1995 Chevrolet Lumina complaints

ADJUSTABLE STEERING WHEEL IS VERY LOOSE AND HARD TO STEER. *AK *YH

IN SEPTEMBER OF 200 I REPLACED 3 INJECTORS AND NOW IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001 I HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 INJECTORS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH LOST STEERING CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH, THE WHEEL BEARINGS HAD NOT BEEN SEALED CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING.*AK THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER WITH THE REPAIRS STATING THE AGE AND MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE, ALSO HOW MANY TIMES VEHICLE HAD BEEN SERVICED.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HORN WAS DIFFICULT TO HONK AND IT WAS HARD TO PUSH WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SWERVING. *YH

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES HAVE BROKEN TWICE ON EACH DOOR. *AK

WITH KIDS ON A HIGHWAY IN DIFFERENT STATE WHEN ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. TOWED TO DEALER WHO SAYS OIL PUMP FAILED AND NOW NEED NEW ENGINE AT $4000 ( CURRENT BLUE BOOK VALUE -$4000!). WE HAD CHECKED OIL ABOUT 25 MILES BEFORE AND WAS FINE AND NO DUMMY LIGHTS OR GAUGES INIDCATED PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. REPLACED THEMOSTAT AND WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE FAILING. TOOK VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET WHO RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND INFORMED ME THAT HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING. DEALER TOLD ME THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE IS COMMON IN THE 3.1 BUT FAILURE OF HEAD GASKETS ARE NOT AS COMMON. THE DEALER REPLACED BOTH HEAD GASKETS AT A TOTAL COST OF OVER $900. I ASKED THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS AND HE REPLIED NO. I HAVE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE SINCE THE TIME OF MY REPAIRS AND THEY TO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES....OVERHEATING WITH ASSOCIATED HEAD GASKET FAILURE. AT THIS POINT I AM VERY DISPLEASE WITH GENERAL MOTORS INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT A PROBLEM DOES EXIST WITH HEAD GASKET AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE ON THE 3.1 ENGINE. I HAVE FOUND THAT LOCAL MECHANICS ARE WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM EXISTS WHILE THE GM MECHANICS WILL NOT. *AK

ONE COVER FELL FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

I HAD MY LOWER BALL BEARINGS REPLACED BACK IN JULY OF 2000. I WAS ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN WERE YOU COULD PULL UP RECALLS AND PUT IN THE YEAR AND MAKE OF MY CAR AND THIS CAME UP. I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS CURRENTLY. IT COSTED ME AROUND $300.00 TO FIX BOTH SIDES. I AM SEEING IF I CAN GET REFUNDED FOR THIS SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A RECALL? I HAVE THE RECEIPT FROM WALT LUTI TIRE IN LEBANON, OHIO WERE IS WAS FIXED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. IMPACT WAS FRONTAL.*AK VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALLED. *SLC

CONSUMER WAS COMING UP A RAMP AND GETTING ON HIGHWAY, ACCELERATED TO GET TO HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER ON SHOULDER. VEHICLE WAS CUURENTLY AT DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE REVERSE DRIM HAD COMPLETELY DISENTEGRATED.*JB

THE TIRE DEVELOPED A CRACK (FIRESTONE). NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON VEHICLE WILL FREEZE UP AND NOT WORK, BUT PROBLEM IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER ,AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, WHERE LATCH ATTACHES TO STEEL POST, HAS BROKEN.*AK

WHILE PULLING INTO GARAGE AT ABOUT 2 MPH STEERING WENT OUT, WHEN TURNING WHEEL TO LEFT IT MOVES FREELY, BUT WHEELS DO NOT TURN. WHEN TURNING TO RIGHT NO POWER STEERING. *AK

LATCH ON ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR RELEASES WHEN VEHICLE STANDING DISCHARGING BATTERY. COMPANY RECALLING 1997 ON FOR THIS DEFECT. IT IS SAFETY HAZARD IF IT SHOULD OCCUR RUNNING. IN EMERGENCY CAR CANNOT BE RELIED ON. I BELIEVE MY VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE WITHOUT THIS CORRECTION. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK IS BROKEN . SEAT IS VERY LOOSE AND WOBBLES ALOT WHEN DRIVING. DEALER STATED THAT WELD POINTS ARE BROKEN. VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY TO COVER COST. *AK

4 WAY MANUAL SEAT TRACK BRACKET MADE OF WHITE METAL BROKE, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH. CONSUMER HAS CALLED SALVAGE YARDS. NONE ARE AVAILABLE. FOUND 1, AND IT WAS BROKEN IN SAME SPOT. 2 WELDING SHOPS CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE SEAT IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES HEAD RESTS HAVE A BAR THAT IS COMING OUT OF IT.*JB

RIGHT FRONT SIDE WOULD BE MAKING LOUD NOISES. OWNER BELIEVES IT WAS LOWER BALL JOINT THAT WAS CAUSING PROBLEM. VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED FOR CANADA.*AK

VEHICLE WASIN AN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT RATE OF 40 MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPOLY. INSURANCE COMPANY NOTED ACCIDENT AS A TOTAL LOSS. CONSUMER DID NOT SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK

I AM STILL EXPERIENCEING A ENGINE SURGE WHEN THE CAR IS AT IDLE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES DRIVER SEAT LEANS BACK, VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND TECHNICIAN ADVISED CONSUMER THAT SEAT HAD A BROKEN RISER AND FOUND FRAME TO BE BROKEN ALSO, FRAME AND RISER WAS ORDERED AND REPLACED AND REINSTALLED BACK INTO VEHICLE. *JB

TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

FUEL LEAKING FROM GAS TANK. NOTICED A STRONG SCENT OF GASOLINE, A FEW DAYS LATER DISCOVERED A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDER CAR. ALL FUEL LINES APPEAR O.K. GAS TANK IS LEAKING FROM CENTER OF TANK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY RED INDICATOR LIGHT WILL COME ON. *AK

WHEN HEATER IS TURNED ON ANTIFREEZE VAPORS WERE SPREADING THROUGHOUT VEHICLE. HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT FROM BREATHING THE VAPORS, HE HAD TROUBLE BREATHING AND HAD A HORRIBLE CHEST COLD. *SLC

1995 CHEVROLET LUMINAS APPARENTLY HAVE A KNOWN TRANSMISSION DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE TORQUE CONVERTER TO LOCK UP AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, CAUSING JERKY & UNEVEN SHIFTING. WHEN DECELERATING THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS TO UNLOCK, DRAGGING DOWN THE RPM OF THE ENGINE TO VERY LOW LEVELS WHEN DECELERATING. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP I WENT TO IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM CHEVROLET, WHO HAD ISSUED A TSB CONCERNING THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ADVISED ME THAT THE REPAIR WAS OVER $1,000 AND THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIR DONE THE VEHICLE COULD STALL WHEN DECELERATING SUDDENLY, POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WITH MY CAR THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, I HAVE NOT AS OF YET REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO FACTORY CORRECTION FOR THE PROBLEM AND ALL SERVICE WOULD BE FEEABLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A POTENTIAL LIFE SAFETY ISSUE AS WHEN THE CAR STALLS POWER STEERING IS LOST AND UNTIL RESTARTED HAS NO POWER TO AVOID A CRASH. THANK YOU FOR THE EVALUATION OF THIS REPORT.*AK

CAR WAS PURCHASED AT A DEALERSHIP. I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A USED CAR AND I WANTED TO PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT LET US. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. WE BOUGHT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FROM DEALERSHIP AND THEN THAT ONE FAILED. FINALLY, I COMPLAINED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND RECEIVED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 3 TRANSMISSIONS, NEW HEAD GASKETS AND NOW THE ENGINE FAILED. THE LOCKS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DO NOT WORK. THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME IN ANY WAY DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE CAR. I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CARS FOR AT LEAST 8 OR 10 YRS. AND STILL HAVE THE SAME ENGINE. I SUSPECT THE DEALERSHIP KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS CAR AND SOLD IT TO US ANYWAY. THE CAR WAS SOLD TO US FOR $12,500 THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 25% INTEREST, SO IN THE END WE ARE PAYING OVER $20,000 FOR THIS CAR. IT IS NOW GOING TO COST ME $4,800 TO FIX THE CAR. THIS PRICE EXCEEDS WHAT I OWE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE DAY 1 AND NOW THE WINDOWS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. THIS VEHICLE IS USED TO GET TO WORK AND HOME, IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS OUT DRAG RACING IN IT. I'M JUST VERY UPSET. ANY FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

CONSUMER HAS TO WIGGLE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH TO GET REAR BRAKE LIGHTS TO WORK, ALSO WHEN CRUISE IS ON AND CONSUMER TURNS ON LEFT TURN SIGNAL, CRUISE WILL CUT OFF. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AND AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN A PATCH OF ICE CAUSED VEHICLE TO SKID AND IMPACT A ROADSIDE BARRIER 4 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

I AM LOSING 2 QUARTS OF OIL PER 1000 MILES. IT SUDDENLY STARTED AND THE SOLUTION IS REBUILD MOTOR @ $1,200 TO $2,500. WOW!!!!*AK

DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WORKS, OTHER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE FOR PASSENGERS IN CAR.*AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS READING HOT ENGINE, ,CONSUMER STARTED TO ADD COOLANT, AND THERE WAS NO VISABLE SIGNS OF LEAKING. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO HOT, THEN, WITHIN MINUTES IT WAS BACK TO NORMAL. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. MANIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND ARE CURRENTLY INOPERABLE. ALSO, RECALL 97V017000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 97003 FOR SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS, VEHICLE IDENTIFCATION NUMBER NOT INCLUDED. *AK

VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO FIRST GEAR AFTER MAJOR FAILURE, INTERNALLY, IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING RAPID DECELLERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY, IE.. NO REVERSE SLAM, NO EXCESSIVE EXCELLERATION. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL OR ACCIDENT AND INJURY. G.M. WAS CONTACTED AT 1-800-222-1020, AND A COMPLAINT REGISTERED, #C02675467. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THE TECHNICIANS COMMENTS WERE, I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE FAILURES, SOME ON NEWER CARS THAN YOURS. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF RECALL FOR THIS FAILURE. G.M. DOES NOT USE THE ORIGINAL COMPONENT THAT FAILED, A NEW AND IMPROVED TYPE IS BEING USED IN ITS PLACE ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ONTO HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STALLED. SHE SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR, AND VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR WENT OUT, AND SECOND GEAR WAS ONLY ONE WORKING. *AK

MOTOR FAILED AFTER COOLANT LEAK INTO BOLCK REPLACED MOTOR, REPLACED AGAIN AFTER 10000. *AK

HOSE FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD TO POWER BOOSTER BRAKE & MASTER CYLINDER KEEPS POPPING OUT EASILY DUE TO BEING CLAMPED AT ONE END & NOT AT OTHER END. VEHICLE WOULD THEN START TO ACCELERATE. *AK

RIGHT HAND INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED. NOTICED COOLANT LIGHT ON. PLACED COOLANT IN ENGINE AND LIGHT WENT OFF. WEEK LATER, LIGHT BACK ON. THIS PROCESS WAS REPEATED NUMEROUS TIMES. FINALLY TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. NEXT DAY, MECHANIC INDICATED HEAD GASKETS HAD FAILED. MECHANIC CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE DONE DUE TO ALUMINUM PIECE HAD MELTED & VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. PART WAS REPAIRABLE. INFORMED ENGINE WAS NO GOOD AND DEFECTIVE IN BEGINNING, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TELEPHONE POLE AT 30-35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOT 25 MPH UP A HILL TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WAS TOWED WHERE TECHNICIAN DID NOT STATE WHAT WAS PROBLEM. *AK

GASKET FAILURE CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO MIX WITH ENGINE OIL AND DESTROY LUBRICATION TO BEARINGS CAUSING BREAKDOWN AND ENGINE KNOCK. ENGINE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED APPROXIMATE COST OF $4,000

SLIDING DOOR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE WILL NOT STAY SHUT ANYMORE. CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THIS. *AK CUSTOMER SET THE DOOR TO MANUAL LMODE BUT STILL OPENS IF NOT CAREFULLY CLOSED. ALARM ALSO DOES NOT SOUND ANYMORE AS WARNING. *YH

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELLING 30 MPH UPHILL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALL GEAR SELECTIONS EXCEPT PARK ACTED LIKE NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WOULD ROLL IF BRAKE NOT APPLIED. DEALER (OTHER THAN WHERE VEHICLE PURCHASED) EXAMINED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE INPUT HOUSING WAS CRACKED. TRANSMISSION REQUIRED TO BE REBUILT / REPLACED; COST OF $2000.00. CERTIFIED GM TRANSMISSION RECEIVED AND INSTALLED THEN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. 2ND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION ORDERED AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED. CONTACT WITH GM INDICATED SINCE TRANSMISSION PAST WARRANTY PERIOD, THEY COULD NOT HELP. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL ONLY OPERATE ONCE IN A WHILE, THERE WAS A RECALL 97V017, HOWEVER THE DEALER IS TELLING THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM BACK, CAUSING HER TO GO FORWARD. THEN, FALL FLAT BECAUSE SEAT RECLINED, CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER GAVE CONSUMER A CLAIM # TO SHOW INSURANCE COMPANY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT WORK AT A TIME. BRAKES LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND WINDSHIELD WIPER SWILL STOP WORKING. TECHNICIAN SAID PROBLEM WAS WITH THE MULTI- FUNCTION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK