Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chevrolet Lumina Apv submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING LEAK, DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING COOLER WAS MISSING. *SLC ALSO UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND WAS ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *JG *JB
RIGHT FRONT DOOR FAILED TO OPEN FROM OUTSIDE
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS THE VEHICLE STOPS. REPLACED THE BRAKE HOSE THREE TIMES. *AK
CONSUMER HAD REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE ROTORS/SHOES, ETC. SHE IS COMPLAINING THAT WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES PEDAL, THE BRAKES DON'T WORK PROPERLY. IT IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE FAMILY TO GET INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE USING THE DOOR HANDLES. FINALLY, THE SEAT BELTS ARE NOT SECURING THE PASSENGERS WHERE A PERSON HAD SECURED THE SEAT WITH A SCREW DRIVER. *AK
WHILE DRIVING, EXPERIENCED FRONT BRAKE HOSE FAILURE WHEN UPON BRAKING HOSE BROKE, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR THEN CONTINUED TO ROLL FORWARD. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO BRAKE, HAD FIXED HAPPENED AGAIN, HAD ACCIDENT. TT
EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS, HAD TO REPLACE PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS FIVE TIMES. TT
REPLACED TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODULE.
VEHICLES BRAKING SYSTEM BECOMES INOPERATIVE WITH NO WARNING WITH PEDAL TO FLOO0R.HAD TO BE PUMPED TO GET SOME PEDAL BACK. TT
EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKES, DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEM BUT BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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