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2006 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Complaints about this year name transmission far more often than the model's other years — 19% of them, about 9× the usual rate of 2.1%.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

Also unusual this year

• failed — 19% of complaints, 5× usual
• very — 14% of complaints, 12× usual
• pressure — 10% of complaints, 24× usual

What owners wrote

WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DID NOT PROPERLY RESPOND. THE CONTACT WAS NOT ABLE TO MERGE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WA…

ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A BRICK WALL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING THE INCIDENT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUFFERED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. IN AD…

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

Recalls for this year

• 14V355000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
• 09E005000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.

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How this was worked out

Every year of the Chevrolet Monte Carlo was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.

This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.

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