1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- AMARILLO, TX
A LOUD NOISE OCCURS WITHIN STEERING PUMP ASSEMBLY. REPLACED RACK AND PINION STEERING WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- CANDOR, NY
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 12 TIMES, AND REPLACED ONE FUEL INJECTOR. DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM. DEALER THEN REPLACED ALL FUEL INJECTORS. *AK DEALER ALSO REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, AND FUEL TANK, POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEM. *SLC
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- OTTERBEIN, IN
FRONT END DAMAGE TO BOTH SIDES OF CAR, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, KEPT INCREASING SPEED, SOMETIMES WOULD NOT RELEASE WHEN BRAKE WAS TOUCHED, OTHER TIMES IT WOULD SHUT OFF BY ITSELF, LOST CONTROL OF CAR, FRONT END WENT INTO A DITCH & CAR WAS FLIPPED, AIR BAGS ARE STILL INTACT AT THIS TIME. *AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- GALESVILLE, WI
IN RAIN WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IT TAKES 3 TO 4 SECONDS BEFORE THERE IS BRAKING ACTION, PEDAL WILL FEEL HARD. DEALER STATED THAT WAS NORMAL.*AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- WASHINGTON, DC
VEHICLE WILL NOT PICK UP SPEED AND CANNOT GO INTO LOWER GEARS DUE TO A PROBLEM WITH TRANSAXLE. *AK THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND IT WAS REAR ENDED CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. *YH
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- MEDINA, TN
CAR WAS RUNNING GOOD ,AND JUST HAD OIL CHANGED . I BOUGHT IT AS A PROGRAM CAR STILL UNDER WARRENTY. HAVE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. CAR WAS RUNNING FINE ONE DAY AND THE NEXT MORNING AFTER TRYING TO START IT , THE CAR'S ENGINE SEEMED TO JUMP AND WOULD NOT START. THE WHOLE CAR SHOOK. HAD IT TOWED AND FOUND OUT THAT THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN . A PISTON ROD IN THE ENGINE BROKE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS WHAT A DEALER SAID, AFTER IT WAS LOOKED AT. DEALER I BOUGHT IT FROM HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE CAR IS THERE FOR REPAIRS NOW . NEW ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE PUT IN GOING TO COST $3500.*AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- HAMMOND, LA
SUNVISOR WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES, BUT CONTINUES TO COME OUT OF CEILING. TURN INDICATOR - THE HANDLE WILL NOT RETURN TO THE OFF POSITION. LEFT SIDE OF DRIVER SEAT - ALL SUPPORT ON THE LOWER PORTION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT HAS FAILED. YOU MUST SIT ON THE FRAME OF THE SEAT. THE DRIVER WEIGHS ONLY 145 LBS.*AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- CHESHIRE, CT
AT 30,000 MILES VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING AN ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND IT APPEARED PROBLEM WAS STILLOCCURRINNG. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- WEST DES MOINES, IA
OIL PAN GASKET LEAKING IN REAR, DEALER REPLACED OIL PAN GASKET, 13 MONTHS LATER WITH 86000 MILES THE INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE GASKETS. *SLC
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1998 CHEVROLET LUMINA- TEMPLE, GA
WHEN DRIVING UNDER WET CONDITIONS THERE IS A LOSS OF BRAKES WHEN PEDAL IS APPLIED . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
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