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Chevrolet Monte Carlo · 2006

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·14V355000·2014-06-23

    GM Recalls Vehicles for Ignition Switch Airbag Deployment Risk

    General Motors is recalling specific Buick, Cadillac, and Chevrolet models because the ignition switch may move out of the run position, potentially preventing airbag deployment and causing loss of power steering and braking.

    Product
    CADILLAC — CADILLAC, BUICK, CHEVROLET DEVILLE, LACROSSE, MONTE CARLO, DTS
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 2006Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2006; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE20011 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel/propulsion system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2006 · powertrain 26 complaints, median 87,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

273 manufacturer service bulletins across 3 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2007: 3.9/5 · 42 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2006: 3.7/5 · 113 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2005: 3.5/5 · 120 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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