ECM UNIT FAILED.
1990 Chevrolet Lumina complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1990 record →
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE.
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FROZE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE PAD WEAR/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.
HORN FAILED TWICE.
NO SPECIFIC WEATHER PATTERN THAT COULD RESULT IN DRIVER'S DOOR HANDLE BREAKING FROM THE OUTSIDE, PREVENTING ENTRY. DOOR HANDLE REPLACED THREE TIMES. *AK *SLC
THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. *AK
GOT OUT OF VEHICLE WITH DOOR OPEN AND VEHICLE IN THE PARK POSITION. VEHICLE WENT FROM PARK TO REVERSE, WENT ABOUT (30) FEET AND HIT ANOTHER PARKED CAR.*AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES FAILED. *AK CONSUMER HAS HAD BRAKES EXAMINED TWICE, HOWEVER EVERY TIME DEALER SAYS BRAKE SYSTEM IS FINE. COOLANT FITTING AND ENGINE BELT WAS REPLACED. FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED. *SLC
COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CALIPERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKETSEPARATED ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE 6-WAY SEAT ADJUSTMENT LIFTER/BRACKET ON RIGHT SIDE LIFTER IS CRACKED. *AK
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKE CALIPER, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO WEAR OUT TOO OFTEN, EA94-041.*AK
BRAKES FAILED FOUR TIMES. DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING WRNG WITH THE BRAKES, BUT POSSIBLY VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKES FAILED AGAIN. VEHICLE TOWED TO CONSUMER'S HOME. MECHANIC WHO CHECKED VEHICLE INDICATED THAT EMERGENCY BRAKE OVERHEATED, AS WELL AS CORROSIVE BRAKE MATERIALS, WERE THE CAUSE FOR BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
WHEELS CRACKED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS.
PURCHASED CAR USED , WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THE REAR ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, DEALER SAID IT WAS A MALFUNCTION, REPLACED THE REAR BRAKE . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE. *AK
FRONT STRUTS REPLACED TWICE.
REAR BRAKE CALIPER SLIDERS BIND, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO FAIL, ALSO REPLACED REAR BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. *AK
HAVING CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM EVERY YEAR.*AK
REAR CALIPERS INOPERATIVE/REAR ROTORS RUSTY. *SD
WHILE AT STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE LUMINA AFTER BEING REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE,*AK
RIGHT FRONT DOOR ELECTRIC WINDOW EXPLODED WHILE PARKING WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM LOW 70'S TO HIGH 80'S..*AK WINDOW SHATTERED FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE.*JB
EA94-041; REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED/ RUSTED AND LOCKED UP, , REPLACEMENTS OF PARTS AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION MANUAL. FRONT BRAKES STOP VEHICLE ONLY. *AK
DROVE AT SPEED OF 30 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, COMPLETELY FAILED, PUMPED THE PEDAL UNTIL BUILD UP. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BRACKET UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. BRACKET WAS RUSHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STICK DUE TO RUST, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. *AW
BRAKES FAILED 4 TIMES. *SD
REAR CALIPERS LEAK/SLIDERS RUSTED. *SD
BRAKES FAILED. *SD
HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS EVERY SIX TO NINE MONTHS. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK
REAR BRAKES EFFECT PERFORMANCE, PUTTING ALL PRESSURE TO FRONT BRAKES. FRONT BRAKES WEAR EXCESSIVELY.*AK VEHICLE HAD EXCESSIVE PROBLEM REQUIRING MUCH FORCE NEEDE TO BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, THRER WAS REAR BRAKE CORROSION HAS BEEN VERY BAD, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO ALWAYS APPLY PARKING BRAKE AND OT TO ALLOW VEHCILE TO SIT WITHOUT BEING OR ROTORS WILL CORRODE BADLY.*JB
FRONT BRAKES REPLACED. *SD
THE ELECTRIC MODULE BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING . *AK
AT APPROX. 35MPH MADE ATTEMPT TO SLOW/STOP, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO WARNING, PUMPED PEDAL UNTIL CAME BACK UP, RESULT NEARLY REAR ENDING VEHICLE. *AK
THE RACK AND PINION BOLTS, WHICH HOLD RACK TO FRAME, WERE LOOSE. *AK
THE REAR BRAKES ARE CORRODED SO THE FRONT BRAKES ARE THE ONLY ONES WORKING AND THE STOPPING DISTANCES IS INCREASED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FRONT SEATBELT RETRACTORS FAILED DUE TO SPRING FALLING OUT. *DSH
FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BEAT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK
CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSED REDUCTION IN BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS PE94-063. *AK
THE REAR PASSENGER SHOULDER AND LAP BELT WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE HOUSING UNIT THEREFORE CANNOT BE USED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE BRAKING SYSTEM WENT OFF, LOSING ALL BRAKES IN THE VEHICLE. *AK
REAR DISC BRAKES FAILED. *SD
THE REAR WHEEL DISC BRAKE WILL NOT WORK, OUT SIDE OF ROTORS ARE RUSTED CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD SOMEONE WILL CALL HIM. *AK
PE94-063, CORROSION OF THE REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING REPLACEMENT OF FRONT DISC ROTORS AND PADS. *AK
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THIS IS THE EIGHTH INCIDENT. *AK
CORRODED REAR DISK BRAKES, EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE WEAR. *AK
DRIVER SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK UPON HITTING A TREE, ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK
A SPARK PLUG FLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE, PROBABLY CAUSED BY ALUMINUM HEAD NOT WITHSTANDING PRESSURE FROM ENGINE, VEHICLE STALLED GOING AT HIGH SPEED. TT
CORROSION OF THE REAR DISC BRAKES, CALIPERS ARE STICKING ON THE REAR REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS. TT
REPLACE CALIPER/ROTOR/PADS SEVERAL TIMES ON FRONT AND REAR, DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. TT
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