Chevrolet Lumina Complaints

3,431 consumer complaints on file.

#883133March 15, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN A PATCH OF ICE CAUSED VEHICLE TO SKID AND IMPACT A ROADSIDE BARRIER 4 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883065March 14, 2001
STRUCTURE
SAME PROBLEM AS IN RECALL 00V189000/CRADLE BOLTS. WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD, THERE WAS A SCRAPING SOUND, CONSUMER TURNED WHEEL WITH NO RESPONSE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742334March 12, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY COULD REPAIR AT NO COST THEY SAID NO WARRANTY IS ON THE VEHICAL AFTER 3YEARS OR 36,000 MILES AND WE FEEL THAT THE SEATBELT IS A SAFTEY FEATURE AND IT NOT GOING BACK IN AFTER UNBUCKLING IS A SAFTEY ISSUE AND THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND IT IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882707March 12, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
REAR DRIVER SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM LOCKING MECHANISM, RESULTING IN SEAT BELT BEING CUT TO RELEASE CHILD OCCUPYING THE SEAT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882753March 12, 2001
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
VEHICLE WAS MIRRORING PROBLEMS STATED IN RECALL 00V18900. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. CONSUMER DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH LOST CONTROL, AND HEARD A LOUD METAL SCAPING SOUND. FRONT SUBFRAME FELL OFF VEHICLE, DAMAGING STEERING BOX/ TIE RODS, ANDMOTOR MOUNTS, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS, AND PLEASE FILL IN VIN FOR THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882559March 9, 2001
SEATS
MANUALLY OPERATED DRIVER'S SEAT MECHANISM BROKE TWICE.*AK THE BROKEN PART RESULTED IN DETACHING OF THE SEAT FROM THE FRAME ON THE RIGHT FRONT CORNER, AND CAUSED THE SEAT TO ROCK BACK WARD. THE BROKEN PARTS WERE WELDED TWICE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882446March 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED AND CANNOT GO INTO LOWER GEARS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH TRANSAXLE. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND IT WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882258March 6, 2001
STRUCTURE
WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY BOLTS PULLED OUT OF FRONT CRADLE. VEHICLE DRIFTED TO RIGHT, AND THAN LEFT ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND DRIFTED TO A STOP.SAME AS RECALL 00V189000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882261March 6, 2001
SUSPENSION
SUSPENSION MAKES A POPING AND SCRUNCHING NOISE WHILE MAKING A TURN AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE IS A TSB ON SAME PROBLEM. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741990March 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I AM LOSING 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. IT SUDDENLY STARTED AND THE SOLUTION IS REBUILD MOTOR @ $1,200 TO $2,500. WOW!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882074March 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER STATED THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK IN BUSY TRAFFIC, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND CUT IT OFF, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME, CONSUMER COULD ALMOST FEEL HOW FAR HE COULD PRESS DOWN BEFORE IT GOT STUCK, CONSUMER THOUGHT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED, BUT IT DID NOT WORK, THE ACCELERATOR GAVE A CLICK AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. *JG *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741783March 1, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CAR WAS RUNNING GOOD ,AND JUST HAD OIL CHANGED . I BOUGHT IT AS A PROGRAM CAR STILL UNDER WARRENTY. HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. CAR WAS RUNNING FINE ONE DAY AND THE NEXT MORNING AFTER TRYING TO START IT , THE CAR'S ENGINE SEEMED TO JUMP AND WOULD NOT START. THE WHOLE CAR SHOOK. HAD IT TOWED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN . A PISTON ROD IN THE ENGINE BROKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WHAT A DEALER SAID, AFTER IT WAS LOOKED AT. DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CAR IS THERE FOR REPAIRS NOW . NEW ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE PUT IN GOING TO COST $3500.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881722February 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THERE WAS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSION, YET CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881733February 28, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WORKS, OTHER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE FOR PASSENGERS IN CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881755February 28, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE STALLS OUT EITHER WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR ACCELERATING. DEALER HAS REPLACED SPARK PLUG WIRES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881776February 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING HOT ENGINE, ,CONSUMER STARTED TO ADD COOLANT, AND THERE WAS NO VISABLE SIGNS OF LEAKING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, THEN, WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. MANIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881521February 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. DEALER REPLACED PADS, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741353February 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC FOR IT'S REGULAR 3000 MILE OIL CHANGE. HE TOLD ME AT THAT TIME THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR. I WAS RATHER RELUCTANT TO THIS AS I HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH THIS SAME DEALERSHIP. I HAD TAKEN MY CAR THERE SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE OIL LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING. I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND AGAIN THEY COULD FIND NOTHING. THEY DID INSTALL STRUTS ON MY CAR AFTER MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE SHOT (MY CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTEE), BUT AGAIN I HAD TO TAKE THE CAR BACK TWICE AND POINT OUT THE LEAKING THAT WAS COMING FROM THE STRUTS (THEIR MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND IT). SO RELUCTANTLY I TOOK MY CAR THERE. THE SERVICE MANAGER [XXX] ASSURED ME THAT THE WOULD IN FACT WORK WITH ME TO GET IT REPAIRED. HE TOLD ME THAT SOMETIMES CHEVY WOULD PAY AS MUCH AS 75% OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. HE CALLED ME BACK TO TELL ME THAT HIS MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANY LEAKING FROM THE HEAD GASKETS, BUT DID IN FACT FIND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. IT WOULD COST ABOUT $700.00 TO REPAIR BUT THEY WOULD ONLY CHARGE ME $500.00 TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE, BUT CHEVY WOULD PAY FOR THE PARTS. I TOLD HIM AT THAT TIME NO THANK YOU, I COULD HAVE IT DONE AT MY MECHANIC FOR LESS. HE CALLED ME BACK WITHIN MINUTES OF MY HANGING UP THE PHONE AND TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO IT FOR $350.00. I AGREED AS IT WAS LESS THAN MY MECHANIC WOULD CHARGE. I ALSO QUESTIONED HIM AGAIN ABOUT THE HEAD GASKETS, HE ASSURED ME THEY WERE OKAY. THE CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPAIRED ON THE FEBRUARY 15, 2001. I DID NOT USE THE CAR OFTEN, HAVE ACTUALLY PUT ON LESS THAN 50 MILES SINCE THE REPAIR. TODAY IS FEBRUARY 22 AND THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE BECAUSE THE HEAD GASKETS ARE SHOT PER MY MECHANIC. I HAVE MORE TO COMMENT ON, BUT NOT ENOUGH ROOM. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881158February 22, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY, MAKING DRIVER UNAWARE OF AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. DEALER CANT FIND CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880970February 21, 2001
STRUCTURE
FRONT ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS RUSTED, CAUSING BOLTS TO PULL THROUGH, AND CRADLE ASSEMBLY DROPPED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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