Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Registered from 1996 to 2007.
About this model
The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is a two-door coupe that was manufactured and marketed by the Chevrolet division of General Motors. Deriving its name from the city in Monaco, the Monte Carlo was marketed as the first personal luxury car of the Chevrolet brand. Introduced for the 1970 model year, the model line was produced across six generations through the 2007 model year, with a hiatus from 1989 until 1994. The Monte Carlo was a variant of the Pontiac Grand Prix throughout its production.
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Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 1583 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2006 | 1583 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2005 | 1558 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2004 | 1558 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2003 | 1516 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2002 | 1516 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2001 | 1516 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 2000 | 1518 kg · 2810 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1999 | 1566 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1998 | 1566 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1997 | 1558 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1996 | 1558 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · Coupe, 2-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Power steering fluid leaks - fires
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2009, closed October 2009.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Engineering analysis, opened September 2003, closed December 2003.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Recall query, opened January 2003, closed September 2003.
Engine compartment fires
Engineering analysis, opened October 2002, closed March 2004.
Degraded braking performance
Engineering analysis, opened August 1998, closed December 2001.
Degraded braking performance
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 1998, closed August 1998.
Inappropriate air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened September 1996, closed February 1998.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 852 bulletins about the 2007 Monte Carlo.
- Equipment: 313
- Electrical system: 136
- Engine and engine cooling: 100
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 47
- Power train: 43
- Engine: 27
- Wheels: 27
- Visibility: 26
- Fuel system, gasoline: 22
- Tires: 18
- Other: 93
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming… · August 2025
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B and Mini 50 terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. · June 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about the use of J-35616-64B terminal test probe, replacement terminals, and terminated leads. The J-35616-64B is the… · December 2024
- This service bulletin provides information for maintenance cleaning of the fuel injectors and gasoline detergent additive. · October 2024
844 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.