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 1997 Chevrolet Lumina submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 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 ENGINE LOOSES POWER THEN ENGINE DIES, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY REBUILT TRANSMISSION, THE PASSENGER WINDOW WILL NOT ROLL UP OR DOWN, WATER PUMP FAILED ON JULY 24, FLASHER LEVER BROKE INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN, BRAKES INOPERATIVE. MR *NLM
WHILE COASTING AND APPLY GAS, VEHICLE WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF ANOTHER GEAR. DEALER CONTACTED.*JB THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A STICKING TRANSMISSION VALVE. *YH
I COULD NOT GET THE CAR OUT PARK. THE SHIFT LOCK CABLE AND THE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
AT 28-31 MPH VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF HIGHWAY SPEED, WHICH CAUSED TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT OF GEAR. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE,CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE.*JB
WE CAN NOT TELL WHAT GEAR THE TRANSMISSION IS IN, IT KEEPS CHANGING OVER TIME. I CAN NOT TELL WHEN AND IF I AM IN REVERSE UNTIL I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND STEP ON THE GAS. SOMETIMES REVERSE SOMETIMES NOT. TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE INDICATOR IS IN REVERSE THE CAR IS IN NEUTRAL. WHEN THE INDICATOR SHOWS NEUTRAL THE TRANSMISSION IS IN DRIVE,WE THINK. WHEN I GO TO PARK IT COULD BE REVERSE, NEVER SURE. IN FACT NEVER SURE WHERE REVERSE IS. TODAY MY WIFE ASKED ME TO WRITE OUT HOW TO TELL WHICH GEAR SHE IS IN. SHE DECIDED NOT DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE. THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER ON THIS CAR IS CONFUSING, UNSAFE AND SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM GM OR NHTSA. JOSEPH SPENCER. *AK
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *CJ
WHILE ON A STEEP INCLINE THE VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS WHILE CONSUMER TAKES FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. NLM
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE LAST GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO REACH A TOP SPEED OF 40-45 MPH ON A BUSY ROAD WHERE THE LIMIT IS 55MPH. NLM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE ENGINE LEAKING. OWNER NOTICED THE LEAKAGE ON GARAGE FLOOR. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AFTER ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON VEHICLE. THE HEAD GASKETS/SERVO COVER/ "O" RINGS,INTAKE MANIFOLD/ENGINE VALVES & PAN GASKET WERE CHANGED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO LEAKING. THE DEALER DID ALL REPAIRS. *AK
AFTER PUTTING TRANSMISSION INTO PARK AND EXITING VEHICLE, CAR STARTED TO ROLL INTO REVERSE WITHOUT APPLICATION. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK
ENGINE AT COLD IDLE IS KNOCKING AGAIN, 7000 MILES SINCE NEW PISTIONS, TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AGAIN AFTER 7000 MILES, FRONT END SUSPENSION DEALER HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM HAVE HAD IT LOOKED AT 6 TIMES.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON MAJOR HIGHWAY IT WAS ALMOST REARENDED. WENT INTO NEUTRAL AND THE IT WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN (TSB) 6771641. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE BULLETIN, BUT IS NOT HONORING IT AS A RECALL. IN ADDITION, WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED 3 TIMES. *AK
TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ALMOST RESULTING IN VEHICLE BEING REAR ENDED.
TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF DRIVE AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 65-70 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, REFERENCE FROM CHEVROLET SERVICE BULLETIN, NO. 677164, NO INJURIES INCURRED IN INCIDENT. *AK
CAR HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHEN ON HILL DRIVER HAS TO KEEP FOOT ON BRAKE. *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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