Chevrolet Lumina Complaints

3,431 consumer complaints on file.

#750904August 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THIS CAR BROKE TWO CAMSHAFTS (THE ORIGINAL AND AFTER INSTALING A NEW ONE, THE FIRST TIME THE MECHANIC TURN ON THE AUTO IT BROKE THE CAMSHAFT AGAIN APPARENTLY WITHOUT ANY REASON. I SPENT MORE THAN $3,000 TO FULLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE BUT FINISHED BUYING ANOTHER ENGINE. AT THIS MOMENT IS IN THE MECHANIC INSTALLING THE ENGINE. 4 MONTHS OF PAYING THE CAR, THE INSURANCE AND THE MECHANIC AND PARTS WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. 3 MECHANICS CHECKED THE CAR AND FOUND IT HAS A RARE LUBRICATION PROBLEM IN THE ENGINE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT DELIVERS OIL TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE. THE OILPUMP IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND EVERYTHING SEEMS NORMAL BUT WHEN YOU TURN ON THE AUTO IT BREAKS THE CAMSHAFT AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003729August 16, 2001
SUSPENSION, PARKING BRAKE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CALLED GM 8/6/01, REAR SPINDLE ARMS BAD, CONSUMER WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS TOO OLD, THEY RUST OUT, FRONT END SUSPENSION IS ALSO DOING THE SAME,CONSUMER GOT THE SAME STORY. VEHICLE STALLS, LOSS OF CONTROL AND DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750638August 16, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1991 LUMINAS FOR THIS EXACT INCIDENT BUT THEY CLAIM MY MOTHER'S CAR DOES NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF HER VIN NUMBER THUS SUGGESTING THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BROADER IN SCOPE SINCE THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894577August 16, 2001
STRUCTURE
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT SUBFRAME FAILED DUE TO CORROSION, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RECALL, 00V189, REGARDING THIS, HOWEVER VIN IS NOT INCLUDED, CONSUMER HAS THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894189August 13, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT DOWN IN FRONT, UP IN THE BACK. CONSUMER PULLED OVER,AND SAW CABLE THAT HELD SPARE TIRE IN PLACE HAD SNAPPED. SPARE TIRE TURNED UP SIDEWAYS, AND JACKED VEHICLE UP IN BACK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894072August 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE POST IN FRONT OF STORE. NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#750148August 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I HAD MY LOWER BALL BEARINGS REPLACED BACK IN JULY OF 2000. I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN WERE YOU COULD PULL UP RECALLS AND PUT IN THE YEAR AND MAKE OF MY CAR AND THIS CAME UP. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS CURRENTLY. IT COSTED ME AROUND $300.00 TO FIX BOTH SIDES. I AM SEEING IF I CAN GET REFUNDED FOR THIS SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL? I HAVE THE RECEIPT FROM WALT LUTI TIRE IN LEBANON, OHIO WERE IS WAS FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9004401August 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
AFTER THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750123August 8, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEATBELT WILL NOT RELEASE, MAKING IT UNUSABLE. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE, FOR OTHER SEATBELTS IN OTHER LOCATIONS FOR THIS SAME REASON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893654August 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL COMPLETELY OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749822August 4, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ALL BRAKE PARTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 6MONTHS SINCE WE OWNED THIS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893369August 3, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. IMPACT WAS FRONTAL.*AK VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALLED. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893372August 3, 2001
STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
WHILE DRIVING SUBFRAME DROPPED AND CAUSED A LOST OF STEERING CONTROL. TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT REAR CRADLE BOLTS HAD BECOME RUSTY AND CAUSED CRADLE BOLTS NOT TO SUPPORT SUBFRAME.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RUSTED RETAINER, RECALL 97V058 STATES THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS OF THE VEHICLES FRONT SUBFRAME CAN PULL THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER, IF BOTH BOLTS PULL THROUGH, THE REAR CRADLE WOULD NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED AT THESE MOUNTING LOCATIONS AND THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT COULD SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THIS RECALL STATES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO IT BEING A 1992. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893264August 2, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS COMING UP A RAMP AND GETTING ON HIGHWAY, ACCELERATED TO GET TO HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER ON SHOULDER. VEHICLE WAS CUURENTLY AT DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE REVERSE DRIM HAD COMPLETELY DISENTEGRATED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893286August 2, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
REAR WHEEL CYLINDER FAILED TWICE, CAUSING UNEQUAL BRAKE PRESSURE. ONE CYLINDER LASTED 1 1/2 YEAR, AND REPLACEMENT PART LASTED ONLY 2 1/2 YEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749633August 2, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL GAUGE DID NOT READ ACCURATELY. INDICATED FULL WHEN IT WAS EMPTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749634August 2, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE READS INACCURATELY, INDICATES FULL WHEN IT'S EMPTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749526July 31, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
THIS VEHICLE ONLY HAS 67,000 PLUS MILES. IT HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IT SHOULD NOT BE HAVING ALL OF THIS GO WRONG. I'VE PUT OVER $1000.00 IN REPAIRS ALREADY AND CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX THE POWER STEERING FLUID LINE THAT SPRAYS FLUID ALL OVER MY ENGINE WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. I MOSTLY DRIVE IT IN TOWN, AFRAID TO DRIVE OUT OF TOWN WITH IT. TOO MUCH, TOO SOON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749479July 30, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
SPARE WHEEL IS SUSPENDED BELOW CAR BY A SMALL CABLE. THIS CABLE FRACTURED AT THE JOINT WITH THE BLOCK WHICH CLAMPS THE WHEEL. THERE IS NO LOCKING MECHANISM FOR THE WHEEL. THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE OCCURRED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE WHEEL WOULD HAVE DROPPED TO THE PAVEMENT AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED GRAVE DANGER TO ANY FOLLOWING MOTORIST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893207July 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS EVERY YEAR SINCE 1998 WITH BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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