1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
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Recalls
4 recalls name the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Newest first.
Certain honeywell fram racing brand HP4 and HP8 oil filters that were manufactured from may 25, 2006, through september 14, 2007, and sold for use as replacement equipment for vehicles list above. the affected filters are marked with a date code a61451 through a72571 sequentially. the date code and part number appear on the filter housing. fram racing…
Risk and remedy
Risk
This condition may cause inadequate sealing and loss of engine oil, possibly resulting in a fire.
Remedy
Honeywell will replace the affected oil filters free of charge. the recall began during november 2007. owners can contact fram customer service toll-free at 1-800-890-2075.
Certain replacement fuel filters, fram brand name p/n g3727, with date codes x52911 through x60801 sequentially or x600141 and a mexico country or origin marking on the fuel filter housing manufactured from october 18, 2005, through march 21, 2006, sold for use on the vehicles listed above and on certain school buses. (to see the school bus engine sizes…
Risk and remedy
Risk
This condition may cause an inadequate seal at the connection, potentially leading to a fuel leak. In the presence of an ignition source, a fire could occur.
Remedy
Honeywell will notify owners and replace the fuel filters free of charge. the recall began on october 18, 2006. owners may contact fram customer service at 1-800-890-2075 (option 1).
The push pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under…
The push-pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under…
Owner complaints
6 complaints1 involved a crash2 involved a fire4 deaths
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Latest complaints
- Unknown or other
Nar 02/10/2003. The consumers son was involved in an accident where all 4 occupants died. According to a previous complaint, the vehicle flipped over and caught on fire. No mention of possible defect. *Jb
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
After being in an accident vehicle started to flip. Afterwards vehicle caught on fire. dealership could not find out why vehicle caught on fire. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.*ak
- Power train › Automatic transmission
Transmission fails to come out of lock up causing car to stall and shift erratically when restarted. I failure analized the psolenoid which was removed and found the mal-function to be caused by a blistering of the phenalic core material due to overheating thus causing the solenoid piston to stick…
Transmission fails to come out of lock up causing car to stall and shift erratically when restarted. I failure analized the psolenoid which was removed and found the mal-function to be caused by a blistering of the phenalic core material due to overheating thus causing the solenoid piston to stick open and not allowing the feflow of fluid to the proper non lock up areas. I am not alone .... This IS a factory design defect in the 400 transmission. my solution was to decrease the power across the solenoid by 20% by adding a 4 ohm 1 watt resistor in the power feed circuitry from the normally closed brake switch power feed. actually , gm has an incorrect design here and perhaps should have used a teflon core material which would not have blistered or had a different power type unit which would not have been degraded by the heat. probably not many 96'S around but at over a hundred bucks a fix and possible accidents .... You might look into. thanks
- Seat belts › Front › Webbing
Seat belt shoulder harness hangs up on top holder when trying to extract to use it.
- Wheels › Lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
Wheel fell off of vehicle and collided with two other vehicles.
- Power train › Manual transmission
It's a model 200 4R turbo hydra 4 speed overdrive the rings are not hardened. *ak
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Parking brake cable
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- Jammed steering mechanism
Summary: the oil fill tube may become loose, causing it to fall andpossibly become lodged near the steering gear.this may cause thesteering mechanism to become jammed, resulting in a loss of vehiclecontrol.===
- Throttle non-return
There is no summary currently available
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 616349Some owners may comment on high oil consumption after a gm goodwrench remanufactured 4.3L V6 engine IS installed.
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