general problems of the 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo

As driving at 45 mph during rush hour, I used my indicator to change lanes. This is a road that has 3 lanes. I was changing lanes into the middle. I had my stereo on at a normal volume with my baby in the car. As I started to move into the middle lane so did another car from the 3rd lane. I was being honked at by several cars. As I tried to recover, I was almost hit by the car moving into the middle lane and almost caused a bigger accident by trying to recover back into the lane I was in. It was at this point I realized my indicators had suddenly stopped working. I didn't know what to do. After 20 minutes of drivingthe indicators suddenly came back on. Four days later I was in the same situation. Navigating the roads without indicators. Out of panic I hit the hazards. The lights all turned on with the hazard button. I turned it off and now the indicators were working again. Well that must have been a one time thing. Every time the indicators have gone out since, nothing works to get them working again.

My 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo ss s/c which I purchased new has been experiencing poor dimmer switch operation for over a year. The issue is that when clicking from low to high beam or vice versa, the switch has a spungy feel like it wants to brake and the lights will not activate to desired high or low. Often takes several tries before lights dim or go to high beam. Sometimes they go out briefly. Gm was contacted and I was given a case number 71-690473858. They instructed me to have local dealership diagnosis problem. Dealership determined it was an internal fault in the multifunction switch. Quoted price of $536. 18 plus $126. 00 labor to repair. I was charged $22. 47 for this diagnosis. Gm wanted to settle for 50% of cost to me. I did not accept because I cannot afford this nor do I believe it is due to my use of switch. I feel it is gm's defect and they should repair without cost. Talking with CO-workers, I have found 3 others who are experiencing the exact same problem. 2 own Monte Carlos and 1 owns a malibu. Also, atleast 1 of our gm passenger vans at work which is a 2007 has the same issue. I believe this to be a common problem with gm multifunction switches no matter what vehicle.