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1990 Chevrolet Lumina Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
12
Latest Mar 23, 2000
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
3%
of 427 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1

What this page shows

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chevrolet Lumina submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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.

Owner reports naming interior

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Interior & seats
Filed Mar 23, 2000
Crash reported1 injury reported

WHILE VEHICLE WAS WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING SEATBACK TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD. VEHICLE ALMOST LOST CONTROL. CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. DEALER NOTIFIED, BUT REFUSED TO FIX PROBLEM. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID
859116
Incident
Aug 16, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Sep 8, 1999

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH ONE OF THE BOLTS THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT UP SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID
847189
Incident
Sep 5, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Jul 10, 1998
Fire reported

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH WHEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, CONSUMER COMMENCED TO PULL OVER WHEN THE AREA WAS ON FIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED,BUT REFUSED TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. *AK

NHTSA ID
825277
Incident
May 26, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Apr 6, 1998

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE AT THE METAL WHERE THE TOP OF THE SEAT IS ANCHORED TO THE BOTTOM. *AK

NHTSA ID
822244
Incident
Apr 1, 1998
Interior & seats
Filed Oct 14, 1997

FRONT SEAT BACK COLLAPSED DUE TO BROKEN BOLT.

NHTSA ID
523687
Incident
Apr 1, 1993
Interior & seatsSteering
Filed Oct 10, 1997

SEAT BOLTS BROKEN ON THE FRONT SEATS, RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #.

NHTSA ID
523700
Incident
Jul 18, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Sep 23, 1997

CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING SEAT WHEN THE BACK COLLAPSED, THE BOLTS/HINGE WERE BROKEN.

NHTSA ID
522355
Incident
Aug 25, 1997
Interior & seats
Filed Oct 1, 1996

DRIVER'S SEAT BRACKETSEPARATED ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE IT IS ATTACHED TO THE 6-WAY SEAT ADJUSTMENT LIFTER/BRACKET ON RIGHT SIDE LIFTER IS CRACKED. *AK

NHTSA ID
509341
Incident
Sep 7, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Sep 9, 1996

DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE. *AK

NHTSA ID
801272
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 20, 1996

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BRACKET UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE. BRACKET WAS RUSTED. *AK

NHTSA ID
987293
Incident
Jul 16, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed May 20, 1996

THE ELECTRIC MODULE BROKE WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING . *AK

NHTSA ID
984649
Incident
May 3, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 1, 1996
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING ON ROAD THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE.PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

NHTSA ID
978558
Incident
Jan 19, 1996

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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