GIFT SHIFT LEVER FAILURE. *AW
1995 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 1995 record →
THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING AN ACCIDENT.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. PLUS THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DIDN'T LOCK BECAUSE SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
BETWEEN 50 AND 60MPH THERE IS A VIBRATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
BETWEEN THE SPEED OF 50 AND 60 MPH THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE HORN ON THE VEHICLE. TT
SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER DUE TO TRANSMISSION DISENGAGING/SLIPPING. *SD
TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHT FUSES GO OUT WITHOUT WARNING; DEALER HAS NOT FOUND CAUSE. TT
THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SPIN AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TT WHILE APPROACHING A 50 MPH CURVE, CONSUMER TOUCHED BRAKES AND VEHICLE SKIDDED, IT TURNED SIDEWAYS AND SKIDDED AGAIN AND THEN OVERTURNED, CONSUMER STATES BRAKES LOCKED UP, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, CONSUMER ALSO STATED IN LETTER THAT A GM MOTORS INSPECTOR THAT CAME AND LOOKED OVER VEHICLE AND FOUND A SENSOR HAD SHORTED UNDERNEATH VEHICLE ON DRIVERS SIDE. *SLC
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING INJURIES.
ENGINE FAILED. *DSH
DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVE WAY. TT
ELECTRIC WINDOWS NOT FUNCTIONING. *DSH
HAD A FRONTAL COLLISION, PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
INTERMITTENT STALLING.
REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR BELT FAILED. *SKD
VEHICLE LOST POWER. *SKD
WHEN MAKING LEFT TURN, THERE WILL BE CLUNKING NOISE. TT
WHEN AUTO IS FULL OF GAS IT LEAKS OUT-WHICH MIGHT CAUSE A FIRE. TT
VEHICLE WILL WANDER FROM SIDE TO SIDE W/DEALER REPLACING COMPONENTS OF FRONT SUSPENSION. DRIVER HAS ALSO LOST CONTROL GOING OFF ROAD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.
AFTER PURCHASE TOOK A TRIP, WITH 2300 MILES-ON SPEEDOMETER PARKED VEHICLE AND BOLT THAT HOLDS CROSS MEMBER CAME OUT. *AK
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED IN INCLEMENT WEATHER AND HAD AN ACCIDENT. TT
WHEN GETTING IN THE VEHICLE THE DOOR CLOSES ON THE OCCUPANT, POSSIBILY CAUSING INJURY. TT
THE HORN IS TOO DIFFICULT TO BLOW, AND CANNOT BE USED WHEN THE WHEEL IS IN CERTAIN POSITIONS. TT
DASHBOARD REFLECTING SHADOW ONTO WINDSHIELD CONSTANTLY WITH DULL SURFACE OR CLOUDY DAY W/NO CHANGE IN CONDITION. TT
WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HR TRAFFIC THE CAR STALLED OUT- CAUSING POWER BRAKES TO MALFUNCTION. TT
PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND IT WENT FORWARD THEN POWER STEERING WENT AND BRAKES. TT
FOUR DEFECTIVE RIVETS ON LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE. *SKD
INTERMITTENT SLOW ACCELERATION AND SUDDEN LURCHING. *SKD
THE SEAT BELT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REAR SEAT DOES NOT STAY TIGHTENED ALLOWING A CSS TO BE INSTALLED. TT
VALVE COVER GASKET LEAK HAD TO REPLACE ABOUT THREE TIMES. TT
ON A COLD/RAINY DAY WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ABS BRAKES DID NOT PROPERLY FUNCTION CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT
DRIVER'S SEAT BACK MOVES WITH BODY MOVEMENT. *AW
HORN DESIGN IS UNDER AIR BAG NEEDING MORE PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE HORN. OWNER STATES HAS TO USE FIST TO SOUND. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AND RETURNING TO FIND THAT VEHICLE HAD ROLLED DOWN INTO THE SIDE OF A HOUSE. TT
COLOR OF INTERIOR DASH PANEL CAUSES REFLECTION ON WINDSHIELD, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. *SKD
ABS BRAKE FAILURE/EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS/DRY PAVEMENT, RESULTIMG IN AN ACCIDENT. TT
DOOR LOCKS JAMMED MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. TT
VEHICLE STALL.
DRIVER MADE A LEFT TURN IN PATH OF ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUSING HEAD ON COLLISON, DRIVERS/PASSENGERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH VEHICLE SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN AND LOSE POWER. TT
IF TEMP. OUTSIDE IS BELOW 40 DEGREES, THE DEFOGGER AND AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT FUNCTION. TT
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