2008 Chevrolet Lumina

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Steering	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Steering

Filed Oct 31, 2011250,000 milesNY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET LUMINA (NA). THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A TURN WHEN THE STEERING FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN IN ANY DIRECTION AND REQUIRED FORCE APPLIED BY BOTH THE CONTACT AND THE FRONT SEAT OCCUPANT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE STEERING RACK AND PINION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V527000 (STEERING: RACK AND PINION). THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 250,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Deaths	Assessment
2008 — this page	1	0	0	0	Routine
2002	0	1	0	0	Routine
2001	21	4	0	0	Routine
2000	30	6	0	0	Routine
1999	103	3	4	1	Fatalities reported
1998	223	4	6	0	Above average
1997	347	2	8	7	Fatalities reported
1996	245	3	2	3	Fatalities reported
1995	492	7	8	6	Fatalities reported
1994	126	2	2	0	Routine
1993	243	3	13	0	Above average
1992	342	4	11	0	Above average
1991	352	6	9	2	Fatalities reported
1990	427	9	8	0	Above average

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.