NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 26, 2015.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 158
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
18 fires
On a 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 15V701000
- Reported
- October 26, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,003,556
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004 Monte Carlo, 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 14V400000
- Reported
- July 3, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,877,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Monte Carlo, 4 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 09V116000
- Reported
- April 8, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,497,516
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002 Monte Carlo, 3 other models
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 03V250000
- Reported
- July 15, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,707,825
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 03V051000
- Reported
- February 14, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 130
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 02V222000
- Reported
- August 9, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 133,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Monte Carlo, 9 other models
Fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly: pressure relief devices
- Campaign
- 07E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Monte Carlo, 13 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 08E063000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2005 Monte Carlo, 4 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 09E005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2002, 2004–2007 Monte Carlo, 10 other models
2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo complaints by year
NHTSA has received 158 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the newest on April 13, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (6%) and 18 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine (20%) and the engine and engine cooling (16%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo's 9 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo owners gave the mileage (115 complaints), the median was 74,185 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System49
- Engine32
- Engine And Engine Cooling25
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Air Bags11
- Power Train11
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 14 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 21. 27% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Monte Carlo year in the same window: 5th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Monte Carlo years.
The 158 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Monte Carlo by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted