1999 CHEVROLET LUMINA Complaints

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. DEALER REPLACED PADS, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING OUT AND SHIFTING GEAR INTO DRIVE WHEN BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER, $4000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR IMPACT. DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND EYE INJURIES DUE TO GLASS.WHEN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED IT KNOCKED DRIVER OUT. *AK

THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM ALMO RENTAL CENTER. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY AND A DRUNKEN DRIVER HIT HIM FROM BEHIND. VEHICLE WENT INTO A SLID OFF THE SIDE OFF AN ENBANKMENT. VEHICLE WAS ROLLING IN AIR AND LANDED INTO A LAVA FIELD. ONE OF PASSENGER'S SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES FROM ROOF.*AK

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK THE FRONT WIDSHEILD WAS SHATTERED WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING. DEALER HAS SEEN, AND REPLACED MODULE AND A COVER.*AK

WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH WET PAVEMENT BRAKES GET WET. VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO STOP,BRAKE PEDAL GETS VERY HARD WHICH CAUSES DELAY IN BRAKING, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER WAS SMELLING GASOLINE INSIDE OF VEHICLE, AND WAS GETTING HEADACHE HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND THERE WAS LEAK COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALSO, TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T WORK RIGHT CONSUMER STATED THAT HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP OVER SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

THE SEAT BELT SOMEHOW WRAPPED UP ONE SIDE OF A PASSENGER'S NECK AND AROUND THE WAIST, THE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE CUT FOR THE PASSENGER TO GET LOOSE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, THE BRAKE PEDAL GETS SOFT WITH 1" - 2" OF FREE TRAVEL, THE BRAKES FADE OUT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL GET REAL HARD. THE DEALER SAID THAT'S THE WAY LUMINA BRAKES ARE. UPON MY INSISTING, THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND TURNED THE ROTORS WHICH IMPROVED BRAKING IN THE RAIN. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE REAR PADS OR TURN THE REAR ROTOR EVEN THOUGH THE REAR ROTOR IS STAINED AND PITTED. A CHEVY DEALER MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS THAT MY LUMINA IS HAVING THE BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND THE ROTORS TURNED OR REPLACED. *AK

UPON STARTING VEHICLE ENGINE BLEW UP, CAUSING PIECES OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO GO FLYING IN THE AIR, RESULTING IN 2500 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *ML