1999 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

SITTING OVERNITE VEHICLE FRONT ROTORS FOR OXIDES AND CAUSES SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN STOP DISTANCES FOR FIRST 4 TO 5 MILES.

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SEEM SAFE, THE TIRES HAVE A LOUD ROAR, AND THE CAR IS HARD TO KEEP IN THE ROAD. SOMEONE FROM ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TOLD US IT SEEMED LIKE THE WHEEL BEARINGS. COLES KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES BUT SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IT HAS BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES. I FEEL THAT THIS CAR NEEDS TO BE FIXED.LT IS STARTING TO SHAKE AND SHIMMY ON SPEEDS OF 40 AND HIGHER.( DOT NUMBER: )

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH DIRT DRIVEWAY. ESTIMATED SPEED 5 MPH. I HAD DRIVEN UP THE DRIVE OKAY, BUT WHEN I WAS LEAVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE HIT A SMALL RUT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, INJURING ME (DRIVER) AND PASSENGER WITH SEVER FACIAL ABRASIONS. CAR WAS RENTAL FROM AVIS. *AK

AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN A RUT IN THE ROAD WAS HIT AT APPX. 5 TO 8 MPH (DRIVEWAY) SEVER FACIAL ABRASION TO PASSENGER FROM PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. WINDSHIELD SHATTERED FROM AIR BAG. VIN IS UNKNOWN. AVIS CAR # 2219814.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ROLL BACK; WHENEVER VEHICLE IS ON A INCLINE IT WOULD ROLL BACK IF BRAKE OR ACELERATOR PEDAL WAS NOT APPLYED. DEALER NOTIFED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGN THAT WAY. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDTIONAL INFORMTION ON THIS MATTER.

THIS IS A LEASED CAR I HAVE HAD SINCE NOVEMBER 1998. I DRIVE WITH AN ACCELERATOR ADAPTER THAT ALLOWS ME TO USE MY LEFT FOOT. THIS IS THE THIRD CAR IN WHICH I HAVE USED SUCH AN ADAPTER AND HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. NEITHER DID I HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS CAR UNTIL MAY 1999. IN MAY I HAD THREE INCIDENTS OF SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED ACCLERATION WHILE SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY OR A PARKING SPACE IN A LOT. WITH EACH INCIDENT IT WAS INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO STOP. THE FIRST TIME FIRM PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE FINALLY STOPPED IT AND I COULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND STOP. IN THE SECOND THE CAR FINALLY STALLED OUT AFTER BUCKING AND ROARING AS I LITERALLY STOOD ON THE BRAKE WHILE PULLING ON THE STEERING WHEEL FOR MORE PRESSURE. THIS WAS AFTER BACKING ALMOST THE LENGTH OF A 200 FOOT DRIVEWAY WHICH ENDS IN A BUSY STREET. IN THE THIRD INCIDENT THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED AFTER RAMMING A VAN AND MOVING ITS BACK END 2 FEET FROM WHERE IT WAS PARKED AND BOUNCING OFF A SECOND VAN AFTER WHICH MY CAR SPUN AROUND FULL CIRCLE AND FINALLY STALLED OUT. AFTER THE FIRST INCIDENT I HAD CHECKED THE ADAPTER AND EVERYTHING WAS OK. I INTENDED TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THOUGHT I'D TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT TIME. BUT THE SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY AND THE THIRD THE TUESDAY AFTER THAT. I WAS TOLD BY THE SHOP THAT FIXED THE CAR THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT THEY DID NOT GET A GM ENGINEER TO CHECK IT AS MY INSURANCE COMPANY SUGGESTED. HAROLD CHEVROLET NOW HAS THE CAR AND ARE TRYING TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT THE CAR BACK AND I WANT TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE BEFORE THE CAR KILLS SOMEONE. NOT ONLY WAS THE RESULT WORSE EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED BUT THE TIME BETWEEN DECREASED WITH EACH INCIDENT. *AK

THE GAS GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY. SOMETIMES IT READS MORE THAN WHAT IS IN THE TANK, AND SOMETIMES IT READS LESS THAN WHAT'S IN THE TANK. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 3 TIMES AND STILL CANT FIND SOLUTION. *AK