Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 99 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1990 Chevrolet Lumina Apv. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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GOODYEAR REGATTA 2 TIRES WITH 23 THOUSAND MILES ARE BEGINNING TO LEAK AND SPLIT HALF WAY UP THE SIDEWALL OF BOTH FRONT TIRES FROM A RAISED AREA AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE INSIDE OF EACH TIRE. *TR
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97V058000 CONCERNING REAR CRADLE BOLT FAILURE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO REAR SEATS. *AK
WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY HE HEARD ALOUD BANG. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY LOST STEERING CONTROL AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 360 DEGREES NON STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE SUBFRAME RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE AND RACK AND PINION TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND. *AK *NLM
THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR RECALL 97V058000 FOR THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS WITHOUT REASON.*AK
THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL 97V05800 CONCERNING REAR CRADLE BOLTS WITHOUT GIVING A REASON.*AK
REAR CRADLE BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS PULLING THROUGH THE RETAINER AFFECTING STEERING CONTROL. RELATED RECALL 97V058000. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT RECALL HAS EXPIRED AND THEY ARE NO LONGER HONORING IT. PH
THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS SNAPPED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CRADLE BOLTS WERE ON RECALL FOR RUSTING AND BREAKING IN OTHER STATES BUT NOT IN THE CONSUMER'S STATE. *YH
SLIDING DOOR LATCH FAILED, ALSO BACK HATCH LATCH FAILED. *AK
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
SUBFRAME REPORTED TO BE - "ROTTED OUT" - VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. COMPONENT AS NOT LET GO YET - IT IS ON THE VERGE. DISCOVERED DURING REPAIR OF RACK AND PINION UNIT. WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU DETAILED LETTER WITH PICTURES.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK, STEERING FELT TIGHT, THEN SPUN FREELY. MECHANIC DETERMINED SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY BOLTS SNAPPED OFF ON BOTH SIDES, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DETACHED.*AK
DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED IN HALF AT LOWER SEAT SECTION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 30-35 HEARD A NOISE. PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDER VEHICLE. THEN, BEGAN TO DRIVE AND WITHOUT WARNING COLUMN DROPPED OFF. MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS RUSTED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE IS A RECALL 97V058000 CONCERNING REAR ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS; HOWEVER, CONSUMERS VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. *AK
THERE IS A RECAL LISTED ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A RECAL NOTICE FROM MANIFACTURING. THEY NOW SAY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE BOLTS APPARENTLY LOOSEN AND CAN BREAK CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACK WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO US. AT LEAST WE WERE NO MOVING WHEN THE SEAT/BOLT BROKE.*AK
WE WERE AT A STOPLIGHT AND MADE A RIGHT TURN AND HEARD AN AWFUL CLUNK - WE PROCEEDED ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TRIED TO PULL INTO OUR PARKING SPACE AND OUR STEERING WHEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD ONLY "SPIN AROUND". WE COULD NOT TURN THE CAR AT ALL - WE HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK - HAD IT TOWED ACROSS THE STREET TO OUR SHOP. THIS COULD HAVE CREATED A TRAGEDY HAD IT BEEN OUT ON THE FREEWAY.
LEFT FRONT TIRE PEEL ON SIDE OF THE TIRE CAME OFF.
RECALL 97 V 058 000/ REAR CRADLE BOLTS: REAR CRADLE BOLTS RETAINER FAILED ON BOTH SIDES, SNAPPING STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO CORRISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL DISANGAGED, AND HAD TO PULL TO SIDE AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW VEHICLE TO A NEAR SHOP, WHERE GEAR STEERING GEAR BOX BOX WAS REPLACED, BUT NOT UNDER RECALL 97 V 058 000M. CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR IT. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND STEERING WHEEL GAVE OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK
RECALL 97 V 058 000/CRADLE BOLTS: REAR CRADLE BOLTS HAVE BROKEN WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK
WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION. *AK
FRONT ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS RUSTED, CAUSING BOLTS TO PULL THROUGH, AND CRADLE ASSEMBLY DROPPED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE! THE TILT-STEERING LOCKING MECHANISM DISENGAGED IN A TIGHT STEERING MANEUVER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. LOCKING MECH. THEN WAS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE. STEERING WHEEL TILTED UP AND DOWN FREELY, AND TILTED SLIGHTLY TO LEFT. VEHICLE DID RESPOND TO STEERING, BUT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AS A CAREER RELIABILITY ENGINEER/QUALITY MANAGER, I ASSESS THIS AS A LIFE-THREATENING MAJOR FAILURE THAT NEVER SHOULD HAPPEN. MANUFACTURER'S CUSTOMER REP IGNORED MY COMPLAINT ON EXCUSE THAT "VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY." I PAID HIGHLY FOR REPAIR; YET CHEVY HAS A SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE DO INVESTIGATE THIS TYPE FAILURE.
GENERAL MOTORS HAS RECALL ON ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS ON THE 1990 LUMINA PASSENGER VEHICLE, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO LUMINA MINI-VAN. *AK
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