Chevrolet Lumina Complaints

3,431 consumer complaints on file.

#816826October 2, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
MIDDLE ROW RIGHT SEAT BELT FULLY PULLED OUT, WILL NOT RETRACT; DRIVER'S SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, WOULD NOT RETRACT; OCCUPANT USES LAP BELT PORTION ONLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816837October 2, 1997
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
VISUAL SYSTEM; WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAN ONLY BE ACTIVATED DURING USAGE OF LEFT SIGNAL. IF SIGNAL IS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION WIPERS BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523120October 1, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
INTERMITTENT STALLING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816769September 30, 1997
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, LOSS OF ALL STEERING CONTROL, SHUT OFF ENGINE, RESTARTED ENGINE, SEEMED TO OPERATE OK, DRIVER WARNED ONCOMING TRAFFIC OF STOPPED VEHICLE BY BLOWING HORN. DEALER HAS NOT DETERMINED PROBLEM. HOWEVER, INSTALLED NEW COMPUTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522440September 25, 1997
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINDSHIELD WIPER, WASHER SWITCH FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816654September 25, 1997
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN HE USING THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID THE FAN INTAKES THE FUMES FROM THE WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID INSIDE THE CAR. THE VEHICLE SMELLS LIKE MENTHOL ALCOHOL . THE OWNER HAS BEEN TO THE ARBITRATION BOARD TO RESOLVE THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522355September 23, 1997
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING SEAT WHEN THE BACK COLLAPSED, THE BOLTS/HINGE WERE BROKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#521340September 23, 1997
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
MCPHERSON STRUT FAILED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE NOISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816599September 23, 1997
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF CONSUMER NOTICED A FUEL ODOR AND LEAKAGE UNDER CAR. MECHANIC STATED THAT THERE IS A LEAKAGE AROUND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR. THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR IS BEING REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522249September 22, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELTS ARE ATTACHED TO THE DOOR. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE DESIGN IS DANGEROUS, THAT IN A COLLISION AND DOOR OPENS, THE SEAT BELTS WOULD OFFER NO PROTECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#520777September 19, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, CAUSING SQUEAKING/LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522127September 16, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
REAR BRAKE SYSTEM WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816394September 16, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, WHEN APPROACHING STOP AT ABOUT 30MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, PUSHED PEDAL COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND CAR WOULD NOT STOP, RAN INTO A GUARDRAIL, DEALER RAN TEST AND SAYS THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER PARTY THAT VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816342September 15, 1997
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT BROKE. OWNER TALKED TO THE MANUFACTURER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#522066September 14, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
CALIPERS STUCK, CAUSING BURNING SMELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813440September 12, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT AT 20 MPH THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#522029September 12, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:CALIPER
REAR CALIPERS RUSTED AND LOCKED CAUSING FRONT ROTOR TO WORK HARDER TO STOP VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816253September 11, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE REAR IS NOT USABLE. THE BUCKLE HAS BECOME STUCK AND WILL NOT UNFASTEN. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#816231September 10, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TOLD OWNER THAT THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND THE REAR CALIPERS WERE BROKEN OWNER STATES THAT WHEN SHE TRIED TO BRAKE THE PEDAL WAS MOVING BACK AND FORTH AND SURGED SUDDENLY. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT . THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN OUT ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#816085September 8, 1997
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 25MPH WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM HOOD AREA OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN PULLED TO SIDE, THEN FLAMES BEGAN TO ARISE IN AREA. WHEN FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DISCONNECT HOOD LATCH. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FIRE. *AK THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AND HOOD LATCH HAD FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LACK OF OIL, EVENTHOUGH OIL CHANGE WAS DONE RECENTLY AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OIL LEAK. WHEN THE VEHICLE COUGHT FIRE, THE HOOD LATCH WAS INOPERATIVE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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