Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 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
FRONT DOOR HANDLES, LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE BROKEN. DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. PASSENGER DOOR OPENS ONLY FROM INSIDE. SIDE SLIDING DOOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION INOPERATIVE; DOORO OPENS OR CLOSES ONLY MANUALLY. REAR HATCH DOOR HANDLE HAS FALLEN APART NUMEROUS TIMES. A DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. DRIVING A VEHICLE WITH NO IMMEDIATE ESCAPE OPTION IS DEADLY BUSINESS.
THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE OFF. THE DOOR WON'T OPEN AND CONSUMER HAS TO CLIMB ACROSS TO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER FURTHER EXPLAINS THAT THE COUNTER WEIGHT ARM IS MADE OF ALUMINUM ALLOY ALLOWING FOR THE FREQUENT BREAKING. *TS *JG NLM
WHILE ADJUSTING SEATING POSITION IN HIS POWER SEATS, SEAT ANCHOR BROKE AND THE SEAT CANNOT BE USED WHILE DRIVING. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND CORRECTED PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 60MPH CONSUMER SHIFTED IN FRONT SEAT AND SEAT BROKE. CONSUMER WENT TO BACK OF VEHICLE AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
ON THE DATE IN QUESTION, THIS CAR WAS DRIVEN ALL DAY WITHOUT A PROBLEM. UPON RETURNING HOME THAT NIGHT, ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY , I FIRST NOTICED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. I PULLED INTO A REST AREA AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE WITH THE INTENT OF JUST RESTARTING IT TO RECYCLE THE SYSTEM. WHEN I WENT TO RESTART IT, AND ALTHOUGH THERE WAS ENOUGH ELECTRICITY FOR THE INTERIOR AND UNDER HOOD LIGHTS, THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO RESTART THE CAR. I CALLED AAA TO COME AND GET ME GOING. AAA DID COME AND RESTART THE CAR BY JUMPING THE BATTERY AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. ABOUT 3 MILES DOWN THE ROAD AS WE WERE EXITING THE INTERSTATE, OTHER DASH WARNING LIGHTS STARTED TO COME ON, AND THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO INDICATE I WAS TRAVELING AT 85MPH (ALTHOUGH I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 35). I THEN NOTICED THE HEADLIGHTS GOING DIM. BY THE TIME I COULD GET TO A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER I HAD LOST ALL ELECTRICITY. I HAD NO BRAKES, NO LIGHTS, AND NO POWER STEERING. ONCE AGAIN I CALLED AAA. THIS TIME THEY CAME AND TOWED ME HOME. SINCE THIS CAR IS MY SON'S AND IS NOT USED THAT OFTEN WHILE HE IS AWAY AT COLLEGE, NOTHING WAS DONE TO IT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I THEN WENT OUT TO THE CAR AND TRIED TO START IT. SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH IT STARTED RIGHT UP. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS OF IT STARTING I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO START OR MOVE THE CAR SINCE. *AK
INSTRUMENT PANEL REPLACED, IN MAY, DUE TO FAILURE OF TEMPERATURE, VOLT, RPM GAUGE, AND ALL LIGHTS. PRESENTLY, JULY, SAME GAUGES HAVE FAILED AGAIN AND THERE IS A ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL.
BACK DOOR LOCK CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE ASSEMBLY. PUT THE KEY IN THE DOOR AND THAT'S WHEN THE WHOLE LOCK CAME OFF. *AK
FRONT LEFT DOOR LOCK INOPERATIVE.
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