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2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo fuel system problems

18 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
18 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
110,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 8
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2002 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 110,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 0 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 110,000 miles
Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 36% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles0
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 14 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 110,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 8 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Went out to start car. Turned on key, set radio. Then turned key to start engine with a resulting loud explosion from under hood. In hurry to get up hood and extinguish fire experienced burns on hands from lifting hood and a fuel line that was squirting fuel/flames. Fire extinguisher extinguished flames. Upper intake manifold is blow apart with multiple sensors destroyed. Thank god this happened at home with an extinguisher handy and not driving down the road with no time to slow down.

Reported at 45,513 miles, January 2014 FireInjury

The car's fuel gage stopped working. The car wouldn't turn over when I started it so I got a new battery since it said my old one was bad, but it's still not working. The security light is on and I don't understand why and if this is affecting it from turning on

Reported at 165,000 miles, May 2019

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