Chevrolet Lumina Complaints

3,431 consumer complaints on file.

#717521January 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET, ANTIFREEZE CONTAMINATION. COULD BE DUE TO HEAD BOLTS THAT WERE NOT SEALED AT THE FACTORY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717447January 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL INTERMITANT TIMES. FIRST TIME IN 1998 AT 70 MILES PER HOUR IN A RAIN STORM, WIPERS STOPPED, TOOK CAR OFF CRUISE THEN THE RESUMED. SEVERAL INTERMITENT TIMES AFTERWARD. DEALER WANTED $400 + TO "FIX" MOTER. I WAS SCEPTICAL BECUASE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY GM CAR I HAVE DRIVEN WITH WIPER TROUBLE. LAST BIG INCIDENT WAS LAST FALL 1999 WHEN THE WIPERS STOPPED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH MY PREGNANT WIFE AND CHILD IN CAR -200 MILES FROM HOME. I COULD NOT GET THEM TO RESUME. CHECKED FUSE ETC. WAITED OUT STORM UNDER BRIDGE, PROCEDED TO TRUCK STOP AND BOUGHT RAIN-X TO CONTINUE JOURNEY. WHEN I GOT TO DESTINATION I PULLED THE WIPER MOTOR AND IT CHECKED OUT FINE AND THE SWITCH-OK. INTERMITENT TROUBLES ARE HARD TO GET FIXED! I TOOK WIPER MOTOR APART, CLEANED BRUSHES, AND NOTICED SOME BUILD-UP ON THE COMMUNICATOR DISC, AND CONTACTS FOR THE PARKING MECHANISM. CLEANED THIS WITH LIGHT ABRASIVE -REASEMBLED AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE, ALTHOUGH WITH THE WIPER'S HISTORY I NOW USE RAIN-X ALL THE TIME. I AM AFRAID TO TRAVEL IN SNOW WITH KIDS IN VEHICLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL IT BUT WITH THE WIPER SYSTEM TROUBLES, AND THE COOLING SYSTEM THAT KEEPS LEAKING -NEW RADIATOR, WATER PUMP, AND HEAD GASKET -MECHANICS SAY PINK COOLANT IS CORROSIVE. I CAN'T SELL IT TO ANOTHER, AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP THROWING MONEY AT THIS VAN. THANK YOU.VINCENT WALTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854982January 14, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN TRAVELING CONSUMER NOTICED A CLOKE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE MOUNTS WHICH SUPPORT THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION BROKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION TO SHIFT FORWARD. ALSO NOTED THE ISSUANCE OF RECALL 97V058000 INVOLVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER, VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER WANTS OWNER TO PAY FOR REPAIR COSTS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854987January 14, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
RECALL 99I003000. DLR SAID VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED, AND IT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. OWNER RECEIVED NOTICE IN MAIL. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT RECORDS DID NOT GO BACK THAT FAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854965January 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
VEHICLE HAD STALLED OUT WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. WAS INFORMED THE ALTERNATOR CAUSED THE STALLING. NO INDICATION OF WHY ALTERNATOR FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550410January 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. *YC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717274January 12, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE FRONT SEAT BELTS TO NOT RETRACT, THEY ARE USELESS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854901January 11, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CONSUMER STATES THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS SNAPPED ON BOTH SIDES OF AUTOMOBILE. CONSUMER STATES THIS WAS A RECALL IN 1997 AND SHE HAD IT CORRECTED. NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854815January 10, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES
WHEN TURNING ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS PLASTIC PIECES COME FLYING OUT, AND PIECES OF RUBBER WERE ON TOP OF WINDSHIELD, IMPAIRING THE VISION OF THE DRIVER. TRIED TO TURN OFF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF. HAD TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE IN ORDER FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717173January 10, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE FRONT SUBFRAME MOUNTING BOLTS RUSTED CAUSING THE RETAINERS AND FRAME MOUNTS TO SLIP OFF THE BOLTS. THE CAR WAS IN THE YARD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I DID FIND A RECALL ON THESE BOLTS AND RETAINERS UNDER A 1991 LUMINA. HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA (SHEARER CHEVEROLET OF SOUTH BURLINGTON VERMONT) INFORMED ME THAT MY CAR"S VIN NUMBER DID NOT FALL UNDER THAT RECALL. MY QUESTION IS IF MY VIN NUMBER DID NOT FALL UNDER THAT RECALL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY CAR AS THE REST OF THEM DOE'S IT NOT MAKE SENSE THAT THERE ARE MORE LUMINA"S OUT THERE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN TO? AND IF SO HAS IT ALL READY. WHEN THESE MOUNTS POP OFF THE BOLTS THE STEERING HOUSEING COMES APART, AND BELIEVE ME IT COMES APART. I ONLY THANK GOD THAT I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY YARD WHEN THIS HAPPENED TOO ME.AGAIN I ASK THE QUESTION IF MY CAR DID THESAME THING THAT THE RECALL SAID IT WOULD DO IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THERE ARE OTHER LUMINA'S OUT THERE THAT THIS COULD HAPPENED TOO? AND BY THE WAY WHY WON'T THE DEALER HERE LET ME HAVE THE RECALL BOLTS AFTER THIS HAS HAPPEND TO ME INSTEAD OF CHARGING ME FOR THEM? THANKS. LYLE BAXTER *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558827January 9, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE TIRE (P205/70R15) EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION AND WAS READY TO EXPLODE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717090January 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THIS PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED PROPERLY BY THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. I WOULD APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEM IN DEPTH WITH A NHTSA REPRESENTATIVE DUE TO THE PROBLEM DATING BACK TO A 1993 LUMINA, A 1995 LUMINA AND NOW THE 1998 LUMINA. I HAVE HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH BRAKE SYSTEMS AND FEEL THAT I CAN POSSIBILITY HELP TO ANSWER SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS OF DRIVERS STATING THAT THEIR BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD. WHEN I HAD MY CAR SERVICED, THE SERVICEMAN STATED THAT HE HAD COMPARED MY VEHICLE BRAKES AND FOUND THEM TO BE ALMOST THE SAME AS ON THE NEW VEHICLES. I DO AGREE THAT SOME OF THE NEW VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME BLEED DOWN PROBLEM AS MY VEHICLE AND THAT IS MY CONCERN. THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPERATION OF MY BRAKES AND DECIDED TO REPLACE THE MASTER CYLINDER AND ARRANGED FOR ME TO HAVE A CAR TO KEEP ME FROM DRIVING THE CAR HOME . ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY AN UNUSUALLY FAST PEDAL BLEED DOWN THE MANAGER STATED THAT HE TOO, HAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE BRAKE PROBLEM AND HAD ORDERED A BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER. THE NEW CLYLINDER DID REDUCE THE REQUIRED BRAKING EFFORT BUT THERE IS STILL EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL BLEED DOWN UNDER LIGHT PEDAL FORCE. I THINK I CAN HELP TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM AND SUGGEST A CORRECTION. I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH THE LEADER SERVICE MANAGER. I OWNED A 1993 LUMINA AND EXPERIENCED THE BRAKE PEDAL "GOING TO THE FLOOR BOARD" WHICH VERY NEARLY CAUSED ME TO HAVE TWO MAJOR ACCIDENTS. THE DEALERSHIP KEPT ASSURING ME THAT MY CAR BRAKES WORKED AS GOOD AS ALL THE NEW CARS. WITH THE HELP OF THE ST. LOUIS BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND A BRAKE TEST OFF OF OIL CHANGE RAMPS, THE BBB REPORT CONVINCED GM TO BUY BACK MY 1993 LUMINA. I FEEL THAT THE ONLY WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NHTSA IS BY REVIEWING THE MECHANICS OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKE FLUID FLOW AND TEST PROCEDURES. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. HOW MANY OWNERS HAVE HAD SIMILIAR PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550299January 7, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
R+R SEAT BELT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854782January 7, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
CONSUME RCANNOT OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THE HANDLE HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. THE VAN WAS PURCHAASED USED, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717036January 7, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
EXHAUST VALVES ARE STICKING, CAUSING THE TIMING BELT TO SLIP. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BELT AND THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY RECURRED. GM HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM FOR YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN FAIRLY QUIET ABOUT RESOLVING IT. THEY PRODUCED A NUMBER OF 3.4 ENGINES WITHOUT CHROME PLATED EXHAUST VALVES, AND THE SOFTER VALVES DISTORTING AND STICK, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO JUMP TIMING. THIS IS A SOPHISTICATED DUAL OVERHEAD CAM V-6 AND TOLERANCES ARE CRITICAL. GM ISSUED A DIRECTIVE TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEADS ON THE AFFECTED ENGINES, HOWEVER OURS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS BUILT IN THE PLANT THAT PRODUCED THE ENGINES AND IS IN LINE WITH THE SEQUENCE OF ID NUMBERS. GENERAL MOTORS IS DISAVOWING THE PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT. THEY HAVE REPLACED A NUMBER OF CYLINDER HEADS AND EXHAUST VALVES, AND I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD ACKNOWLEGE THEIR ERROR IN OUR CAR AND REPAIR OUR ENGINE. BECAUSE OF THE SOFT EXHAUST VALVES, THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO MAKE MAJOR REPAIRS, ALL DUE TO IMPROPER MANUFACTURING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854750January 6, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE OPENING THE DOOR WITH OUTSIDE HANDLE, THE HANDLE BROKE OFF IN CONSUMER'S HAND. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854677January 4, 2000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784399January 3, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE BROKEN. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550184January 3, 2000
STEERING:COLUMN
TILT STEERING WHEEL HAS SUBSTANTIAL LATERAL MOVEMENT WHEN MOVED FROM THE FULL UP POSITION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854656January 3, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AFTER PURCHASING GAS AND DRIVING ABOUT 25 MILES DOWN THE ROAD, NOTICED A FUNNY SMELL COMING INTO THE CAR. CAR WOULD NOT GO, BUT 45 MPH. GAS WOULD FLOOD THE ENGINE. TOOK TO DEALER ,AND THEY SAID SEALS CORRODED BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS IN THE GAS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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