Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 14 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
WHILE DRIVING HOME ONE DAY ANOTHER DRIVER HIT THE SIDE OF THE CAR CLOSE TO THE HEADLIGHT ON THE DRIVER SIDE THIS HIT CAUSED ME TO NO LONGER BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS IN THE VEHICLE DID NOT DEPLOY.
I KNOW OF SEVERAL OWNERS OF CHEVY LUMINA WHERE PAINTS IS PEELING AND ENGINE FAILURE IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO TO START AN INVESTIGATION. *TR
DT: THE TRUNK FELL ON THE CONSUMER'S HEAD THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. HAD BRAIN SURGERY IN 1997 AND THESE THREE INCIDENT HAD DETERIORATE THE CONSUMER'S HEALTH. ALSO, THE MUFFLER SYSTEMS ARE STAINLESS STEEL BUT THE CLAMPS ARE NOT STAINLESS STEEL. *AK UPDATE 12/27/2005 - THE TRUNK LID SPRING MECHANISM WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT THE SAID THERE WERE NO RECALL FOR THE TRUNK SPRING. THE CONSUMER'S FRIEND REALIGNED THE SPRING MECHANISM. *NM
CAR IS DELAMINATING. *AK
1997 LUMINA HAS PAINT PEELING ON THE TRUNK AND SIDES OF CAR. I HAVE SEEN THIS ON SEVERAL OTHER WHITE PAINTED LUMINAS AROUND TOWN AND AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A PAINT DEFECT. THIS PEELING PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW BUT HAS RECENTLY GOTTEN A LOT WORSE. I TOOK MY CARL TO A LOCAL= MACCO PAINTING PLACE AND THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS A LOT IN WITH GM CARS FROM 1997. THEY EVEN HAD ONE GETTING REPAINTED AS WE SPOKE. TOOK THIS TO A GM DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE A WHITE LUMINA THAT I CANNOT WASH THE CAR AT THE CAR WASH BECAUSE THE PAINT IS STRIPPED. ALSO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. IT WILL LAST TWO OR THREE MINUTES. HAD IT CHECKED AT A LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS IN THEIR COMPUTER EVEN THOUGH THEY SAW THE PROBLEM. *AK
ON DRIVER'S REAR SIDE, APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES FROM THE GAS TANK, THERE WAS A HUGE BUBBLE UNDER THE PAINT. A FEW DAYS LATER THE PAINT BROKE OFF, LEAVING A LARGE AREA WITHOUT PAINT.*AK
EXTERIOR PAINT IS PEELING ALL OVER. STARTED ON THE HOOD,THEN REAR LOWER DOOR BODY LINE, THEN BODY LINE ON TRUNK LID,THEN PASSENGER QUARTER PANEL BEHIND QUARTER GLASS WINDOW, THEN DRIVER SIDE QUARTER PANEL FROM GAS LID OPENING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE TAIL LIGHT AND STARTED AT BODY LINE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BUMPER.
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE SUNVISOR POP OUT INTO DRIVERS LAP CAUSING A DISTRACTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VISOR MAY POP OUT IN THE DRIVERS LAP. MR
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BOTTOM SECTION ON ALL FOUR DOORS HAS STARTED TO RUST. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM *YH
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH ALL STEERING FELL OUT WHEN THE SUB FRAME BROKE COMPLETELY OFF MAIN FRAME. *YD
TRUNK LID HAS TO BE HELD UP OR IT WILL FALL DOWN WHEN RELEASED. YH
WITHOUT VEHICLE BEING ON THE POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL LOCK UP AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ANY MANUAL OPERATION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY ANY PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE'S WELDS WERE MISSING, AND THE UNI-BODY WASN'T WELDED TOGETHER. THE PILLAR ON LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE WASN'T SECURED BY THE WELDS. *AK
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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