Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Chevrolet Lumina submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 48 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.
The 25 most recent of 48, in the owner's own words
THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE AND THEN WHEN IT SHIFTED THROUGH THE GEARS WHEN IT WENT TO CHANGE INTO OVERDRIVE IT WAS LIKE IT JUST WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED ALL THE GEARS AGAIN AND THERE WAS A LIGHT GRINGING SOUND AND ALL IT WOULD WORK IN WAS 1ST GEAR SO I GOT TO DRIVE HOME AT A LIGHTNING SPEED OF BOUT 10 TO 15 MPH. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ENGINE HESITATED WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE CONTACT, IT WAS DETERMINED THE FAILURE WAS POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED.
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. MR *JB
THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *MR *NLM *JB
CAN'T DECIDE WHICH GEAR TO SHIFT TO, GOES TO NEUTRAL MOMENTARILY AT 25-35 MPH. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AFTER THIS. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, WHO DETERMINED TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT.*AK
CONSUMER WAS COMING UP A RAMP AND GETTING ON HIGHWAY, ACCELERATED TO GET TO HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 20 MPH. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER ON SHOULDER. VEHICLE WAS CUURENTLY AT DEALER.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE REVERSE DRIM HAD COMPLETELY DISENTEGRATED.*JB
TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
1995 CHEVROLET LUMINAS APPARENTLY HAVE A KNOWN TRANSMISSION DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE TORQUE CONVERTER TO LOCK UP AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, CAUSING JERKY & UNEVEN SHIFTING. WHEN DECELERATING THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILS TO UNLOCK, DRAGGING DOWN THE RPM OF THE ENGINE TO VERY LOW LEVELS WHEN DECELERATING. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP I WENT TO IN ORDER TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM CHEVROLET, WHO HAD ISSUED A TSB CONCERNING THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ADVISED ME THAT THE REPAIR WAS OVER $1,000 AND THAT IF I DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIR DONE THE VEHICLE COULD STALL WHEN DECELERATING SUDDENLY, POSSIBLY LEADING TO LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WITH MY CAR THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, I HAVE NOT AS OF YET REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO FACTORY CORRECTION FOR THE PROBLEM AND ALL SERVICE WOULD BE FEEABLE. THIS APPEARS TO BE A POTENTIAL LIFE SAFETY ISSUE AS WHEN THE CAR STALLS POWER STEERING IS LOST AND UNTIL RESTARTED HAS NO POWER TO AVOID A CRASH. THANK YOU FOR THE EVALUATION OF THIS REPORT.*AK
CAR WAS PURCHASED AT A DEALERSHIP. I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS A USED CAR AND I WANTED TO PURCHASE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, BUT DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT LET US. TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. WE BOUGHT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FROM DEALERSHIP AND THEN THAT ONE FAILED. FINALLY, I COMPLAINED TO THE MANUFACTURER AND RECEIVED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS CAR HAS HAD A TOTAL OF 3 TRANSMISSIONS, NEW HEAD GASKETS AND NOW THE ENGINE FAILED. THE LOCKS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DO NOT WORK. THE CAR WAS WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME IN ANY WAY DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE CAR. I KNOW PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CARS FOR AT LEAST 8 OR 10 YRS. AND STILL HAVE THE SAME ENGINE. I SUSPECT THE DEALERSHIP KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THIS CAR AND SOLD IT TO US ANYWAY. THE CAR WAS SOLD TO US FOR $12,500 THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 25% INTEREST, SO IN THE END WE ARE PAYING OVER $20,000 FOR THIS CAR. IT IS NOW GOING TO COST ME $4,800 TO FIX THE CAR. THIS PRICE EXCEEDS WHAT I OWE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE DAY 1 AND NOW THE WINDOWS WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO. THIS VEHICLE IS USED TO GET TO WORK AND HOME, IT'S NOT LIKE I WAS OUT DRAG RACING IN IT. I'M JUST VERY UPSET. ANY FEEDBACK OR SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO FIRST GEAR AFTER MAJOR FAILURE, INTERNALLY, IN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING RAPID DECELLERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN NORMALLY, IE.. NO REVERSE SLAM, NO EXCESSIVE EXCELLERATION. IF THIS HAD OCCURRED AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL OR ACCIDENT AND INJURY. G.M. WAS CONTACTED AT 1-800-222-1020, AND A COMPLAINT REGISTERED, #C02675467. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT SPECIALIZES IN TRANSMISSION REPAIR. THE TECHNICIANS COMMENTS WERE, I HAVE SEEN MANY OF THESE FAILURES, SOME ON NEWER CARS THAN YOURS. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME KIND OF RECALL FOR THIS FAILURE. G.M. DOES NOT USE THE ORIGINAL COMPONENT THAT FAILED, A NEW AND IMPROVED TYPE IS BEING USED IN ITS PLACE ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN. *AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ONTO HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STALLED. SHE SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR, AND VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO GEAR. TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR WENT OUT, AND SECOND GEAR WAS ONLY ONE WORKING. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOT 25 MPH UP A HILL TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. WAS TOWED WHERE TECHNICIAN DID NOT STATE WHAT WAS PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELLING 30 MPH UPHILL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ALL GEAR SELECTIONS EXCEPT PARK ACTED LIKE NEUTRAL. VEHICLE WOULD ROLL IF BRAKE NOT APPLIED. DEALER (OTHER THAN WHERE VEHICLE PURCHASED) EXAMINED VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE INPUT HOUSING WAS CRACKED. TRANSMISSION REQUIRED TO BE REBUILT / REPLACED; COST OF $2000.00. CERTIFIED GM TRANSMISSION RECEIVED AND INSTALLED THEN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. 2ND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION ORDERED AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING INSTALLED. CONTACT WITH GM INDICATED SINCE TRANSMISSION PAST WARRANTY PERIOD, THEY COULD NOT HELP. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH VEHICLE DIED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP, WHERE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *AK
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SLC
INTERMITTENTLY PIN IN THE SHIFT LEVER SEPARATED WHEN THE GEAR IS SHIFTED.*AK
THE TRANSMISSION DRUM FAILED, REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NECESSARY. *MJS
I OWNED A 93 LUMINA, WHICH I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT 2 TIMES, DUE TO COMPLETE FAILURE. NOW I OWN A 95 LUMINA, WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A BRAND NEW ONE DUE TO MAJOR FAILURE. THE COMPUTER AND MAP SENSOR FAILED, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT BY THE DEALER. CHEVROLET CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. *AK
POWER LOSS AT 65MPH, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT OPERATE IN "O-DRIVE" SHIFTED TO "DRIVE" CAR RAN O.K.. TOOK TO DEALER ON 02/03/97, TRANS. WAS REPLACED. SUMMER OF 1999 EXPERIANCED SIM. PROBLEM, LOST POWER MOMENTARILY THEN WAS O.K. TOOK TO DEALER THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. 06 MAY 2000 EXPERIANCED LOSS OF POWER AT 55MPH ON HIGHWAY. ONCE AGAIN COULDN'T USE "O-DRIVE" HAD TO USE "DRIVE" TO MOVE VEHICLE. SAME PROBLEM AS BEFORE. 8 MAY 2000 TOOK CAR TO DEALER, WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM...
TRANSMISSION FAILED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL OVER 20 MPH. *MJS
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, VEHICLE LOST POWER. ALSO, THERE WAS SOME KNOCKING NOISE, AND VEHICLE WENT DOWN TO 5 MPH. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE MAKE A LOUD NOISE, ALSO, VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACING. PARTS HAS YET TO BE REPLACED PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETIALS. *AK
WOULD HEAR AT VARIOUS TIMES, BETWEEN STOPPING & GOING AFTER 30MPH, VEHICLE MAKING NOISES AS IF IN NEUTRAL. AFTER HITTING 40MPH THERE IS NO PROBLEM. WOULD ONLY OCCUR AFTER STOPPING & GOING. *AK
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