1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV Problems & Recalls

1991 CHEVY LUMINA APV,WHILE DRIVING OVER NOT SO SMOOTH WISCONSIN STREETS THE FRAME RETAINER ROTTED OFF OF THE MOUNTING BOLT CAUSING THE FRAME RAIL TO DROP DOWN OVER 4 INCHES CAUSING POOR STEERING CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THIS POINT UNSAFE TO OPERATE. GM HAS A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THIS HOWEVER THEY...

Mileage: 131,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SPIN AROUND WITH NO RESISTANCE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TUR...

Mileage: 143,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST STEERING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR TWO BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO DISCONNECT. AS OF JULY 26, 2007, THE DEALER HAS NO...

Mileage: 168,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA APV. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE CONTACT LOST STEERING ABILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR TWO BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING COLUMN TO DISCONNECT. AS OF JULY 26, 2007, THE DEALER HAS NO...

Mileage: 168,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ONLY THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER DOOR AND LIFT GATE FAILED FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. NOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DOOR HANDLES WILL PULL UP HOWEVER THE LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE. THE DEALE...

Mileage: 206,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ONLY THE SLIDING SIDE DOOR WILL OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER DOOR AND LIFT GATE FAILED FIRST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. NOW THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE DOOR HANDLES WILL PULL UP HOWEVER THE LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE. THE DEALE...

Mileage: 206,000

THE CRADLE BOLTS RUSTED AND PULLED THROUGH THE FRAME. *JB *TS

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING ENGINE CRADLE BOLT RETAINERS BROKE OFF AND RELEASED TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED; HOWEVER ,WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

I TOOK MY VAN TO THE SHOP FOR A TRANSMISSION LEAK, SHOP MAN TOOK THE VAN INSIDE TURNED OFF THE CAR WITH THE KEY IN HIS HANDS THE VAN WAS SMOKING AND THE STARTER WAS TURNING THE ENGINE WITHOUT THE KEYS INSIDE , THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS BURNING AND THE CONNECTORS . NOW THERE IS TWO OTHER LUMINA ...

I TOOK MY VAN TO THE SHOP FOR A TRANSMISSION LEAK, SHOP MAN TOOK THE VAN INSIDE TURNED OFF THE CAR WITH THE KEY IN HIS HANDS THE VAN WAS SMOKING AND THE STARTER WAS TURNING THE ENGINE WITHOUT THE KEYS INSIDE , THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS BURNING AND THE CONNECTORS . NOW THERE IS TWO OTHER LUMINA ...

AFTER SHUTTING OFF ENGINE IGNITION SWITCH STARTED SMOKING, IGNITION SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THIS VEHICLE MODEL YEAR HAS AN ACTIVE RECALL,NHTSA # 97V058000. HOWEVER CHEVROLET STATES THAT MY VEHICLE FALLS OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF APPLICABLE VINS, AND WILL NOT PERFORM THE RECALL. THIS VEHICLE'S REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RETAINERS, JUST AS WRITTEN IN THE RECALL NOTICE. LUCKILY THE OPERA...

LEFT REAR WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET ROAD. VEHICLE BEEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. HAVE A APPOINTMENT WITH DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I WAS DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH WHEN THE CARRIAGE DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO ALSO BE PULLED OUT. THE ENGINE DROPPED APPROXAMATELY 6 INCHES AND THE TIE RODS WHERE ALSO BENT.*AK

I WAS DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH WHEN THE CARRIAGE DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO ALSO BE PULLED OUT. THE ENGINE DROPPED APPROXAMATELY 6 INCHES AND THE TIE RODS WHERE ALSO BENT.*AK

I WAS DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH WHEN THE CARRIAGE DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE STEERING TO ALSO BE PULLED OUT. THE ENGINE DROPPED APPROXAMATELY 6 INCHES AND THE TIE RODS WHERE ALSO BENT.*AK

STRUT ROD ON FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE CAME LOOSE FROM THE TOP, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER NFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK IN THE FRONT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY HAD MADE A U- TURN AND WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNKEN DRIVER THAT HAD CROSSED THE LANES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NOR HAD THE SEAT RECLINED BACKWARDS, UPON IMPACT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON THE HIGHWAY HAD MADE A U- TURN AND WAS STRUCK BY A DRUNKEN DRIVER THAT HAD CROSSED THE LANES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, NOR HAD THE SEAT RECLINED BACKWARDS, UPON IMPACT. *AK

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO GET INSIDE OF VEHICLE THROUGH DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S DOORS. THE KEY WON'T UNLOCK DOORS, AND HANDLES WILL NOT WORK. WILL NEED TO GET INTO VEHICLE THROUGH THE SLIDING DOOR. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO OPEN SLIDING DOOR FROM THE OUTSIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. CONUSMER TRIED TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE, STILL DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFOMATON. *AK

SLIDING SIDE DOOR OUTSIDE HANDLE BROKE OFF IN CONSUMER'S HAND. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REAR SEAT BELTS AND DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND WILL NOT REPAIR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION, WILL NOT HOLD OCCUPANT, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

THE FRONT SUBFRAME MOUNTING BOLTS RUSTED CAUSING THE RETAINERS AND FRAME MOUNTS TO SLIP OFF THE BOLTS. THE CAR WAS IN THE YARD WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I DID FIND A RECALL ON THESE BOLTS AND RETAINERS UNDER A 1991 LUMINA. HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA (SHEARER CHEVEROLET OF SOUTH BURLINGTON VERMONT) ...

WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE, HEARD A STATIC NOISE, SMELLED SMOKE AND SAW SMOKE COMING OUT FROM STEERING COLUMN. TRIED TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY, BUT VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

NOTICED THE DOORS WERE DEFECTIVE. DOORS CAN'T BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE ON EITHER DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S SIDES. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. DOORS HAVE FAILED AGAIN AFTER REPAIRS. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT SYSTEM DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO HOUSING WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION IN HEAVY RAIN. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WILL GET STUCK IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THEN THEY WOULD WORK. THIS MAY CAUSE VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BOLTS PULLED THOUGH THE WASHER ON THE REAR FRAME MOUNTS WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING ROD TO DISENGAGE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETALS. *AK

CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE BROKE AND RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING TIRE TO FALL, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

SEAT BELTS COME OUT AND WILL NOT RETRACT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED (ALEXANDER CHEVROLET), STATED THEY WOULD ORDER A PART. FINALLY, ADMITTED THAT THE PART WAS DISCONTINUED, AND CANNOT REPAIR THE SEAT BELT. *AK

CONSUMER WILL PROVIDE VIN# AT LATER DATE. THE DOORS OF VEHICLE HAVE PINS THAT BREAK IN HALF. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOORS CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE SLIDING DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE PINS HAVE EITHER FALLEN OUT OR BROKEN OFF. THE DOORS BEGAN FALLING OFF AND BREAK...

CONSUMER SUFFERED A WHIPLASH AT A SLOW REAR END IMPACT DUE TO LACK OF HEAD RESTRAINTS ON EITHER OF THE TWO SEATS. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT NOT OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, CANNOT OPEN FROM INSIDE WHEN UNLOCKED, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DRIVER CANNOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN IT IS NOT LOCKED. BACK HATCH DOES NOT HAVE INTERNAL RELEASE, CAME OFF ON CONSUMER'S HAND. DEALER REPLACED HATCH LOCK. OUT OF WARRANTY, WIL...

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR CANNOT NOT OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE, CANNOT OPEN FROM INSIDE WHEN UNLOCKED, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DRIVER CANNOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN IT IS NOT LOCKED. BACK HATCH DOES NOT HAVE INTERNAL RELEASE, CAME OFF ON CONSUMER'S HAND. DEALER REPLACED HATCH LOCK. OUT OF WARRANTY, WIL...

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK FALLS WHILE DRIVING.

BRAKE LINE BURST/SEAT BACK COLLAPSED IN REAR END CRASH.

BRAKE LINE BURST/SEAT BACK COLLAPSED IN REAR END CRASH.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK FROM INSIDE ALSO RIGHT SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. BOTH PROBLEMS HAD BEEN CORRECTED.OWNER THEN NOTES THAT SLIDING DOOR CAN'T BE OPENED FROM INSIDE ALSO BACK DOOR LOCK FELL OFF. NOTES OF POWER LOCK FAILURE.CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

UNDER NORMAL OPERATION REAR TAILGATE HANDLE JUST BROKE OFF. *AK

THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . *AK

PAINT KEEPS ON PEELING OFF VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVERS SEAT LEANS TO RIGHT 15 DEGREES W/REPLACEMENT DOING SAME. REPLACEMENT SEAT ACTUALLY COLLAPSED. *AK

SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT OPEN AND THE PASSENAGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. PLEASE EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAILS. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF ONTO THE GROUND WHEN TRYING TO BE OPENED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

WHEN APPLIED, BRAKE PEDAL LOCKS UP; DOES NOT ENGAGE BRAKES; HAPPENS VERY LOW SPEED; NO WARNING; AT SAME TIME, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. *AK

WHEN APPLIED, BRAKE PEDAL LOCKS UP; DOES NOT ENGAGE BRAKES; HAPPENS VERY LOW SPEED; NO WARNING; AT SAME TIME, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP. *AK

THE BRAKES DO NOT STOP THE VAN PROPERLY. THE REAR DISC BRAKES ARE CORRODED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR BROKE LOOSE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN DRIVING LOST ALL POWER . TT

THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR BROKE LOOSE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHEN DRIVING LOST ALL POWER . TT

SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF TRACK-HAD TO DRIVE INSIDE OF VAN EXPOSED. TT

DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILDUP ON FT BRAKES, RESULTED IN ROTOR WEAR. TT

RADIATOR CORE AND HEATER BOX HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. TT

RADIATOR CORE AND HEATER BOX HAS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. TT

FRONT BRAKES FAILED DUE TO STRESS CREATED BY THE RELEASE OF THE FRONT BRAKE HOSE BRACKET, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK

REAR BEAM SUPPORT BY THE FRAME CRACKED, RESULTING IN CONTROL LOST AT 10MPH. TT