1993 Chevrolet Lumina

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR CALIPERS WORN.

• 12/17/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE CALIPER PIN FLOATER FAILED, RESULTING IN FRONT AND REAR BRAKE NOISE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *AK

• 12/15/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY, RESULTING IN DEALER BUYING BACK THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/13/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  THE HORN STARTS TO BLOW WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 12/10/1994· STRUCTURE

  RIGHT FRONT DOOR PANEL CRACKED WHERE SHOULDER BELT HARNESS CONNECTS. *SKD

• 12/08/1998· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE REAR SUSPENSION, BUSHING AT THE END OF THE SPRING IN REAR SUSPENSION ON PASSAGER SIDE IS GONE AND THE ONE ON THE DRIVER SIDE LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO COME OFF. THE SQUEAKING NOISE FROM THE BACK STARTED A COUPLE OF MONTHS A GO BUT WAS HARDLY NOTICEABLE TILL THIS LAST WEEK OR TWO. THE RUBBER BUSHING ITSELF CANNOT BE REPLACED WITH OUT BUYING THE SPRING ASSSEMBLY FROM GM. WE HAD TO ALSO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AT ABOUT 50000 MILES AND FOUND THE REAR BRAKES C ALPERS FROZEN, THE DEALER GOT THE REAR BRAKES UNSTUCK. BUT WE STILL HEAR NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLYED . WE DID HAVE THE ENGINE REPLACED AT 58,100 MILES IN 3/5/98 FOUND #6 PISTON WORN . WE REACHED AGREEMENT TO HAVE NEW ENGINE INSTALLED AT 50/50 COST WITH GM GOODWRENCH SERVICE REPLACEMENT ENGINE WITH LIMITED WARRANTY 36 MONTHS/50,000 MILES

• 12/06/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EA94-041 ACTIVE, ON RIGHT REAR CORROSION OF BRAKES SYSTEM, REPLACEMENT 2 TIMES. TT

• 12/05/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES WERE CHECKED AND FRONT PADS AND ROTOS REPLACED IN 1998,WERE TOLD REAR ARE NOT WORKING DUE TO RUST AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PADS ARE LIKE NEW BUT STIIL NEED REPLACING DUE TO DESIGN. COST $600.00 AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM. ALREADY SPENT $300.00 ON FRONT BRAKES ONE AGO AND THEY NEED REPLACEMENT. GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD HOLD SOME RESPONIABILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND COVER THIS COST FOR REPAIR.

• 12/02/1998· STEERING

  STEERING TILT MECHANISM HAS BROKE . THIS DEFECT WILL NOT ALLOW CONSUMER TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF, WILL HAVE TO DISCONNECT BATTERY. *AK

• 11/30/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ROTORS REPLACED DUE TO NOISE WHEN SLOWING DOWN/TURNING CORNERS.

• 11/27/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE HAS POSSIBLE REAR DISC BRAKE CORROSION PROBLEM HAD 2 SET OF REAR BRAKES CHANGED STARTING AT 32,000.(EA94-041. TT *JB

• 11/27/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLE HAS CORRODED REAR DISC BRAKES HAD REPLACED AT 5,649 MILES AND STILL HAS PROBLEMS.(EA94-041). TT TWO ROTORS WERE REPLACED, GRINDING NOISE CONTINUES, DEALER CAN NOT FIND PROBLEM. *SLC

• 11/25/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HEAD BOLTS IN THE ENGINE BROKE SEVERAL TIMES.

• 11/24/2008· TIRESCrash

  I RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW FIRESTONE FR380 195/75/14 TIRES FOR MY DAUGHTER'S 1993 CHEVY LUMINA. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN SEPTEMBER 2008 FOR HER CAR WHEN THE CAR HAD 58,868 MILES ON IT AND THE CAR NOW HAS 60,256 MILES. ON NOVEMBER 20, 2008 HER PASSENGER FRONT TIRE BLEW AND CAUSED HER TO HIT A TREE. SHE WAS SEEN BY A DOCTOR, AND DIAGNOSED WITH A NECK STRAIN, AND THE CAR WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED DUE TO THE BLOWOUT. WE NEVER DID RECEIVE NOTICE THAT ANY TYPE OF FR380 FIRESTONE TIRE WAS RECALLED AND THIS IS VERY UPSETTING. FIRESTONE REQUESTED THAT WE SEND THIS TIRE TO THEM FOR ANALYSIS AND IT WAS RECEIVED BY THEIR COMPANY ON 11/24/08. THEY THEN STATED THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN LOOK AT THE TIRE UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THIS COMING YEAR SO WE ARE STUCK WITH NO VEHICLE FOR MY DAUGHTER TO GET TO SCHOOL AND TO WORK. IT HAS NOT BEE A GOOD EXPERIENCE. *TR

• 11/21/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS WEAR PREMATURELY.

• 11/20/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEEDS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ABS KICKS IN WHILE BACKING UP FOR NO REASON, THIS HAPPENS ON DRY SURFACES AND THERE IS NO SLIDING OR SKIDDING. *SLC

• 11/20/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR BRAKES WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. TT

• 11/19/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR BRAKES LOCKED UP.

• 11/19/1996· POWER TRAINFire

  TRANSMISSION SEAL FAILED, CAUSING LEAKAGE/FIRE.

• 11/18/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  IN JUNE 95 CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PULSATION,. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS AT 42, 296 MILES. AUGUST/95 AT 44,500 MILES. THE FIRST TIME CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN A HILL, AS SHE BEGAN TO BRAKE, THERE WAS PULSATION, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. SHE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE SECOND TIME AT 64,000 MILES SON WAS DRIVING, FELT VIBRATIONS AND BEGAN TO STEP ON BRAKES AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE, HE HAD TO USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP THE VEHICLE ALSO. *AK

• 11/17/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  BRAKES SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING CAUSING ACCIDENT. TT CONSUMER STATES ENGINE ALSO REVVED UP, INSPECTOR FROM GM STATED THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOUND THAT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. *SLC

• 11/15/1999· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE FROM A PARKING LOT CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. SWITCH WA SREPLACED BY DEALER AT COST OF $294.00 *AK

• 11/15/1998· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT A RECALL ON '93 CHEVROLET LUNMINAS. I HEARD PART OF THIS RECALL ON TV NEWS..THOUGHT I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT EMISSION FUMES (?). PLEASE NOTIFY ME VIA E-MAIL..JUST SEND ME IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION TO FIND OUT WHAT TO DO. THANKS, CAROL SHEPHERD

• 11/15/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PREMATURE WEAR OF THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS, ROTORS WERE REPLACED IN MARCH AT 24,000 MILES AND REPLACED AGAIN AT 29,-000 MILES. *AK

• 11/14/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE.

• 11/13/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, CAUSED BY REAR DISC BRAKE CORROSION. TT

• 11/12/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  OWNER STATES WHEN BATTERY IS CHANGED COMPUTER SHORTS OUT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL AND MOVE SUDDENLY. *AK

• 11/09/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PLEASE REFER TO ODI #736006 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THIS MORNING AT THE VA HOSPITAL MY CARBON MONOXIDE LEVEL READING WAS 10, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A ONE PACK A DAY SMOKER. I AM A NON-SMOKER, THE VENTILATION AND/OR EXHAUST SYSTEM IS IN DIRE NEED OF PROPER ANALYSIS AND REPAIR. MY WIFE AND BABY WERE VERY SICK ON 11/5/00 FOLLOWING A TRIP TO A NEAR BY TOWN, AFTER WE TRAVELED ON THE HIGHWAY.

• 11/09/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED FOR ODI #736006 AND ODI #736059. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

• 11/08/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND MAKE A LOUD NOISE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

• 11/08/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DISTINCT ODOR OF GAS OUTSIDE OF CAR IN REAR TRUNK AREA/DISTINCT ODOR OF EXHAUST AND OIL COMING INTO DRIVER/PASSENGER SEATING AREA OF CAR THRU FRONT. DEALER WILL NOT LOOK INTO, MY WIFE AND BABY WERE VERY SICK ON 11/5/00 DUE TO ODOR TRAVELING INTO AUTO THRU VENTILATION SYSTEM. CHIEF MECHANIC IS UNABLE TO SMELL WHAT WE EXPERIANCE, AND WILL NOT RUN DIAGNOSTIC NOR WILL INSPECT FURTHER TO CORRECT THE SITUATION.

• 11/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR CALIPERS RUSTED AND WOULD NOT ACTUATE THE REAR BRAKES, VEHICLE ONLY HAD WORKING FRONT BRAKES, EXCESSIVE RUST BUILT UP IN CALIPERS AND THEY WOULD NOT WORK WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, WHEN REPAIRS WERE MADE THE DISC ROTORS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED WHICH INDICATED THEY TOO WERE NOT WORKING. *SLC

• 11/07/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,TIRESCrash

  ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT; ALSO REPLACED ROTORS/PADS/CALIPERS/STARTER/ALTERNATOR/WIPERS/TIRES. *AK

• 11/06/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THE FUEL TANK EMPLODED ON THE BOTTOM CAUSING THE PUMP PICK UP TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE TANK BOTTOM. AS A RESULT THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS CUT OFF WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO EITHER NOT START OR STALL. *MR *NLM

• 11/06/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MAP/HEAT SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING MOTOR TO OVERHEAT/BURN OUT.

• 11/03/2003· STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, CONSUMER SLOWED TO MAKE A TURN AND VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STEER DUE TO THE STEERING WHEEL BEING IMMOBILE. DEALER WAS INFORMED, BUT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT.*AK

• 11/01/1995· POWER TRAIN

  THE CAR SLIPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 10/30/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL INTERMITTENTLY TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/30/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT CALIPERS FAIL RESULTING IN (3) SETS OF PADS W/EXCESSIVE WEAR. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 10/30/1994· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FAULTY DISC BRAKES CAUSE FRONT BRAKES TO WEAR PREMATURELY/SQUEAL, CAUSING ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE/LOSS OF CONTROL. *SKD

• 10/29/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DEALERSHIP DID SHOCKS AND STRUTS, ABS BEEN ON SINCE THEN, THEY SAID NO CODE READING, AUTO PLACE I TOOK IT TO GOT TWO CODES. NOW I HAVE TO GET CHEVY TO FIX IT. JERKING ME AROUND BECAUSE FEMALE(DOESNT BS MY FATHER)

• 10/29/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES MAKE A NOISE WHEN PRESSING THE PEDAL AND TURNING RIGHT. THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCUR. , DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 10/25/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FAILURE OF THE ANTI- LOCK BRAKES, WHEN MAKING A STOP THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A NEAR ACCIDENT. *AK

• 10/25/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  STARTER REPLACED.

• 10/25/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE SLIDERS/ROTORS REPLACED.

• 10/22/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  LEFT REAR BARKE SOUNDED LIKE METAL RUBBING TOGETHER, REPLACE PADS/ROTORS/AGAIN REPLACE PADS, TO NO AVAIL, POSSIBLE CALIPER AREN'T RELEASING.

• 10/21/1999· SEATS

  PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT IS STUCK IN THE RECLINING POSITION. *AK

• 10/21/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES MAKE LOUD GRINDING METAL TO METAL NOISE WHILE BRAKING, CLEARS UP AFTER ACCELERATING. *AK DEALER REPLACED RIGHT REAR CALIPER, PADS THREE TIMES, AND ROTORS THREE TIMES AND THEY STILL MAKE NOISE. *SLC

• 10/19/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  AFTER VEHICLE REACHES 5 MPH, THE ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER MODULE, HOWEVER THE LIGHT IS STILL ILLUMINATED. *SLC

• 10/11/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  HHTSA ACTION NUMBERS EA94041 AND PE94063 MAY APPLY. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK