15V701000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Engine oil that drips onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold may result in a fire.
2004 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO
3 safety recall campaigns, 275 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints275
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire16
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 3 of 3
15V201000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
The leaking engine oil can drip onto the hot surface of the exhaust manifold, increasing the risk of a fire.
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
- 85ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 62ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- 23ENGINE
- 14STEERING
- 11EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 6SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5SUSPENSION
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2004 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.