1992 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CABLES FAILED 3 TIMES IN 25 MONTHS AND LESS THAN 22,000 MILES. IN ALL CASES, REPAIRS WERE DONE AT GM DEALER USING GM PARTS.*AK

FRONT DRIVER'S/ PASSENGER'S SEATBELTS ARE CRACKING AT CONNECTION ON DOOR OR UPPER GUIDE LOOP. *AKTRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE WHILE IN MOTION POOR PERFORMANCE, SEAT BELTS RIDE HIGH ON ADULTS AS WELL AS CHILDREN AROUND THE NECK AREA, NON-ADJUSTABLE IN FRONT SEAT AREA. NLM

FUEL TANK HAS CRACKED AROUND SEAMS CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SLC

CALLED GM 8/6/01, REAR SPINDLE ARMS BAD, CONSUMER WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS TOO OLD, THEY RUST OUT, FRONT END SUSPENSION IS ALSO DOING THE SAME,CONSUMER GOT THE SAME STORY. VEHICLE STALLS, LOSS OF CONTROL AND DOOR HANDLES BREAK OFF.

WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE POST IN FRONT OF STORE. NO INJURIES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SUBFRAME DROPPED AND CAUSED A LOST OF STEERING CONTROL. TOWED TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT REAR CRADLE BOLTS HAD BECOME RUSTY AND CAUSED CRADLE BOLTS NOT TO SUPPORT SUBFRAME.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RUSTED RETAINER, RECALL 97V058 STATES THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS OF THE VEHICLES FRONT SUBFRAME CAN PULL THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER, IF BOTH BOLTS PULL THROUGH, THE REAR CRADLE WOULD NO LONGER BE SUPPORTED AT THESE MOUNTING LOCATIONS AND THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT COULD SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR, EVEN THOUGH THIS RECALL STATES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE, IT WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO IT BEING A 1992. *SLC

I WAS INFORMED BY THE GARAGE THE ENTIRE REAR ASSEMBLY WAS FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN WHILE DRIVING WHENEVER CONSUMER TURNED WHEEL EITHER DIRECTION. NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. *AK

ENGINE JUMPS. RPM'S WILL RACE, AND VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH ON A RESIDENTAL STREET AND MOTOR FELL TO GROUND. THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING,VEHICLE JUMPED CURB AND LANDED SOMEONES LAWN. THEN, STOPPED JUST BEFORE HITTING HOUSE. SERVICE GARAGE FOUND METAL WASHER DETERIORATED DUE TO ROAD SALT, AND CAUSE THE MOTOR MOUNTS TO WEAKEN. *AK