSUMER REPLACED. *TT
REAR DEFFOGGER DID NOT WORK. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO REPAIR REAR DEFOGGER AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK
BOTH FRONTAL SIDE DOOR POWER WINDOWS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STICK/LOCK UP WHEN SWITCHING UP/DOWN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
DRIVERS POWER WINDOW GETS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION, TOOK VEHICLE TO SEVERAL DEALERS FOR PROBLEM THAT THEY CANNOT SEEM TO RESOLVE, I HAVE A BABY DUE IN 2 WEEKS AND 2 OTHER CHILDREN, IF THERE IS A FIRE IN THE CAR I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I WORK IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADVISED GEERAL MOTORS " HOW DO THEY EXPECT ME OR MY PREGNANT FINACE TO BREAK A WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. IMPOSSIBLE! IF FIRE WE WOULD ALL BE KILLED DUE TO SMOKE.*AK
WINDSHIELD JUST STARTED CRACKING IN THE MORNING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND TOLD ME THAT IT COULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY. *AK
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.
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