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1991 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 1991 record →

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Apr 11, 1995NY

REPLACEMENT OF GRAY PADS DUE TO WEAR AND CORROSION. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Apr 11, 1995WI

FRONT ROTORS WARPED, CAUSING BRAKES TO PULSATE/SQUEAK.

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Apr 6, 1995NC

PASSENGER'S/DRIVER'S SAFETY BELT ATTACHMENTS ARE LOOSE. *SKD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Apr 5, 1995MA

VEHICLES HAS HAD 4 REPLACEMENTS DUE TO REAR BRAKE DISC CORROSION.(EA94-041). TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Apr 5, 1995MI

REAR CALIPERS HAVE COMPLETELY SEIZED UP. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Apr 5, 1995WI

REAR DISC BRAKE CORROSION CAUSES TOTAL UNRELIABILITY ON FRONT BRAKES; EMERGENCY BRAKES CORRODED, NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TT

Exterior Lighting › Turn Signal › Switch
Filed Apr 4, 1995MO

WHILE DRIVING, STEERING COLUMN EMITTS SMOKE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TURN SIGNAL, DEALER HAS FIXED. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Apr 4, 1995OH

FRONT BRAKES WEAR EXCESSIVELY. DUE TO REAR BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND CALIPERS LOCKING UP. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Apr 4, 1995WI

FRONT/REAR BRAKE CALIPERS/PADS/ROTORS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE UPON BRAKING. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Apr 3, 1995MA

REAR BRAKE CORRODED, REPLACE DISC BRAKES AND ROTOR AT 30,OOO MILES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Apr 2, 1995NY

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES, CAUSING NOISE. *SKD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 29, 1995PA

REAR DISC BRAKES CALIPER RETRACTION PIN RUSTED/CORRODED; MORE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 29, 1995MA

CALIPER SLIDERS FAILED, NOT RETURNING FAST ENOUGH, CAUSING DRAG AGAINST PADS. (3) SETS OF BRAKES REPLACED W/SOFT BRAKE PEDAL FAILURE 3/29/95. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 29, 1995MI

REAR DISC BRAKES CALIPERS HAVE LOCKED UP. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Seat Belts
Filed Mar 28, 1995NC

RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT PLASTIC COVER HAS BECOME BRITTLE, CAUSING COVER TO BULGE/SPRINGS TO COME OUT, PREVENTING BELT FROM RETRACTING. *SKD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 27, 1995MI

CALIPER GUIDE PINS RUSTED AND RELEASED. ROTORS OVERHEATED AND CAUSED PADS TO WEAR OUT FASTER. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 27, 1995MI

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Mar 27, 1995NY

REAR BRAKES FAILED DUE TO CORROSION. *AW

Power Train › Driveline › Constant Velocity Joint
Filed Mar 27, 1995MI

CV BOOT REPLACED. *TW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Mar 27, 1995MI

ON WET ROADS, CAR SKIDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *DSH

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › DiscCrash
Filed Mar 24, 1995OH

IN PANIC STOP, BRAKES FAIL, UPON APPLICATION, ACTION SEEMED INEFFECTIVE, DUE TO CORROSION OF CALIPER AND ROTORS, HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › DiscCrash
Filed Mar 24, 1995OH

IN PANIC STOP, BRAKES FAIL, UPON APPLICATION, ACTION SEEMED INEFFECTIVE, DUE TO CORROSION OF CALIPER AND ROTORS, HIT ANOTHER CAR WHEN CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Mar 22, 1995MI

REAR BRAKES ARE NONFUNCTIONING SHOWING SIGNS OF CORROSION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Mar 21, 1995MI

REAR BRAKES CLUNKED DUE TO BRAKE INNER LINING MATERIAL BROKE OFF PAD PLATE. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 21, 1995MA

TIMING BELT FAILED.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 20, 1995MI

REAR DISC BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO RUSTED REAR CALIPER GUIDE PINS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 18, 1995MA

DIRT GETS INTO BRAKE SYSTEM, CAUSING CALIPERS TO STICK/BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS TO BURN UP. *AW

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 14, 1995WI

FRONT BRAKES SQUEAK. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Mar 13, 1995PA

DURING PEDAL APPLICATION BRAKES APPEAR TO GRIND, CAUSED BY CORROSION. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 13, 1995NY

CORRODED DISC BRAKE CALIPERS. TT

Structure › Body › Door
Filed Mar 13, 1995MI

FRONT OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE TWICE. *SKD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Mar 10, 1995PA

HAD THREE SETS OF THE BRAKES ON THE CAR SINCE FEBURY 1993. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Mar 8, 1995WI

CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES. REPAIR SHOPS INDICATED THAT THE ROTOR LINKAGE TOLERANCE WAS TOO LIGHT, CAUSING A GRINDING NOISE IN RIGHT/REAR WHEEL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 7, 1995PA

FAILURE OF REAR BRAKE ROTORS DUE TO CORROSION OF CALIPERS PE94-063 ACTIVE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 7, 1995WI

PROBLEM WITH CORRODED DISC BRAKES IN THE REAR AND DRAGGING PADS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 7, 1995PA

THE REAR DISC BRAKE CORRODED. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 6, 1995FL

REAR DISC BRAKE NEVER WORKED, OWNER DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS REPLACED. REPLACED FRONT PADS, RESURFACED ROTORS, CLEANED AND LUBED SLIDES. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Mar 6, 1995WI

REAR DISC BRAKES ARE RUSTED AND DO NOT CATCH PROPERLY, CAUSING FRONT BRAKE WEAR. NO REAR END CONTROL IN SNOW OR ON WET PAVEMENT. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Mar 2, 199500

REAR BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO REAR CORROSION AND THIS WAS COMMON. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Mar 1, 1995MI

PISTONS IN BACK WHEELS INOPERATIVE, FRONT CALIPERS DISINTEGRATED RESULTING IN BRAKE LOCKUP. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Feb 28, 1995NY

REAR BRAKE PAD WEAR OUT CLOSE TO EVERY 5000 MILES, REPLACE BRAKE PAD 5 TIMES TO NO AVAIL. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Feb 28, 1995MA

DISC BRAKE FAILURE, CORROSION OF REAR REPAIR FRONT AND REAR, PE94-063 ACTIVE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Pads
Filed Feb 28, 1995PA

REAR DISC BRAKES LOCKED UP; WOULD NOT RELEASE; PADS OVERHEATED; WORE TO PLATE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 21, 1995FL

BRAKES GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLIED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, REPAIRED TWICE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Feb 10, 1995MI

REAR CALIPERS FROZE UP. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc
Filed Feb 9, 1995MI

REAR DISC BRAKES FROZE UP/ONLY FRONT BRAKES WORKED, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR; FRONT/REAR BRAKES REPLACED. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
Filed Feb 8, 1995NY

HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AND OTHER PARTS THREE TIMES SINCE SHE OWNED THE CAR. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Feb 2, 1995NY

REAR BRAKE CORROSION, CALIPERS REPLACE PE94-063 ACTIVE. TT

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Caliper
Filed Jan 30, 1995VT

REAR BRAKE CALIPERS FAILED 4 TIMES. *SKD

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Drum
Filed Jan 17, 199500

REAR DISC BRAKES ARE NOT FUNCTIONING DUE TO A DEFECT IN REAR BRAKE DESIGN

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