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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 →

Electrical System › Ignition › Module
Filed Nov 20, 1996NY

ECM UNIT FAILED.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Nov 14, 1996NY

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BROKE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Nov 12, 1996VA

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FROZE, CAUSING EXCESSIVE PAD WEAR/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 30, 1996NY

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

Electrical System › Horn
Filed Oct 23, 1996NY

HORN FAILED TWICE.

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Oct 21, 1996TN

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

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Oct 11, 1996MN

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR. *AK

Power Train › Automatic TransmissionCrash
Filed Oct 8, 1996OK

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Oct 7, 1996PA

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Oct 4, 1996MI

COMPLETE BRAKE LOSS DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CALIPERS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

Seats
Filed Oct 1, 1996MO

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Sep 25, 1996NY

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKE CALIPER, CAUSING THE REAR BRAKES TO WEAR OUT TOO OFTEN, EA94-041.*AK

Parking Brake › Conventional
Filed Sep 25, 1996PA

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
Filed Sep 24, 1996CA

WHEELS CRACKED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 19, 1996GA

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

Seats › Front Assembly › Recliner
Filed Sep 9, 1996NY

DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE. *AK

Suspension › Front › Macpherson Strut
Filed Sep 4, 1996IL

FRONT STRUTS REPLACED TWICE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Aug 20, 1996MA

REAR BRAKE CALIPER SLIDERS BIND, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO FAIL, ALSO REPLACED REAR BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Aug 15, 1996PA

HAVING CONTINUAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM, HAVING TO REPLACE THE WHOLE BRAKING SYSTEM EVERY YEAR.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Aug 12, 1996WI

REAR CALIPERS INOPERATIVE/REAR ROTORS RUSTY. *SD

Structure › Body › BumpersCrash
Filed Aug 5, 1996TX

WHILE AT STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE LUMINA AFTER BEING REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE,*AK

Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls
Filed Jul 30, 1996VA

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Jul 27, 1996MI

EA94-041; REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED/ RUSTED AND LOCKED UP, , REPLACEMENTS OF PARTS AND FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION MANUAL. FRONT BRAKES STOP VEHICLE ONLY. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jul 24, 1996PA

DROVE AT SPEED OF 30 MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, COMPLETELY FAILED, PUMPED THE PEDAL UNTIL BUILD UP. *AK

Seats
Filed Jul 24, 1996MI

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BRACKET UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. BRACKET WAS RUSHED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Jul 24, 1996NH

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS STICK DUE TO RUST, CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE. *AW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jul 10, 1996NY

BRAKES FAILED 4 TIMES. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Jun 21, 1996MA

REAR CALIPERS LEAK/SLIDERS RUSTED. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Jun 3, 1996NJ

BRAKES FAILED. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed May 28, 1996PA

HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS EVERY SIX TO NINE MONTHS. PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed May 28, 1996MI

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed May 21, 1996IL

FRONT BRAKES REPLACED. *SD

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed May 20, 1996MO

THE ELECTRIC MODULE BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING . *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 20, 1996NC

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

Steering › Rack and Pinion
Filed May 14, 1996MD

THE RACK AND PINION BOLTS, WHICH HOLD RACK TO FRAME, WERE LOOSE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed May 6, 1996IN

THE REAR BRAKES ARE CORRODED SO THE FRONT BRAKES ARE THE ONLY ONES WORKING AND THE STOPPING DISTANCES IS INCREASED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed May 6, 1996OK

FRONT SEATBELT RETRACTORS FAILED DUE TO SPRING FALLING OUT. *DSH

Seat Belts › Front › Retractor
Filed Apr 25, 1996OH

FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BEAT RETRACTOR, SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Apr 5, 1996MI

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES WHICH CAUSED REDUCTION IN BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS PE94-063. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 4, 1996CA

THE REAR PASSENGER SHOULDER AND LAP BELT WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE HOUSING UNIT THEREFORE CANNOT BE USED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Mar 26, 1996PA

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE BRAKING SYSTEM WENT OFF, LOSING ALL BRAKES IN THE VEHICLE. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Mar 25, 1996NY

REAR DISC BRAKES FAILED. *SD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 20, 1996NY

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 6, 1996MO

PE94-063, CORROSION OF THE REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING REPLACEMENT OF FRONT DISC ROTORS AND PADS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Feb 29, 1996NY

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. THIS IS THE EIGHTH INCIDENT. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Feb 22, 1996PA

CORRODED REAR DISK BRAKES, EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE WEAR. *AK

Seat Belts › Front › AnchorageCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 21, 1996MS

DRIVER SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK UPON HITTING A TREE, ALLOWING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Feb 20, 1996OH

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

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Feb 20, 1996IA

CORROSION OF THE REAR DISC BRAKES, CALIPERS ARE STICKING ON THE REAR REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Feb 15, 1996NY

REPLACE CALIPER/ROTOR/PADS SEVERAL TIMES ON FRONT AND REAR, DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. TT

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