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 →
MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 55MPH AND I WAS TRAVELING AT THAT SPEED.I CAME UPON A VECHILE THAT WAS TRAVELING SLOWER.AS I ATTEMPTED TO PASS I PUT ON MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL. AT THAT TIME THE CRUISE CONTROL SHUT DOWN AND DECREASED MY SPEED ENOUGH THAT I HAD TO REMAIN IN THAT LANE TILL ALL OTHER CARS PASSED
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH VEHICLE DIED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHERE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SLC
INTERMITTENTLY PIN IN THE SHIFT LEVER SEPARATED WHEN THE GEAR IS SHIFTED.*AK
ENGINE DIED COST $5000 TO BUY A REMANUFACTURED ONE AND HAVE IT INSTALLED BY A MECHANIC AT A SERVICE STATION. REMANUFACTUED WILL NOT HONOR QUARANTY-STATES ENGINE HAD INTERNAL COMBUSTION CAUSING A PART TO BRAKE AND SO WE HAVE HAD NO CAR FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS
THE TRANSMISSION DRUM FAILED, REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NECESSARY. *MJS
COMPLETE SIDEWALL FAILURE OF A RELATIVELY NEW TIRE (ABOUT 3000 MILES OR LESS).*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/70R15 )
WHILE DRIVING UP A HILL THE THROTTLE CABLE CAME APART. NLM
ENGINE STALLS ONLY ON INTERSTATES HIGHWAYS AROUND 65 MPH.
ALL LIGHTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANTI-LOCK BREAK SYSTEM COME ON SHORTLY AFTER STARTING VEHICLE.: SERVICE TRACTION CONTROL, SERVICE ANTI-LOCK AND TRACTION CONTROL. I CLEARLY LOSE THE ANTILOCK BRAKE FEATURE. AT TIMES BRAKES MAKE A FUNNY NOISE AND CAR LOSES BRAKING FOR SEVERAL FEET AT LOW SPEEDS. DEALER SAYS CHEVY IS AWARE AND SAYS THEY WILL DEAL WITH IT AFTER Y2K AND FOR NOW TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND START IT AGAIN. THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM FOR VERY LONG!
WHEN DRIVING 35 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION ,IMPACT FRONTAL ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE, CAUSING PASSENGER SIDE OCCUPANT TO HIT WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK NEITHER DRIVER NOR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS LOCKED. *YH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY AND COULD LEAD TO A CRASH. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVEREDUNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
RECALL 97V-017 95 CHEVROLET LUMINA NOT HONORED OR ACKNOWLEDGED BY EITHER CHEVROLET (GM) MANUFACTURING OR A LOCAL DEALER. WINDSHIELD WASHER.WIPER SWITCH IS INOPERABLE; DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. REQUIRES CUSTOMER PAYMENT TO REPLACE PIVOT AND PULSE/DIMMER SWITCH, BUT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE FIXED "AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMERS, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE, AGE OF VEHICLE, OR OWNERSHIP, FROM THIS TIME ON - RECALL 97V-017".. SEE NHTSA ITEM NUMBER SB051272; SERVICE BULLETIN #97003.. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIRERS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, MOST OF THE TIME WHEN IT IS RAINING WIPERS STOP, THEY HAVE TO BE RESTARTED BY HAND. *ET
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH BOTH REAR DOOR ASSEMBLY LATCHES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS ON BOTH DOORS. CURRENTLY, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED, BOTH FRONT DOORS WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. DRIVER'S DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
THE STEERING BEGAN TO BE HARD TO TURN LEFT. POWER STEERING FLUID WAS FINE. STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO LOCK WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT ONLY. THE CAR WAS ONLY SHOWING ABOUT 56.000 MILES. THE CAR GOT STUCK IN AN INTERSECTION BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET IT TO TURN SHARP ENOUGH, AND I FEEL IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD COST OVER 700 DOLLARS TO BE REPAIRED. I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO NEED SUCH COSTLY REPAIRS AT THIS EARLY DATE.*AK
RECALL 97V017000/WASHER/WIPER SWITCH: DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL NOTICE BECAUSE IT IS A SALVAGED TITLE VEHICLE. ASKING NHTSA TO SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER.*AK
I OWNED A 93 LUMINA, WHICH I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT 2 TIMES, DUE TO COMPLETE FAILURE. NOW I OWN A 95 LUMINA, WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A BRAND NEW ONE DUE TO MAJOR FAILURE. THE COMPUTER AND MAP SENSOR FAILED, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT BY THE DEALER. CHEVROLET CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY WHICH RESULTED IN VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. RECALL 97V017000 DEALS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *ML
AS I SAT DOWN IN THE SEAT, I LEANED BACK AND WHEN I PUSHED BACK IN THE SEAT I FELT A CRACK, AND THE SEAT PROCEEDED TO LEAN BACK. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT I NOTICED THAT THE RISER MECHANISM HAD BROKEN WHICH NOW CAUSES THE SEAT TO LEAN BACK. I CHECKED WITH GM AND IT WILL COST OVER $500 JUST FOR THE RISER MECHANISM. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. *AK
I HAVE A FILE NUMBER WITH GENERAL MOTORS #99583618, MY QUESTIONNAIRE WITH NHTSA ID DATED 2/14/200. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
BRAKES GET DAMP, REPLACE BRAKES, AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHEN BACKED UP THE BRAKES MAKE A TERRIBLE NOISE FOR A COUPLE OF TIMES.
LEFT BALL JOINT FELL APART WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT. THEN WHEEL WEDGED INTO TIRE WELL AND BENT BODY METAL. THIS ALSO CAUSED THE AXLE SHAFT TO COME APART. IF THIS HAPPENED ON A HIGHWAY, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK
97V017000: WASHER/WIPER SWITCH: WINDSHIELD WASHERS/WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN THE WHEEL PROBLEM OCCURED I FIRST THOUGHT I HAD A LOW TIRE. I STOPPED AND CHECKED ALL MY TIRES AT A SEVICE STATION. THEY WERE NOT LOW AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE LUGS WERE LOOSE. WHEN I WAS ALMOST HOME, THE WHEEL PROBLEM BECAME WORSE I SLOWED DOWN AND GOT HOME. I CALLED A WRECKER DRIVER HE HAD TO BACK IT UP TO PUT IT ON THE WRECKER. HE SAID IT WAS IN THE WHEEL BUT DID NOT SAY THE LUGS WERE LOOSE. I HEARD METAL CLANKING. ON THE CAR CENTRAL RECALL LIST THE BALL BEARING CAN FAIL AND CAUSE THE LUGS TO LOOSEN ACCORDING TO A CONSUMER COMPLAINT ON YOUR WEB SITE. WHY WAS THIS NOT REPAIRED BEFORE I GOT THE CAR. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS. WHY DID THE DEALER NOT KNOW ABOUT THE RECALL? WHAT GOOD IS RECALLS IF THE DEALERS AND CAR MAKERS ARE NOT NOTIFYNG PEOPLE ABOUT THEM? I HAVE A GM WARRANTY THAT I PAID 600.00 FOR THEY WOULD NOT PAY ON THIS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS HAD I BEEN GOING FASTER. AT BEATTY CHEVROLET THEY TRIED TO SAY I HAD LET THE LUGS GET LOOSE. IT HAPPENED TO FAST FOR THE LUGS TO HAVE BEEN LOOSE WHEN I BOUGHT IT AT INTERSTATE MOTORS. CONSUMER LAWS HAVE GOT TO BE ENFORCED. AMERICAN LIVES DEPEND ON THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT ON THIS MATTER. MARGARET WEST. *AK
THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AT THE TAIL LIGHT SECTION WORK ONLY OCCASIONALLY. THEY WILL SOMETIMES WORK AFTER QUICKLY FLIPPING ON BOTH DIRECTIONALS. THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE REAR WINDOW ALWAYS FUNCTIONS PROPERLY. FUSES AND BULBS ARE NOT THE PROBLEM. SINCE THIS PROBLEM WAS NOTICED BY ME I HAVE OBSERVED OTHER LUMINAS WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR LOOKING INTO THIS AS MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THIS CAN BE A TRICKY AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM TO DIAGNOSE LET ALONE REPAIR. ALSO, IS THERE ANY WAY OF FINDING OUT IF I SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE BALL JOINT PROBLEM WHICH WAS LISTED AT THE TOP OF THE RECALL FORM ON YOUR PAGE ? MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THAT TIME FRAME. THANK YOU.
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. REPLACEMENT APPEARED TO BE EVERY 5000 TO 10,000 MILES, COMMENCING AT 40.000 MILES. VEHICLE IN /OUT OF DEALER FOR REPAIRS, BUT UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
RECALL 97V017000/WASHER/WIPER SWITCH: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. VEHICLE BEEN TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIR, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML
THE PAINT ON THE VEHICLE IS BUBBLING, CRACKING AND PEELING OFF IN SHEETS. NLM
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES HEARD A TAPPING SOUND. DEALER DID NOT NOW WHAT THE SOUND WAS. LATER REALIZED IT WAS A CRACKED SOLENOID SENSOR RING. DEALER SAID THAT MEANT THAT ABS SYSTEM COULD SHUT DOWN. *AK
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED DUE TO CORROSION BETWEEN MANIFOLD AND HEAD. HEAD AND INTAKE MANIFOLD SHOT. FUEL PUMP BURNED OUT INSIDE GAS TANK. THE CONNECTOR MELTED ON THE PUMP.
POWER LOSS AT 65MPH, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT OPERATE IN "O-DRIVE" SHIFTED TO "DRIVE" CAR RAN O.K.. TOOK TO DEALER ON 02/03/97, TRANS. WAS REPLACED. SUMMER OF 1999 EXPERIANCED SIM. PROBLEM, LOST POWER MOMENTARILY THEN WAS O.K. TOOK TO DEALER THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. 06 MAY 2000 EXPERIANCED LOSS OF POWER AT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY. ONCE AGAIN COULDN'T USE "O-DRIVE" HAD TO USE "DRIVE" TO MOVE VEHICLE. SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. 8 MAY 2000 TOOK CAR TO DEALER, WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM...
WHILE DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM VEHICLE HIT A PATCH OF ICE, AND STARTED TO SLIDE, SPUN AROUND & WAS THEN REARENDED. UPON BEING REARENDED, DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE. DRIVER FELL BACKWARDS & LOST VISUAL CONTACT UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. VEHICLE TOWED TO SALVAGE YARD & WAS TOTALED. *AK
RISER ASSEMBLY PIECE THAT CONNECTS THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO BASE BROKE OFF. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. BASE PIECE BROKE OFF BY ITSELF FOR NO REASON. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL ONLY WORK IF ONE SWIPE ACROSS AND WILL STOP IN THE WAY OF VIEWING WHICH WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND WAS GOING TO HAVE IT FIXED AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $2000 AND WAS DUE TO THE FACT THE WE HAD A DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. DEALER NOTICED A HEAD GASKET HAD BLOWN A ROD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HAD A SMELL THEN MY WINDSHEILD STARTED FOGGING OVER.I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER SHIP TO BE CHECK OUT.THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT MY HEATER CORE WAS LEAKING COOLANT.I OKAYED THE REPAIR OF ($461.21) FOR THE FIRST REPAIR.THEN NOT EVEN TWO THOUSAND MILES LATER SAME PROBLEM HAPPEN AGAIN SO I TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THE HEATER CORE WAS DEFECTIVE AND THEY REPLACED IT SECOND TIME AT (90722).NOW FOR THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME PROBELM AGAIN THE HEATER CORE IS LEAKING COOLANT AGAIN.THIS SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS STARTING TO BE A ONGOING PROBLEM.I'M REALLY CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS THERE A SOLUTION TO THIS CONCERN.I DON'T WANT TO START GOING TO THE DEALER EVERY TWO TO THREE TOUSAND MILES TO HAVE A HEATER CORE REPLACE. I'M VERY DISSAPPOINTED IN THE QUAILTY OF THIS VEHICLE NOW.PLEASE ASSIST ME IN GETTING THIS CONCERN RESOLVED RIGHT WAY.BEFORE THERE IS ANYOTHER PROBLEMS.NOTE MY HEATER CORE LEAKING COOLANT NOW AND HAVING TO ADD COOLANT TO MY RESERVIOR EVERY DAY.THANK YOU ANN HARRELL. *AK
BRAKE LIGHTS/TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO OPERATE WHENEVER BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PARTS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER MUFACTURER'S RECALL, REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCES PROBLEM WITH DOOR HANDLES: PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. DRIVER'S DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE DEALER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
6/11/99 OIL RUNNING OUT OF ENGINE..INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE. REPLACED.11/9/99 LOW COOLANT LAMP ON. COOLANT IN WATER PUMP. PUMP REPLACED. LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON..PRESSURE TESTED. NO LEAKS FOUND.2/17/00 LOW COOLANT LIGHT ON. NOTHING FOUND BY DEALER. ABS BRAKE FAILURE. 3/2/00 ENGINE RUNS HOT. PRESSURE LEAK NOW FOUND. COOLANT IN OIL. DEALER FAILURE SINCE 6/99!!! CONSUMER MUST PAY!! HELP ME!
WHILE TRYING TO START VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. TOWED TRUCK TO DEALER, AND DEALER STATED ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON.
SUDDEN OIL CONSUMPTION 1 QT PER 1000MI. VERY RAPID BRAKE AND ROTORS WEAR AT ABOUT 4500 MI.*AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER IN SEPTEMBER 1997 FOR RECALL 97V017000 REPAIRS. DEALER STATED REDESIGNED PART WAS ALREADY INSTALLED. BUT, IN NOVEMBER 1999, WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING .*AK.ET.
WHEN TURN SIGNAL LEVER IS PUSHED DOWN TO MAKE A LEFT TURN THE LEVER DOES NOT RETURN TO NORMAL CENTER POSITION UPON COMPLETING THE TURN. NLM
R/F WHEEL SENSOR BECOMES INOPERATIVE WHEN WET CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO FAIL. NLM
WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE INTERMITTENT OPERATION. DEALER WILL NOT HONOR RECALL 97V017. *AK
INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF SIGNAL, WINDSHIELD WIPERS/ TURN SIGNAL, AND BRAKE LIGHTS. OWNER BELIEVES THE CAUSE TO BE THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *ML
FIRST START OF THE DAY,VEHICLE WILL IDLE HIGH, AND THEN VEHICLE WILL STALL AT LEAST 3- 4 TIMES BEFORE IT WILL ACTUALLY ACT NORMALLY . DEALR HAS REPLACED MASSIVE AIR FLOW SENSOR/ COMPUTER CHIP/ SPARK PLUGS, INCLUDING WIRING , AND HAS ERASED MEMORY. DEFECT KEEPS REOCCURRING. *AK
DRIVER'S DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. *AK *ML
THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF THE CAR DON'T WORK ALL THE TIME. THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE BACK WINDOW WORKS ALL THE TIME. THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF THE CAR ARE WIRED THROUGHT THE TURN SIGNAL, WHEN THE LEVER IS MOVED, ELECTICAL CONTACT IS LOST AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON THE BACK OF THE CAR DON'T WORK. I CAN GET THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO WORK AGAIN BY MOVING THE TURN SIGNAL UP AND DOWN, BUT AS SOON AS THE TURN SIGNAL IS USED THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOP WORKING AGAIN. I'VE TALKED TO 3 OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWEN 95 LUMINA'S THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY I'M REPORTING THIS PROBLEM TO YOU. I'VE CALLED CHEVROLET AT 1-800-222-1020 ,THEY SAID ''THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM''. ANY HELP YOU CAM GIVE ME WILL BE APPRECIATED. *AK
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