1993 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

OWNER STATES THAT BRAKES HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND THAT SHE IS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT VEHICLE HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE JOBS DONE, BUT STILL HAS PROBLEMS. ALSO BRAKES GRIND. *AK

STEERING COLUMN: DRIVING APPROXIAMTELY 55MPH WHEN THE COVER IN THE CENTER OF STEERING WHEEL POPPED OFF, WEDGED BETWEEN ARM OF STEERING WHEEL AND TURN SIGNAL ARM, IT LOCKED THE STEERING AND COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL. CROSSED 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC, HIT BRAKES AND VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10-15 MPH, APPLIED ABS BRAKES. LEFT FRONT WHEEL LOCKED UP, WOULD HAPPEN ON/OFF; ALSO OCCURRED WHEN LEAVING PARKING LOT; WAS LOW GRADE; PUSHED ON BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR; HEARD NOISES IN DASH AREA WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. *AK

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH ALSO HAD AN ODOR. CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE PROBLEM ONLY EXISTS WHEN FIRST STARTING THE VEHICLE. *AK

TRYING TO START VEHICLE, HEARD CLICK, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START; TRIED SEVERAL TIMES, VEHICLE STOPPED; NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM HORN AREA AFTER 4 BLOCKS; PULLED OVER, STOPPED & THEN RESTARTED VEHICLE; SAME PROBLEM (STARTING) AS BEFORE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK TO DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT THE CONTROLLER IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . *AK

THE REAR BRAKE CALIPERS LOCK UP, CAUSING THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND THE FRONT ROTORS TO PREMATURELY WEAR. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

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

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

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