Recall Register

1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The newest campaign is 86V131000. NHTSA received the report on 19 Sep 1986. The NHTSA record gives the component Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch. NHTSA has 6 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 86V131000, in the NHTSA record

Replace headlight switch as necessary.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 199,428 units in total.

  1. 86V131000Received . 106,111 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The push pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. Consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under severe weather or nighttime driving conditions could reduce driver visibility which might result in a vehicle crash without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace headlight switch as necessary.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 86V056000Received . 93,317 units.

    Exterior Lighting / Headlights / Switch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The push-pull headlight switch may have electrical contacts which allow an intermittent headlight circuit causing headlight to flicker or suddenly go out. Consequence of defect: sudden loss of the headlights under severe weather or nighttime driving conditions could reduce driver visibility which might result in a vehicle crash without prior warning. Note: also, see NHTSA campaign number 86v131000.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace headlight switch as necessary.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

6 complaints, 6 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train2
Wheels1
Seat Belts1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Unknown or Other1
Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
4
Date of the newest complaint
15 Jan 2003

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE89145Preliminary evaluationPARKING BRAKE CABLEParking Brake21 Jul 198922 Sep 1989
PE89104Preliminary evaluationJAMMED STEERING MECHANISMSteering17 Mar 198912 May 1989

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19701
  2. 19731
  3. 19742
  4. 19751
  5. 19763
  6. 19772
  7. 19787
  8. 19794
  9. 19803
  10. 19811
  11. 19821
  12. 19831
  13. 19842
  14. 19850
  15. 19862
  16. 19871
  17. 19880
  18. 19901
  19. 19911
  20. 19953
  21. 19961
  22. 19971
  23. 19983
  24. 19993
  25. 20005
  26. 20015
  27. 20024
  28. 20036
  29. 20044
  30. 20051
  31. 20061
  32. 20071
  33. 20080
  34. 20100

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/monte-carlo/1986/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo?
199,428 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Monte Carlo have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 44 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Monte Carlo, model years 1970 to 2010. 2 of them name the 1986 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo name most often?
Power Train: 2 of 6 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.