1994 Chevrolet Lumina

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

• 12/29/2000· STRUCTURE

  PASSENGER'S DOOR FAILS TO REMAIN CLOSED. PIN TO HOLD DOOR TO CLOSE HAD BROKEN.VENICLE NEVER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. PIN CANNOT BE REPLACED. ENTIRE DOOR FRAME NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, ACCORDING TO MECHANIC. *AK

• 12/27/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  DURING MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT, WHEN MADE ATTEMPT TO AVOID SECOND COLLISION BRAKE SEEMED INEFECTIVE, BRAKE WAS NON-RESPONSIVE, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD.

• 12/17/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENLY WITHOUT WARNING. TS

• 12/17/2002· STEERING

  CONSUMER STATES HAS CONSTANT PROBLEMS WITH STEERING PULLING EXCESSIVELY TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. TS

• 12/15/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CALIPER MISALIGNED RUBBING AGAINST INSIDE OF THE STEEL WHEEL DURING BRAKING, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS.

• 12/04/1997· SUSPENSION

  BALL JOINT BROKE CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

• 12/04/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE CALIPER'S FROZE.

• 12/01/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE SYSTEM CUTS OFF FUEL TO ENGINE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE STALL, LOSS OF POWER. DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS 4 TIMES. *AK

• 11/28/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PEDAL WAS PULSATING, ROTORS AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPAIRED. TT

• 11/28/1994· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILURE. *AK

• 11/27/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR FRONT BRAKES ON 11-25-00. I WAS TOLD THE BACK BRAKE PADS WERE WEARING UNEVENLY AND THAT I WOULD NOT HEAR ANY "WEAR NOISE" BEFORE THE PAD WORE THROUGH AND WRECKED THE ROTORS. THE MECHANIC SAID THE "SLEEVE" GM INSTALLED TO MOVE THE BRAKE PADS WAS "SEIZED". HE SAID THE "KIT" HE WOULD USE WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS EXTRA COST FOR 2 REAR CALIPERS WAS INCURRED BY ME BECAUSE GM'S FACTORY INSTALLED CALIPERS WERE INFERIOR. I ALSO LEARNED THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT TO HELP CUSTOMERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE THESE BAD BRAKE PARTS. I CALLED GM, BUT THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE I DID NOT TAKE IT TO A GM DEALER TO GET THE BRAKES DONE. I WENT TO MY LOCAL GM DEALER THAT SAME DAY AND LEARNED THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM ALSO. IS THERE ANY "SECRET WARRANTIES" ON THIS??? WHO CAN I CONTACT FOR SOME REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE EXTRA $404.98 I INCURRED FOR THIS DEFECT???*AK

• 11/26/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE CALIPERS FROZE UP IN THE BACK, VEHICLE WAS NOT MAKING ANY NOISE SO DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKES. HAVE TO APPLY PARKING OR EMERGENCY BRAKE ONCE A WEEK TO KEEP THE REAR BRAKES FROM FREEZING UP. *AK

• 11/22/1996· VISIBILITY

  DRIVER'S POWER WINDOW FAILED TWICE.

• 11/16/1994· VISIBILITY

  LEFT POWER WINDOW FAILED. *SKD

• 11/14/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED/REPLACED THE CALIPERS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES, AT TIMES, THE BRAKES ARE NOISEY. *AK *SLC

• 11/06/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE CALIPERS/ROTORS REPLACED.

• 11/02/1994· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEAD LIGHT OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *SKD

• 10/29/2002· STEERING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE THERE IS A WIERD SQUEAKING TS

• 10/29/2002· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES ARE GRINDING AND GOING TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 10/26/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  SLIDER ON THE DISC BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE THE BRAKES TO ENGAGE ON ONE SIDE AND OVERHEAT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART WAS NOT COVER UNDER RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

• 10/22/2002· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE OFF. THE DOOR WON'T OPEN AND CONSUMER HAS TO CLIMB ACROSS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER FURTHER EXPLAINS THAT THE COUNTER WEIGHT ARM IS MADE OF ALUMINUM ALLOY ALLOWING FOR THE FREQUENT BREAKING. *TS *JG NLM

• 10/22/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS TANK RUSTED.

• 10/21/1997· TIRES

  TIRES FAILED MICHELIN P 195/75R14.

• 10/18/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,SEAT BELTS

  WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION COOLING UNIT LINES SEPARATED FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT. *AK.

• 10/17/1996· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT

  CONSUMER HAS HAD A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE PADS WEARING OUT, ALSO THE RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINT HAS BEEN REPLACED, THE BRAKES ALSO MAKE LOUD NOISE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON ONE OCCASTION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AROUND CURVES, THE VEHICLE WOULD PULL TO THE RIGHT. ALTERNATOR FAILED. AIR CONDITIONER WAS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. TIMING BELT FAILED. *SLC

• 10/14/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE

  WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING, VEHICLE STALLED . THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6-7 TIMES . HAD BEEN TO DEALER EACH TIME. MECHANIC CHANGED WATER PUMP/ ALTERNATORS/ BATTERY/ HAD LOCKS REPLACED ON DOORS DUE TO NOT RELEASING OR LOCKING/FRONT WINDOWS CAME OFF TRACK & HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RELEASE FROM TRACK. *AK

• 10/10/1997· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR HANDLE BROKE. THE OWNER HAD TO REPLACE THE HANDLE TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS. *AK

• 10/10/1995· STEERING

  POWER STEERING FAILS WHENEVER POWER STEERING BELT GETS WET, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER. *DSH

• 10/07/1996· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT TWISTS.

• 10/06/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING TO A STOP SIGN THE TRANMISSION WENT OUT. ALSO, THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE DEALER SAID THAT THERE WERE FAULTY PARTS ON THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY WOULD'NT SERVICE THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/03/2007· POWER TRAIN

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 CHEVROLET LUMINA. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT DRIVE IN REVERSE WHEN THE GEAR WAS SHIFTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHELL CRACKED DUE TO A DESIGN FLAW. REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 93,100.

• 09/26/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING, NORMAL BRAKING EXPERIENCED BRAKE PEDAL PULSATION, ALSO ON WET PAVEMENT BRAKE ACTION SEEMS INEFFECTIVE, VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL FORWARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND INTERMITTENT ABS WARNING LIGHT APPEARS.*AK

• 09/18/1996· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  FRONT LEFT DOOR LOCK INOPERATIVE.

• 09/16/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY

  AT 7,000 MILES THE MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED , AT 14,000 TOOK TO DEALER COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM AND AT 21,000 BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, TURNED ROTOR AT 29,000 MILES, REPLACED ALL FOUR ROTORS. *AK DEFROSTER FAILED. WASHER INOPERATIVE. RIGHT REAR TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED AND WAS REPLACED TWICE. *SLC

• 09/14/1999· SUSPENSION

  NO SUMMARY

• 09/13/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR DISC BECOME CORRODED, REAR DISC BRAKES WERE REPLACED TWICE LAST YEAR. TT

• 09/11/1996· SUSPENSION

  BALL JOINT FAILED.

• 09/05/2000· PARKING BRAKE

  CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY TWO MECHANICS THAT THE BRAKE CALIPERS WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IS NOT USED 2-3 TIMES A WEEK WHICH CAUSED THE ROTORS TO RUST OUT. NLM

• 08/31/1994· STEERING

  POWER STEERING BELT SLIPPED WHEN WET, CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *DH

• 08/30/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TAIL PIPE TOO SHARP, CAUSING INJURY. *SD

• 08/29/2003· SUSPENSION

  TIRE RUBBING INSIDE DRIVERS SIDE REAR TIRE WELL FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. ONE REPAIR SHOP CHANGED THE REAR STRUTS. THAT DIDN'T HELP. THE NEXT SHOP CHANGED SOME KIND OF PADS OR BUSHINGS. THAT DID NOT HELP EITHER. IT SEEMS TO ONLY HAPPEN WHEN WE ARE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN, AND THERE IS SOMEONE SITTING IN BACK BEHIND THE DRIVER. AS OF THIS DATE 08-29-03, NOONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. CAN YOU HELP? *AK

• 08/28/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  REAR CALIPER SLIDES BIND, CAUSING REAR BRAKES TO FAIL/EXCESSIVE WEAR TO FRONT BRAKES.

• 08/25/1999· SEAT BELTS

  NO SUMMARY

• 08/25/1998· SEAT BELTS

  POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED. QCAW

• 08/22/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,PARKING BRAKE

  AFTER BEING REPAIRED, A FEW MONTH LATER, ROTORS STARTED MAKING NOISE AND VIBRATED. ALSO, EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD OPERATED POORLY. BRAKES HAD BEEN REPLACES FIVE TIMES. *AK

• 08/22/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM REAR LEFT WHEEL CALIPER PIN KEEPS FREEZING.CAUSING EXCESSIVE PAD WEAR. TT

• 08/21/2002· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE CARS.*AK

• 08/21/2002· SUSPENSION

  REAR STRUTS HAVE GOTTEN NOISY, WITH RATTLING AND GROANS. SEEMS LIKE A BUSHING IS OUT. ALSO SHOCKS ARE OVERLY FIRM, AS IF THEY ARE DEFECTIVE. THE OVERLY FIRM SHOCKS HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO NHTSA. THE RATTLING HAS RECENTLY STARTED AND WHEN A SHARP BUMP IS HIT WITH THE RIGHT REAR TIRE, IT HAS A LOT OF SMALL SHARP BOUNCES, WITH THE TIRE ABSORBING THE SHOCK. REAR SHOCK/STRUT PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE VERY COMMON ON THESE CARS AND REPLACEMENTS FROM THE DEALER ARE $300. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD FIX, OR OFFER A DISCOUNT ON THE REAR STRUTS, SINCE SO MANY ARE BAD. THANKS.*AK

• 08/19/1997· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILURE.

• 08/19/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  ABS BRAKE FAILURE, WHILE DRIVING ON WET SURFACE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT, SPEED 30MPH, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION. *AK