1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED AND ABOUT 7 TO 10 MINUTES LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG VIOLENTLY DEPLOYED AND SHATTERED THE WINDSHIELD.

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE SNAP CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER AND THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER.DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

VEHICLE WAS SERVICED ABOUT 2 YRS AGO BECAUSE IT STARTED LOSING POWER AND WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THE POWER WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. BRAKES GRIND WHEN WET EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NOTICED AROUND THIS TIME THAT THE CAR TEMPERATURE GAUGE SOMETIMES CREEPED UP ABOVE NORMAL. IT SEEMED TO BE LOSING ANTI-FREEZE. THE HEATER STOPPED WORKING. I REFILLED THE ANTI-FREEZE. IT SEEMED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IT SLOWLY RETURNED. VEHICLE WAS ALSO VERY SLOWLY LOSING OIL. LAST MONTH (10/02) I STARTED HOME FROM WORK. THE CAR SUDDENLY OVERHEATED. STRONG FUMES CAME INTO THROUGH THE VENTS, BURNING MY EYES. I HAD TO STOP REPEATEDLY TO LET THE CAR COOL SO THAT I COULD GET HOME. I WORK ONLY 3 MILES FROM HOME. WHEN I GOT HOME, THE OIL STICK CONTAINED OIL HALFWAY UP THE STICK. STARTED OVER FLOWING FROM THE OIL CAP WHEN I RESTARTED. SMOKE WAS HEAVY FROM THE BACK. HAD SOMEONE CHECK THE CAR. THE CAR IS NOT FUNCTIONABLE. WILL NOT TURN OVER. REPLACED THE STARTER BUT DIDN'T HELP. THERE IS OIL IN THE RADIATOR, WATER IN THE OIL. SEEMS TO BE FUEL IN THE ANTI-FREEZE. APPEARS TO BE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET OR MORE. HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS MAKE AND MODEL YEAR WAS RECALLED FOR MOTOR PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY PARALLELING THESE SAME PROBLEMS. DT

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE ALSO STATED THAT HIS WIFE HAD A FLAT TIRE AND THE SPARE TIRE DID NOT FIT THE HUB ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CONSUMER WAS TALKING ABOUT. MR

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUNM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE WERE CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. TS

THE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT HOLD WHEN HE PUT THE TOP PART INSIDE OF THE BELT. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS DEFECTIVE. BRAKE LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE NOT SHOWING IN REAR, BUT VEHICLE DASH INDICATES THAT THEY ARE ON. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FAILURE OF MFS CAUSES BRAKE LIGHTS NOT TO WORK UNLESS PULL BACK ON TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. THIS IS THE 2ND LUMINA THE COMPANY HAS OWNED THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. OTHER CAR WAS 1992 SAME MODEL & TYPE. DEALER SAYS THEY REPLACE A LOT OF THEM. NO INDICATION IS OBVIOUS THAT YOUR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING!! RATHER COSTLY REPAIR CHARGE $300.00 RANGE AS I RECALL FROM THE 1992. STRANGE IT HAPPENED ON 1996 MODEL ALSO. IS THERE A SECRET RECALL OR FACTORY REPAIR AT NO CHARGE??*AK

THE BASE IS NOT SAFE. THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT SECURE THE BASE TO THE SEAT PROPERLY DUE TO THE BELT FEEDS ON THE BASE BEING TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE INSTEAD OF MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE CAR SEAT. TO KEEP THE BASE AND CAR SEAT IN PLACE, MORE DOWNWARD FORCE MUST BE APPLIED TO IT FROM A POINT CLOSER TO ITS CENTER. A POLICE OFFICER INSTALLED THE INFANT SEAT PER THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY EVENFLO AND MADE SURE THE BASE WAS TIGHTENED DOWN. INSTALLED CORRECTLY, WE COULD STILL LIFT THE END OF THE BASE NEAREST THE FRONT CAB UP TO TOUCH THE BACK SEAT. IT ACTUALLY FLOPPED UP AND DOWN LOOSELY, EVEN WITH THE SEAT ATTACHED TO THE BASE. THIS WOULD POSE A SERIOUS INJURY RISK TO THE INFANT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT- THE SEAT COULD FLY BACK TOWARDS THE REAR DASH AND CAUSE POSSIBLE NECK/BACK TRAUMA. IT COULD POSSIBLY EVEN LET GO COMPLETELY, ALLOWING SEAT AND CHILD TO BE THROWN AROUND THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. NOT ONLY WOULD SUCH AN INCIDENT INJURE THE CHILD, BUT ALSO ANY OTHER PASSENGERS THAT ARE IN THE CAR DURING AN ACCIDENT. JACKSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME TO RETURN THE CAR SEAT, PURCHASE ONE THAT WOULD INSTALL TO SAFE STANDARDS AND REPORT THIS INSTALL FAILURE OF THE EVENFLO COZY CARRY 5 COMFORT TOUCH INFANT CAR SEAT TO YOU.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WILL NOT CRANK, OTHER TIMES IT WILL HESITATE, RESULTING IN VEHICLE NOT BEING OPERABLE. MECHANIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND STATED COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, REPORTED BY OWNER OF VEHICLE.*AK *TT