Owner-reported complaints naming the other system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above. 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. 15 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
CONSUMER STATES HIS SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE REAR WHEEL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE CONTROL, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROAD, ROLLED OVER A FEW TIMES AND CRASHED, CONSUMER STATES INFORMATION THAT HE HAS OBTAINED, SUGGESTS THE ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF A FACTORY DEFECT, THERE WAS ONE INJURY DUE TO ACCIDENT. *JB
THE ENITRE WHEEL FEEL OFF AND THE RIM ACTUALLY BROKE IN HALF AND AND A PIECE OF IT WAS LEFT INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. I STILL HAVE THE WHEEL AS PROOF. ALSO I AM AFRAID ABOUT MY ENGINE MOUNT BECAUSE THE STEERING IN MY CAR HAS BEEN ACTING VERY STRANGE FOR A WHILE NOW. IT HAS NOT FAILED YET, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT MAY SOON. *AK
ON 5/95 & 11/4/98, WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THE WHEELS DEVELOPED CRACKS AROUND MORE THAN 50% OF THE RIM. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT END TO WOBBLE BADLY. STOPPED AT SIDE OF ROAD & HAD VEHICLE TOWED & THE WHEELS REPLACED. ON 7 APR 99 HAD NOTICED VIBRATIONS IN THE FRONT. STOPPED VEHICLE TO CHECKED & SAW NOTHING. WAS PROCEEDING 5MPH WHEN THE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE & CAUSED IT TO DROP DOWN.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO ROLL OFF. *AK
CONSUMER WAS GETTING A OIL CHANGE WHEN THE DEALER NOTICED THE FRONT LUGS: BOLTS WERE PULLING THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORRSION OF THE RETAINER. *AK
SEVERE CRACKS DEVELOPED IN THE WHEEL MOUNTING, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM MOUNT, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
THE BOLT THAT HOLDS PATTERN OF THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE CAR PRIOR TO RECALL. IT DID NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT, BUT THE CAR WAS NOT MOVEABLE. (95V-115). *AK
AT 95, 000 MILES, THE ROTORS/PADS AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED, TOOK TO DEALER ON WHEEL RECALL AND HE FOUND THE PROBLEM .
WHEELS CRACKED PRIOR TO/AFTER RECALL REPAIRS.
TIRE AND RIM CAME OFF LUG NUTS REMAINED. RESULTING IN POOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL. TT
REAR LEFT/ RIGHT CALIPERS HAVE FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME. THEY WERE CHANGED LESS THEN 3,000 MILES/CALIPERS RUSTED AND THEN SEIZED UP. TT
WHILE JACKING VEHICLE, JACK BENT AND SLID TO SIDE. HAPPENED WITH TWO JACKS. TT
WHEELS ARE DEFECTIVE, THEY CRACKED IN CENTER. TT
FRONT RIGHT WHEEL CRACKED, CAUSING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM AXLE. *SKD
BRAKES ARE FAILING, WHEEL, ENGINE NOT WORKING RIGHT. 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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