2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO

2 safety recall campaigns, 204 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2

Park it0stop driving until repaired

Investigations0

Owner complaints204

Complaints citing a crash14

Complaints citing a fire24

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 2 of 2

15V7010002015-10-26

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.

14V4000002014-07-03

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION

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.

What owners report most

44ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
32ENGINE
14ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
11SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
8AIR BAGS
6SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
6ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
5POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

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Two 2003 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLOs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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