1996 Chevrolet Lumina complaints

IN 2000 MY WHITE 1996 4 DOOR CHEVROLET LUMINA STARTED LOSING PAINT IN VARIOUS PLACES AND HAS CONTINUED TO DO SO UNTIL NOW THERE ARE LARGE SPOTS OF METAL SHOWING. WITH OTHERWISE HAVING A PERFECT CAR, THIS MAKES FOR AN UNSIGHTLY PROBLEM. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TO US SIMILAR STORIES ABOUT THIS YEAR, COLOR AND MAKE OF VEHICLE. IS THERE ANYTHIING I CAN DO?*AK

INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD AT OWNER EXPENSE OF $750.DOLLARS. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

FATALITIES RESULTING FROM A ROLLOVER OF A 1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA.*MR THE STEERING WAS DEFECTIVE WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND ROLLOVER KILLING ALL PASSENGERS. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BROKE AND THE SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF DURING THE ROLLOVER. *TS *JB

STEERING LOCKS UP AND TURNS HARD TO THE LEFT.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED WHICH CAUSED COOLANT TO LEAK INSIDE THE ENGINE AND RESULTED IN THE VEHICLE OVERHEATING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ON CAR STOPPED WORKING, AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY ROAD. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO MY HOUSE. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE ALTERNATOR. WHAT A HASSLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS OPEN INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. CONSUMER STATES THIS VEHICLE IS RUNNING WITOUT WARRANTY.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS START AND STOP AT RANDOM INTERVALS. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVERS FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, AND INJURED THE DRIVER. THE NEXT DAY THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGERS FRONTAL AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD. *MR *SCC *NLM

WHEN YOU START THE CAR IN THE MORNING, AND BACKUP THE BRAKES MAKE A HUMMING SOUND- THEN WORK FINE. *NLM

THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS DEFECTIVE, IT WAS SERVICE ON 3 OCCASIONS. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. *JB

SENDING ASSEMBLY IN FUEL TANK MELTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE REGARDING THE RECALL ON THE RACK AND PINION.*JB

WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT, IT WILL MAKE A NOISE. THERE'S A RECALL, BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. TS THE DEALER STATED THAT OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM BUT THEIR NOT GOING TO COVER THE REPAIR. SCC

FUEL FILTER BURNED UP INSIDE GAS TANK. THE WIRES WERE BURNED AND THE PLASTIC BODY WAS BURNED AND CHARRED. MECHANIC WAS SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NO FIRE OR EXPLOSION. HE SAID IT WAS PROBALY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND BEING THAT I HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS SAVED THE CAR FROM GOING ON FIRE.

LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAKING DEXCOOL ON MY CHEVY LUMINA 1996 3.1 AND WHILE I WAS IN THE MIDAS SHOP CHECKING MY CAR A GIRL HAVE MONTI CARLO 97 HAS THE SAME PROBLEM MY MECHENIC TELLING MY HE GETS ALOT OG THESE PROBLEMS WITH CHEVY 3.1 3.4

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED AND ABOUT 7 TO 10 MINUTES LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAP CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER.DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ABOUT 2 YRS AGO BECAUSE IT STARTED LOSING POWER AND WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. BRAKES GRIND WHEN WET EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NOTICED AROUND THIS TIME THAT THE CAR TEMPERATURE GAUGE SOMETIMES CREEPED UP ABOVE NORMAL. IT SEEMED TO BE LOSING ANTI-FREEZE. THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. I REFILLED THE ANTI-FREEZE. IT SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT SLOWLY RETURNED. VEHICLE WAS ALSO VERY SLOWLY LOSING OIL. LAST MONTH (10/02) I STARTED HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. STRONG FUMES CAME INTO THROUGH THE VENTS, BURNING MY EYES. I HAD TO STOP REPEATEDLY TO LET THE CAR COOL SO THAT I COULD GET HOME. I WORK ONLY 3 MILES FROM HOME. WHEN I GOT HOME, THE OIL STICK CONTAINED OIL HALFWAY UP THE STICK. STARTED OVER FLOWING FROM THE OIL CAP WHEN I RESTARTED. SMOKE WAS HEAVY FROM THE BACK. HAD SOMEONE CHECK THE CAR. THE CAR IS NOT FUNCTIONABLE. WILL NOT TURN OVER. REPLACED THE STARTER BUT DIDN'T HELP. THERE IS OIL IN THE RADIATOR, WATER IN THE OIL. SEEMS TO BE FUEL IN THE ANTI-FREEZE. APPEARS TO BE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR MORE. HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS MAKE AND MODEL YEAR WAS RECALLED FOR MOTOR PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY PARALLELING THESE SAME PROBLEMS. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE ALSO STATED THAT HIS WIFE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND THE SPARE TIRE DID NOT FIT THE HUB ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS TALKING ABOUT. MR

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUNM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. TS

THE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT HOLD WHEN HE PUT THE TOP PART INSIDE OF THE BELT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE NOT SHOWING IN REAR, BUT VEHICLE DASH INDICATES THAT THEY ARE ON. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FAILURE OF MFS CAUSES BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK UNLESS PULL BACK ON TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THIS IS THE 2ND LUMINA THE COMPANY HAS OWNED THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. OTHER CAR WAS 1992 SAME MODEL & TYPE. DEALER SAYS THEY REPLACE A LOT OF THEM. NO INDICATION IS OBVIOUS THAT YOUR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING!! RATHER COSTLY REPAIR CHARGE $300.00 RANGE AS I RECALL FROM THE 1992. STRANGE IT HAPPENED ON 1996 MODEL ALSO. IS THERE A SECRET RECALL OR FACTORY REPAIR AT NO CHARGE??*AK

THE BASE IS NOT SAFE. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT SECURE THE BASE TO THE SEAT PROPERLY DUE TO THE BELT FEEDS ON THE BASE BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE INSTEAD OF MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR SEAT. TO KEEP THE BASE AND CAR SEAT IN PLACE, MORE DOWNWARD FORCE MUST BE APPLIED TO IT FROM A POINT CLOSER TO ITS CENTER. A POLICE OFFICER INSTALLED THE INFANT SEAT PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY EVENFLO AND MADE SURE THE BASE WAS TIGHTENED DOWN. INSTALLED CORRECTLY, WE COULD STILL LIFT THE END OF THE BASE NEAREST THE FRONT CAB UP TO TOUCH THE BACK SEAT. IT ACTUALLY FLOPPED UP AND DOWN LOOSELY, EVEN WITH THE SEAT ATTACHED TO THE BASE. THIS WOULD POSE A SERIOUS INJURY RISK TO THE INFANT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT- THE SEAT COULD FLY BACK TOWARDS THE REAR DASH AND CAUSE POSSIBLE NECK/BACK TRAUMA. IT COULD POSSIBLY EVEN LET GO COMPLETELY, ALLOWING SEAT AND CHILD TO BE THROWN AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. NOT ONLY WOULD SUCH AN INCIDENT INJURE THE CHILD, BUT ALSO ANY OTHER PASSENGERS THAT ARE IN THE CAR DURING AN ACCIDENT. JACKSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME TO RETURN THE CAR SEAT, PURCHASE ONE THAT WOULD INSTALL TO SAFE STANDARDS AND REPORT THIS INSTALL FAILURE OF THE EVENFLO COZY CARRY 5 COMFORT TOUCH INFANT CAR SEAT TO YOU.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CRANK, OTHER TIMES IT WILL HESITATE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE NOT BEING OPERABLE. MECHANIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND STATED COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, REPORTED BY OWNER OF VEHICLE.*AK *TT

AIRBAG LIGHT APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD AND WILL NOT GO OFF, DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT WHILE VEHICLE WAS STORED AT DEALERSHIP, VEHICLE WAS BROKEN INTO. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER AND IS EXPECTING ORIGINAL DEALER TO PAY FOR AIRBAG REPAIRS. *TT

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH, WHEN REAR LEFT TIRE COLLAPSED, FALLING APART FROM VEHICLE WITH RIMS AND TIRE TOGETHER. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, CRASHING INTO A WALL. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED SOME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH ALTENATOR WICH HAD TO BE REPLACED ONES A YEAR. DEALER WA CONTACTED, PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE INSTALLING CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN REAR MIDDLE OF VEHICLE, SEAT BELT BROKE. THE METAL PART THAT IS BOLTED TO FLOOR HAS RUSTED. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *JG

COOLANT IS LEAKING UNTO ENGINE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN HOT/ROUGH/ VIBRATE AND TICK. CONSUMER FOUND A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ( TSB ) ON PROBLEM, AND DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING INTO ENGINE AND IT WAS BEING RUINED. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO PULL AN OBJECT FROM BACK PACKET, AND WHEN PRESSING BACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT, SEAT COLLAPSED AND WAS UNSTABLE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED SUCH AS 70MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD INTERMITTENTLY TAKE IT SELF OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING A UNEXPECTED SLOW DOWN WITH OUT THE USE OF BRAKES AND AT THE SAME TIME THE ENGINE RPMS WOULD INCREASE RAPIDLY.

WHILE PARKED CONSUMER TRIED TO START VEHICLE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. ALTERNATOR WENT OUT TWICE WITHIN TWO YEARS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED ALTERNATOR, WHICH WAS THE SECOND ONE TO BE REPLACED.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON CHEVROLET LUMINA @ 80,000 ENGINE MILES. DEALER, DEL CHEVROLET FIXTED PROBLEM @ MY COST OF 1,612.46 DOLLARS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND REGULAR SERVICED @ CHEVROLET DEALERS ON THIS CAR, I HAVE THERE RECEIPTS. PROBLEM OCCURRED, HEATED-UP, WHEN TRAVELING TO GM DEALERS ON 7/14/01. SHOULD THIS PROBLEM HAVE HAPPENED ON A 80,000 MILE ENGINE?*AK

VEHICLE WAS GOING 45-50 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISON. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER BOTH HIT STEERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. DEALER STATED AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE NOT SENT ANYONE TO LOOK AT TOTALED VEHICLE.*AK THERE WERE FOUR INJURIES IN THE ACCIDENT. *YH

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW WENT DOWN WOULD NOT GO BACK UP-NO PROBLEM WITH THIS WINDOW BEFORE-DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW-SLUGGISH,OFTEN LOSES POWER......DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW KNOB PUSHED IN CANNOT RETRIEVE IT.....ENGINE BEGAN OVER HEATING IN NOV...ANTIFREEZE PUT IN...ANTIFREEZE MIXED IN WITH ENGINE OIL..ENGINE FROZE UP-HAD TO BE REPLACED.........ANTIFREEZE PART JUST SHATTERTED AS CAR COMING OUT OF PARKING SPACE--FLUIDS LOST-ENGINE LOST POWER---MECHANIC REPORTS NEW TRANSMISSION NEEDED ESTIMATES $2,500---MECHANIC REPORTS THAT THIS OR SIMILAR FAILURES OF TRANSMISSSION COMMON ON THIS VECHICLE AND THAT TRANSMISSION EXPERTS ARE AWARE OF THIS AND HAVE FREQUENT COMPLAINTS.....ALL THESE EVENTS OCCURRED IN LAST 6 MONTHS IN ADDITION TO THE NEED OF BRAKE HUB BEARING ON LEFT REAR WHEEL..TOTAL ESTIMATED COST $5,000

THE TWO FRONT TIE ROD ENDS WERE BADLY WORN, THIS CAUSED THE FRONT TIRE TO BE BADLY WORN WITH THE STEEL BELTS SHOWING SLIGHTLY (GOODYEAR P 225/60R16) . NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED A SMELL COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. WHEN LIFTED HOOD NOTICED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WENT INTO CRANKCASE OR ENGINE BLOCK. MIXED WITH OIL, AND IT SMELLED LIKE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM

AIR BAG MODULE WIRING TRAPPED BEHIND MODULE PREVENTING HORN TO WORK PROPERLY. WIRING NOT IN CLIP ON BACK OF AIR BAG TO PREVENT THIS. *AK

OWNER OF REPAIR SHOP NOTICED THAT WIRING WHICH LED TO FUEL PUMP MELTED WITHIN FUEL TANK. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

UPON IMPACT SEAT BELTS DID NOT TIGHTEN, NOR DID AIR BAGS DEPLOY. *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CONSUMER HIT THE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH FAILED TO OPERATE DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM AT HIGH SPEED. WIPER BECAME JAMMED AND FAILED TO WORK. ONLY WORKED AT LOW SPEED WHICH WAS NOT SUFFICIENT. REPAIRED AND PAID FOR PART MYSELF.*AK

ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE SYSTEMS. *AK

THIS CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. OIL WAS CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES OR 3 MONTHS. NO ABUSE HAD BEEN DONE. NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. NO DENTS. IT IS IN PERFECT SHAPE. OIL AND TRANSMISSION FLUID CLEAN. SO WHAT HAPPEN? THIS IS COSTING ME TIME AND $2000 FOR A CAR THAT SHOULD HAVE HELD UP. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THIS PROBLE AND PART FAILURE TO A FAIRLY NEW CAR. PLEASE RESPOND ASAP.