1990 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV Recalls, Complaints & Safety

GOODYEAR REGATTA 2 TIRES WITH 23 THOUSAND MILES ARE BEGINNING TO LEAK AND SPLIT HALF WAY UP THE SIDEWALL OF BOTH FRONT TIRES FROM A RAISED AREA AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE INSIDE OF EACH TIRE. *TR

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 97V058000 CONCERNING REAR CRADLE BOLT FAILURE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK BROKE, CAUSING CONSUMER TO FALL BACKWARDS INTO REAR SEATS. *AK

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO HIS DRIVEWAY HE HEARD ALOUD BANG. THE DRIVER IMMEDIATELY LOST STEERING CONTROL AND THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED 360 DEGREES NON STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE SUBFRAME RUSTED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE AND RACK AND PINION TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND. *AK *NLM

THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE RECALL 97V05800 CONCERNING REAR CRADLE BOLTS WITHOUT GIVING A REASON.*AK

THE DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR RECALL 97V058000 FOR THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS WITHOUT REASON.*AK

REAR CRADLE BOLT ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS PULLING THROUGH THE RETAINER AFFECTING STEERING CONTROL. RELATED RECALL 97V058000. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT RECALL HAS EXPIRED AND THEY ARE NO LONGER HONORING IT. PH

THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS SNAPPED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. THE CRADLE BOLTS WERE ON RECALL FOR RUSTING AND BREAKING IN OTHER STATES BUT NOT IN THE CONSUMER'S STATE. *YH

SLIDING DOOR LATCH FAILED, ALSO BACK HATCH LATCH FAILED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING LEAK, DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING COOLER WAS MISSING. *SLC ALSO UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND WAS ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *JG *JB

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUBFRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED. *SLC

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, NO SPECIFIC TIRE INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED POWER STEERING LEAK, DEALER REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING COOLER WAS MISSING. *SLC ALSO UPON INSPECTION CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE SUB FRAME WAS ROTTED OUT AND WAS ADVISED THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *JG *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED. *SLC

SUBFRAME REPORTED TO BE - "ROTTED OUT" - VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. COMPONENT AS NOT LET GO YET - IT IS ON THE VERGE. DISCOVERED DURING REPAIR OF RACK AND PINION UNIT. WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU DETAILED LETTER WITH PICTURES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 10-15 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK, STEERING FELT TIGHT, THEN SPUN FREELY. MECHANIC DETERMINED SUBFRAME ASSEMBLY BOLTS SNAPPED OFF ON BOTH SIDES, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO BECOME DETACHED.*AK

DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED IN HALF AT LOWER SEAT SECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35 HEARD A NOISE. PULLED OVER AND CHECKED UNDER VEHICLE. THEN, BEGAN TO DRIVE AND WITHOUT WARNING COLUMN DROPPED OFF. MECHANIC STATED THAT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS RUSTED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THERE IS A RECALL 97V058000 CONCERNING REAR ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS; HOWEVER, CONSUMERS VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED DUE TO VIN. *AK

THERE IS A RECAL LISTED ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A RECAL NOTICE FROM MANIFACTURING. THEY NOW SAY THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE BOLTS APPARENTLY LOOSEN AND CAN BREAK CAUSING SEAT TO FALL BACK WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO US. AT LEAST WE WERE NO MOVING WHEN THE SEAT/BOLT BROKE.*AK

WE WERE AT A STOPLIGHT AND MADE A RIGHT TURN AND HEARD AN AWFUL CLUNK - WE PROCEEDED ABOUT 1/2 MILE AND TRIED TO PULL INTO OUR PARKING SPACE AND OUR STEERING WHEEL ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULD ONLY "SPIN AROUND". WE COULD NOT TURN THE CAR AT ALL - WE HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK - HAD IT TOWED ACROSS THE STREET TO OUR SHOP. THIS COULD HAVE CREATED A TRAGEDY HAD IT BEEN OUT ON THE FREEWAY.

LEFT FRONT TIRE PEEL ON SIDE OF THE TIRE CAME OFF.

RECALL 97 V 058 000/ REAR CRADLE BOLTS: REAR CRADLE BOLTS RETAINER FAILED ON BOTH SIDES, SNAPPING STEERING WHEEL COLUMN WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. BELIEVED THIS WAS DUE TO CORRISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER BECAUSE THIS VEHICLE NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL DISANGAGED, AND HAD TO PULL TO SIDE AND WAIT FOR A TOW TRUCK TO TOW VEHICLE TO A NEAR SHOP, WHERE GEAR STEERING GEAR BOX BOX WAS REPLACED, BUT NOT UNDER RECALL 97 V 058 000M. CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR IT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND STEERING WHEEL GAVE OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. *AK

WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION. *AK

RECALL 97 V 058 000/CRADLE BOLTS: REAR CRADLE BOLTS HAVE BROKEN WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

FRONT ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS RUSTED, CAUSING BOLTS TO PULL THROUGH, AND CRADLE ASSEMBLY DROPPED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

A HORRIFYING EXPERIENCE! THE TILT-STEERING LOCKING MECHANISM DISENGAGED IN A TIGHT STEERING MANEUVER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. LOCKING MECH. THEN WAS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE. STEERING WHEEL TILTED UP AND DOWN FREELY, AND TILTED SLIGHTLY TO LEFT. VEHICLE DID RESPOND TO STEERING, BUT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. AS A CAREER RELIABILITY ENGINEER/QUALITY MANAGER, I ASSESS THIS AS A LIFE-THREATENING MAJOR FAILURE THAT NEVER SHOULD HAPPEN. MANUFACTURER'S CUSTOMER REP IGNORED MY COMPLAINT ON EXCUSE THAT "VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY." I PAID HIGHLY FOR REPAIR; YET CHEVY HAS A SAFETY PROBLEM. PLEASE DO INVESTIGATE THIS TYPE FAILURE.

GENERAL MOTORS HAS RECALL ON ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS ON THE 1990 LUMINA PASSENGER VEHICLE, BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO LUMINA MINI-VAN. *AK

RECALL FOR ENGINE MOUNTS ANDWHEELMOUNTING SERVICE CRACKS. NEVER GOT RECALL. *AK

BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE HANDLES FELL OFF THE DOORS. YH

DRIVERS SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS BROKEN, SEAT BELT IS SLACK AND CANNOT TIGHTEN

WHILE ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY, THE WIRE CABLE WHICH ATTACHES THE SPARE TIRE BROKE, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO DROP TO THE GROUND. THIS 1/8 INCH WIRE CABLE IS THE ONLY THING HOLDING THE SPARE IN PLACE. WHEN IT BREAKS, THE WHEEL FALLS OUT ON TO THE ROAD. IT DID NOT CAUSE A PROBLEM, SINCE IT HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED, WHILE ENTERING MY DRIVEWAY. HOWEVER, I WOULD HATE TO BE FOLLOWING A VEHICLE, AT HIGHWAY SPEED, IF THE SAME THING SHOULD HAPPEN. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON AT ALL TIMES. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER PUTS VEHICLE IN PARK BRAKE LIGHTS COMES ON. CONSUMER HAS TO UNHOOK BATTERY SO THAT LIGHTS WON'T RUN DOWN THE BATTERY. *AK

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAVE REPORTED IS THAT OF FAULTY DOOR LATCHES. WE HAVE HAD THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S-SIDE DOOR LATCH FIXED THREE TIMES. IT DETACHES ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR, USUALLY WHEN THE POWER DOOR LOCK IS CLICKED AT THE SAME TIME AS SOMEONE IS PULLING ON THE DOOR LATCH TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE REAR HATCH DOOR LATCH BROKE AND WAS REPLACED. IT WAS CHEAPLY MADE. NOW THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR'S LATCH SEEMS TO HAVE BROKEN, AS WE CANNOT EXIT THE VAN USING THAT DOOR LATCH, BUT IT WILL WORK ON THE OUTSIDE. THE OTHER COMPLAINT I HAVE SUBMITTED IS THAT OF THE ENGINE'S "CHOKING OUT" OR A KIND OF "VAPOR LOCK" KIND OF PROBLEM. WHEN THE ENGINE GETS HOT, AND IT IS WARM OUTSIDE, I HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME RESTARTING THE ENGINE AND KEEPING IT RUNNING. IT IS LIKE IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH GAS OR SOMETHING. IF I REV IT UP A LOT, IT EVENTUALLY MAY FALL INTO A SUITABLE IDLE, AND WILL OPERATE. BUT DURING THE REVVING PROCESS, IT CHOKES OUT. I'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT THIS SPRING I'VE NOTICED THAT IT IS MUCH WORSE. MECHANICS ARE BAFFLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DOES NOT STAY IN CONTACT WITH MOTOR TO OPERATE THE WASHERS OR WIPER MOTOR.I TRIED WIRE TYING IT TOGETHER,BUT THAT ONLY LASTS A COUPLE OF DAYS THANKS, ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *AK

SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO THE RETRACTOR. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.*AK

THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT. FAMILIES IN VANS WILL BE KILLED IF RECALL ISN'T APPLIED IN MN. GM REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. HELP ME, PLEASE. *NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. WAS FORCED TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD, BOLTS BROKE OFF IN FRAME AREA/STEERING. . *AK

FIRST IT STARTED BLOWING FUSES SO I CHECKED THE FUEL PUMP IT WORKED FINE I CHECKED THE WIRES THE LOOKED GOOD SO I THANK THAT IT HAS TO BE THE OIL PRESSURE SENDER/FUEL PUMP SWITCH

OUT SIDE DOOR HANDLES KEEPS BREAKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS REPAIRED IT HIMSELF, AND HASN'T TAKEN VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY WILL CHARGE TOO MUCH MONEY FOR REPAIRS. CONSUMER HAS TO GET IN THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR . INSIDE HANDLES WORK. *AK

RECALL 99I003000. DLR SAID VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED, AND IT WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. OWNER RECEIVED NOTICE IN MAIL. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT RECORDS DID NOT GO BACK THAT FAR. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS SNAPPED ON BOTH SIDES OF AUTOMOBILE. CONSUMER STATES THIS WAS A RECALL IN 1997 AND SHE HAD IT CORRECTED. NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN.

CONSUME RCANNOT OPEN THE SLIDING DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE. THE HANDLE HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS. THE VAN WAS PURCHAASED USED, AND THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPORTED TO THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK