Chevrolet Lumina Complaints

3,431 consumer complaints on file.

#561559June 13, 2001
TIRES, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE TIRE DEVELOPED A CRACK (FIRESTONE). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890204June 12, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON VEHICLE WILL FREEZE UP AND NOT WORK, BUT PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746655June 11, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NOISE IN DASH (LIKE SOMETHING TRYING TO ADJUST) CAUSING PARTIAL LOST TO BRAKING POWER, ANTI-LOCK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON UNTIL THE CAR IS TURNED OFF, AT FREQUENT INTERMITTENT TIMES, BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR LOSING ALL BRAKING CAPABILITIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889883June 6, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. HOWEVER, DOORS STILL WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889933June 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH RIGHT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL ALSO, DRIVESHAFT DISCONNECTED FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER / MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK GM ENDED UP PAYING FOR ALMOST OF THE REPAIR BILL, CONSUMER STATES IF VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELLING ANY FASTER, VEHICLE COULD HAVE ROLLED OVER CAUSING INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889755June 5, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPER SWORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889758June 5, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, WHERE LATCH ATTACHES TO STEEL POST, HAS BROKEN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889645June 4, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE AT ABOUT 2 MPH STEERING WENT OUT, WHEN TURNING WHEEL TO LEFT IT MOVES FREELY, BUT WHEELS DO NOT TURN. WHEN TURNING TO RIGHT NO POWER STEERING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746268June 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW WENT DOWN WOULD NOT GO BACK UP-NO PROBLEM WITH THIS WINDOW BEFORE-DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW-SLUGGISH,OFTEN LOSES POWER......DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW KNOB PUSHED IN CANNOT RETRIEVE IT.....ENGINE BEGAN OVER HEATING IN NOV...ANTIFREEZE PUT IN...ANTIFREEZE MIXED IN WITH ENGINE OIL..ENGINE FROZE UP-HAD TO BE REPLACED.........ANTIFREEZE PART JUST SHATTERTED AS CAR COMING OUT OF PARKING SPACE--FLUIDS LOST-ENGINE LOST POWER---MECHANIC REPORTS NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED ESTIMATES $2,500---MECHANIC REPORTS THAT THIS OR SIMILAR FAILURES OF TRANSMISSSION COMMON ON THIS VECHICLE AND THAT TRANSMISSION EXPERTS ARE AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE FREQUENT COMPLAINTS.....ALL THESE EVENTS OCCURRED IN LAST 6 MONTHS IN ADDITION TO THE NEED OF BRAKE HUB BEARING ON LEFT REAR WHEEL..TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $5,000
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561381May 31, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
THE TWO FRONT TIE ROD ENDS WERE BADLY WORN, THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TIRE TO BE BADLY WORN WITH THE STEEL BELTS SHOWING SLIGHTLY (GOODYEAR P 225/60R16) . NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746206May 31, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
LATCH ON ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR RELEASES WHEN VEHICLE STANDING DISCHARGING BATTERY. COMPANY RECALLING 1997 ON FOR THIS DEFECT. IT IS SAFETY HAZARD IF IT SHOULD OCCUR RUNNING. IN EMERGENCY CAR CANNOT BE RELIED ON. I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE WITHOUT THIS CORRECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746142May 30, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889393May 30, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND HEARD A BANGING NOISE, AND VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF . DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889268May 29, 2001
SEATS
DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK IS BROKEN . SEAT IS VERY LOOSE AND WOBBLES ALOT WHEN DRIVING. DEALER STATED THAT WELD POINTS ARE BROKEN. VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY TO COVER COST. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889194May 25, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 28-31 MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF HIGHWAY SPEED, WHICH CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT OF GEAR. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE,CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745754May 23, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ONGOING. AS IF ITS ALL BACKWARDS. FUSE BLOWS AS SOON AS CHANGED. DEFINITE SHORT. FEEL UNSAFE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888859May 22, 2001
SEATS, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
4 WAY MANUAL SEAT TRACK BRACKET MADE OF WHITE METAL BROKE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. CONSUMER HAS CALLED SALVAGE YARDS. NONE ARE AVAILABLE. FOUND 1, AND IT WAS BROKEN IN SAME SPOT. 2 WELDING SHOPS CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE SEAT IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES HEAD RESTS HAVE A BAR THAT IS COMING OUT OF IT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888876May 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, SOMETIMES CONSUMER HAS TO PUMP BRAKE PEDAL FOR VEHICLE TO STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888923May 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER NOTICED A SMELL COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WHEN LIFTED HOOD NOTICED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WENT INTO CRANKCASE OR ENGINE BLOCK. MIXED WITH OIL, AND IT SMELLED LIKE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745575May 21, 2001
TIRES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
CAR WAS PURCHASED ON 4/23/01, UP UNTIL TODAYS DATE 5/21, I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS OCCUR: 4/25 UPON BRAKING CAR WOULD SHAKE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. 4/28, DRIVING OUT OF TOWN FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT, HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT TIRES WITHIN TWO DAYSOF EACH OTHER ALONG WITH NOISE AND VIBRATION FROM BRAKING. WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE LOUD ROAR AND VIBRATION NOISE COMING FROM REAR TIRES, CAR PULLING ALL OVER HIGHWAY AT SPEED OF 60MPH. 5/11 COMPLAINED TO DEALERSHIP, THEY PERFORM ALIGNMENT. CLEANING ASHTRAY, UPON REPLACING BACK PIECE BROKE. NOISE COMING FROM AC, WHEN I ACCELERATE, IT BECAME LOUDER, TURN OFF AC, NOISE WENT AWAY. CALLED CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, FAN MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ROAR COMING FROM TIRES, HE STATED TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, NOT TO SURE, TREAD WEAR STILL IN GOOD SHAPE. WINDSHIELD WASHER DOES NOT WORK ON PASSENGER SIDE. WHILE SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT OR STOP POSITION, CAR SEEMS AS IF IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. THIS PAST WEEKEND 5/19, I SMELL GAS FUMES. ALSO, AFTER HAVING BRAKE INSPECTION PERFORMED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BRAKE PADS WERE NEEDED, HONDA SAID THEY WERE NOT, BUT TIL THIS DAY, WHEN BRAKING I HEARING SCRUBBING OR RUBBING NOISE WHEN BRAKING, AND TURNING EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT. PLEASE NOTE, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RECORD ALL THIS INFORMATION IN THE "FAILED COMPONENT PARTS" SECTION.. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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