1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Recalls, Complaints & Specs

3 safety recalls list the 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and owners have filed 125 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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3 safety recalls for the 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe (engine and engine cooling) and engine (engine and engine cooling)

   NHTSA 15V701000 Reported October 26, 2015 1,003,556 vehicles potentially affected General Motors LLC

   General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 1998-1999 Chevrolet Lumina and Oldsmobile Intrigue, 1997-2004 Buick Regal and Pontiac Grand Prix, 2000-2004 Chevrolet Impala, and 1998-2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo vehicles. The affected vehicles were previously repaired under recalls 08V-118, 09V-116, and 15V-201 to address the…

   Remedy: The remedy applied under recalls 08V-118, 09V-116, and 15V-201 did not adequately remove the safety risk. Under the improved remedy, dealers will replace the engine’s front valve cover and gasket. Vehicles that are…

2. Engine and engine cooling

   NHTSA 09V116000 Reported April 8, 2009 1,497,516 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

   General motors is recalling 1,497,516 my 1997-2003 buick regal, my 1998-2003 chevrolet lumina, monte carlo and impala, my 1998-1999 oldsmobile intrigue, my 1997-2003 pontiac grand prix vehicles equipped with a 3.8l v6 naturally aspirated engine. Some of these vehicles have a condition in which drops of engine oil may be deposited on the…

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the engine’s front valve cover and front-valve-cover gasket with new parts of an improved design and remove the engine’s plastic cover and plastic oil-fill-tube extension, free of charge. The…

3. Air bags: frontal

   NHTSA 02V329000 Reported December 9, 2002 272 vehicles potentially affected GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

   On certain passenger, sport utility vehicles and MINI vans, some of these vehicles have a passenger air bag that was manufactured without a check valve pin. An air bag without the check valve pin could produce increased pressure at the onset of the air bag deployment and reduced pressure afterward.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect and, if necessary, replace the passenger air bag. Owner notification began december 16, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not…

125 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo have filed 125 complaints with NHTSA; 5 describe a crash and 6 describe a fire. Reports cite 1 injury and 0 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 89,213 miles. Complaints peaked in 2001 with 22 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip32
• Engine9
• Engine and engine cooling: engine9
• Engine and engine cooling: manifold/header/muffler/tail pipe7
• Service brakes, hydraulic: disc7
• Engine and engine cooling6
• Service brakes, hydraulic: rotor6
• Engine and engine cooling: cooling system5

What owners are reporting

“Fan want cool the car when stop at red breaks when fast stoping has slow grip too them”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, November 30, 2018 · Service brakes

“My car will not turn all the way off to be able to remove the keys from the ignition. I understand there is a recall on 2000 models and up. And there is a recall for the same issue on the 1999 lumina”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 17, 2016 · Electrical system

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Recall and complaint counts for every Chevrolet Monte Carlo model year in NHTSA's database.

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Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.