1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

CONSUMER SUFFERED A WHIPLASH AT A SLOW REAR END IMPACT DUE TO LACK OF HEAD RESTRAINTS ON EITHER OF THE TWO SEATS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 40 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE LOCKED UP AND DID NOT STOP. HAD TO DODGE A MAILBOX AND FRUIT TREEES IN A YARD TO FINALLY GAIN CONTROL AND GET BACK ON THE ROAD. *AK

REAR DISC BRAKES LOCK UP WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED. WOULD FREEZE UP & STAY LOCKED. THERE WOULD BE NO BRAKES IN REAR, BUT IN FRONT ONLY. DEALER CHECKED IT & HAD THEM REPLACED. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT NOT OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, CANNOT OPEN FROM INSIDE WHEN UNLOCKED, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DRIVER CANNOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN IT IS NOT LOCKED. BACK HATCH DOES NOT HAVE INTERNAL RELEASE, CAME OFF ON CONSUMER'S HAND. DEALER REPLACED HATCH LOCK. OUT OF WARRANTY, WILL NOT FIX OTHER PROBLEMS. *AK

PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT BELT BECAME LOOSE, STAYS LOOSE, DOES NOT LOCK, TAKEN TWICE TO DEALER. BOTH TIMES DEALER HAS TAKEN OFF PANEL TO REWIND THE SEATBELT BACK UP. HAS NEVER FIXED SEATBELT PROPERLY.THIS DEFECT CAN CAUSE INJURIES IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK FROM INSIDE ALSO RIGHT SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. BOTH PROBLEMS HAD BEEN CORRECTED.OWNER THEN NOTES THAT SLIDING DOOR CAN'T BE OPENED FROM INSIDE ALSO BACK DOOR LOCK FELL OFF. NOTES OF POWER LOCK FAILURE.CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

REAR CALIPERS SEIZED, PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE FRON BRAKES. THE BRAKES WEAR OUT WITHIN MONTHS . THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THIS PROBTHE BRAKES ARE STILL MAKING NOISE, THE CONSUMER HAD THE DISC AND PADS REPLACED, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLR SEIZED. *NLM

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR, CAUSING SQUEAKING/LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 25MPH WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN STALLING. SMOKE BEGAN TO COME FROM HOOD AREA OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER THEN PULLED TO SIDE, THEN FLAMES BEGAN TO ARISE IN AREA. WHEN FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED THEY WERE UNABLE TO DISCONNECT HOOD LATCH. VEHICLE WAS TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FIRE. *AK THE ORIGINAL ENGINE AND HOOD LATCH HAD FAILED AND WERE REPLACED. THE DEALER POINTED OUT THAT THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LACK OF OIL, EVENTHOUGH OIL CHANGE WAS DONE RECENTLY AND THERE WAS NO SIGN OF OIL LEAK. WHEN THE VEHICLE COUGHT FIRE, THE HOOD LATCH WAS INOPERATIVE. *YH

REAR BRAKE SLIDING CALIPERS CORRODED/FROZE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO PADS AND ROTORS. *AK