15V701000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
2001 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 417 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints417
Complaints citing a crash20
Complaints citing a fire47
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
14V400000
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
- 59ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 48ENGINE
- 18ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 18STEERING
- 17AIR BAGS
- 11EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
- 10ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 10FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2001 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.