1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

WELDS BETWEEN THE ENGINE/TRANSAXLE FRAME AND THE BODY FIREWALL MOUNTS ALL PULLED LOOSE ON RIGHT AND LEFT SIDES. YH

SEAT BELT ANCHOR BROKE WHILE TRYING TO INSTALL CAR SEAT IN VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & REGISTERED COMPLAINT. SEAT BELT REPLACED BY DEALER AT NO COST TO CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES WIOULD MAKE NOISE. NOISE INCREASED WHEN IT WAS RAINING OR DURING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

I TOOK CAR BACK SEVERAL TIME WHERE I PURCHASED IT THEY SAID EVERYTHING OK. STILL HAVING PROBLEM I TOOK CAR TO BRAKE CENTERS OF AMERICA IN STFD, CT. I STILL HAVE SAME PROBLEMS PAID ALMOST $600.OO FOR COMPLETE BRAKE JOB AND I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS AND THEY ARE GETTING WORSE. I SENT LETTER TO BRAKE CENTER AND TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU BACK IN 12/1999 AND HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE MEAN WHILE BRAKES ARE GETTING WORSE - THANK YOU. *AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN INTO REPAIR SHOP FOR SOME OTHER WORK , BUT MENTIONED TO DEALER THAT AIRBAG SENSOR LIGHT HAS STAYED ON SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. DEALER WILL ONLY DO REPAIR'S AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE. *AK

SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MAY OF 1997, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES REPAIRED OR REPLACED FOUR TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE THE BRAKE FLUID KEPT LEAKING, AND THE FRONT DISC PULLED. THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A RECALL PROBLEM, AND THEY CLAIMED TO FIX IT. NINE MONTHS LATER I HAD TO HAVE THE THE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED, AND THE REAR BRAKES ADJUSTED, DUE TO PULLING AND SQUEAKING, (AT SEARS AUTO CENTER). LATER IN OCTOBER OF 1998, I HAD TO REPLACE FRONT DISCS AGAIN. THIS WAS WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR ITS 60000 MILE SERVICE. THE MECHANIC AT KAUFFMAN TIRE IN HIRAM, GA SHOWED ME THE WEAR ON THE PADS AND BRAKES, THEY REPLACED THE PADS AND MACHINED THE ROTORS. IN JUNE OF 1999, THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEAKING AGAIN, AND IT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. I HAD THE BRAKES FIXED AT MID-STATE MOTORS, IN MANCHESTER, TN, AND THEY WORKED FINE UNTIL ABOUT MID-FEBRUARY 2000. NOW WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKES ARE WEARING AND GOING BAD MUCH SOONER THAN THEY SHOULD. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED A ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ON OR FLASHING MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IT HAS STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY & HAD TO BE TOWED IN MULTIPLE TIMES. BULLETINS APPLY BUT THE DEALER SAID THEY HAD ALL BEEN DONE, NOT ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR ORDERS. IT IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM THAT THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DESPITE THE FACT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM. LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO THE DEALER PRESIDENT WITHOUT RESOLUTION & NOW ONE SENT TO GM.

AT 70, 000 MILES ENGINE WAS REPLACED. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUACTURER CONCERNING FILE NUMBER 9905857296. MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE.. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM THE CONSUMERS WINDSHIELD WIPERS CEASED TO OPERATE DUE TO A CORRODED GROUND WIRE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS DUE TO POOR DESIGN SINCE THE WIRE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BATTERY. NLM

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET, ANTIFREEZE CONTAMINATION. COULD BE DUE TO HEAD BOLTS THAT WERE NOT SEALED AT THE FACTORY