1990 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

THE MOTOR MOUNT CRADLE BOLTS SEARED IN HALF, CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP DOWN AND THE STEERING GEAR BOX AND SHAFT RIPPED APART. *ET

CHILDRENS CARSEAT FALLING APART. MAKE COSCO. MODEL NUMBER 02-015RGL. DATE 12-1996

ON 5/95 & 11/4/98, WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THE WHEELS DEVELOPED CRACKS AROUND MORE THAN 50% OF THE RIM. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE BADLY. STOPPED AT SIDE OF ROAD & HAD VEHICLE TOWED & THE WHEELS REPLACED. ON 7 APR 99 HAD NOTICED VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT. STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECKED & SAW NOTHING. WAS PROCEEDING 5MPH WHEN THE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE & CAUSED IT TO DROP DOWN.*AK

A RECALL WAS MADE ON THIS YEAR FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL. IT SHOULD, BECAUSE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER IS 97V05800. I AM UNSURE ABOUT THE PRICE OF THE REPAIR. THEY SAY IT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE REPAIRED.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO ROLL OFF. *AK

ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO DROP, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE ECM PROMT IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. *AK

I WS DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH WHEN I HEARD A NOISE LIKE I WENT OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE. THEN I FELT A PULLING TO THE RIGHT, LIKE A FLAT TIRE,SO I IMMEDIATELY PULLED INTO A PARKING LOT. WHEN I STOPPED AND LOOKED UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING WAS FALLING. I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND TRIED TO MOVE IT FURTHER INTO THE LOT, AND THERE WAS A NOISE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. WHEN I GOT OUT, THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND. IN ADDITION, THE STEERING WHEEL NO LONGER WORKED. AT FIRST LOOK, THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND MY MECHANIC THOUGHT THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS HAD BROKEN, BUT WHEN THE MECHANIC WENT TO FIX IT, HE FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE ENGINE CRADLE HAD ROTTED OUT AND HAD FALLEN. IT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ENGINE MOUNTS, TIE RODS, AND FRONT UPPER MOTOR MOUNT. IF I HAD NOT PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. INITIALLY, IT WAS REPORTED TO CHEVY THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS HAD BROKEN. WE WILL BE SENDING THEM A LETTER WITH PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE PICTURES ARE DEVELOPED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE APPARENT UNLESS A MECHANIC WAS AWARE THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM AND CHECKED THE ENGINE CRADLE REGULARLY. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH CRUISE CONTROL BEING ACTIVATED WHENEVER TURN SIGNAL IS BEING USED. ALSO, THIS SAME CONDITION CAUSES THE HORN TO BLOW OUT, AND SHORT OUT FUSES. DEALER /MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK

THE BOLTS THAT SUPPORT THE SUBFRAME BROKE, CAUSING THE SUBFRAME TO FALL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK