1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA Structure Problems

I WAS DRIVING AT A RATE OF SPEED OF 35 MPH WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING BREAK UNDER THE CAR AND AT THAT POINT I LOST ALL STEERING AN WAS TRAVELING TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT STILL IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHEN I HAD THE CAR TOWED...WE FOUND OUT THAT THE REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS HAD BROKEN AND SNAPPED THE STEERING. THIS WAS A 1991 CHEVY 2 DOOR LUMINA AND WHEN I LOOKED IT UP... THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. SOMEHOW THE NHTSA AND GENERAL MOTORS MISSED MY VIN NUMBER IN THE RECALL. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR..WE WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ONLY SOME VEHICLES WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS SAFETY RECALL WHEN SO MANY MORE ARE EFFECTED? *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE REAR CRADLE RETAINER PULLED THROUGH AND THE STEERING DISCONNECTED. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE SUB FRAME DROPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE AND WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE, WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT. HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A RECALL FOR THE FAILURE (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V189000- STRUCTURE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 131,000.

Mileage: 131,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA. DURING AN INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME BUSHING WAS MISSING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC REFERENCED RECALL # 00V189000 (STRUCTURE) AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE SERVICED. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT NOT TO DRIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 168,000.

Mileage: 168,000

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA. THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE AS HAVING OCCURRED DUE TO A MISSING CRADLE BOLT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 127,000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT RECALL 097V05800 & RECALL 00V189000 WERE ISSUED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, WHEN SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER THEY ADVISED HER THAT HER VEHICLE WAS NOT APART OF THE RECALL. *AK

Mileage: 127,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH, THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING GEAR. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #00V189000, REGARDING THE STRUCTURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE VEHICLE REMAINED INOPERABLE.

Mileage: 127,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO DETERMINED THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT SEPARATED FROM THE STEERING GEAR. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL # 00V189000 INDICATING THE VEHICLES WHO OPERATED IN SALT BELT STATES WERE AFFECTED DUE TO CORROSION. HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE OPERATED IN MICHIGAN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED, WHO CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE REMAINED INOPERABLE.

Mileage: 127,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 97V058000 CONCERNING THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLING THROUGH THE RETAINER DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER. THIS VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

Mileage: 170,000

DT: CONSUMER HAS A PRINTOUT OF THE NHTSA RECALL SHEET AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF A RECALL. THE BACK ENGINE CRADLE RETAINERS CAME OFF THE BOLTS. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND ALMOST HAD A HEAD ON COLLISION AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE. HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GM AND THEY TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF A RECALL. CONSUMER WAS TOLD AFTER PROVIDING THE VIN, THAT THERE WERE NO RECALL THAT CAME UP ON THERE SCREEN. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM. THE CAR IS SITTING AT A GM/CHEVEROLET DEALER RIGHT NOW. THEY TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL, BUT TURNED AND OFFERED A $1,000.00 CASH OR TOWARDS ANOTHER VEHICLE. YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE SALES PEOPLE FROM THE DEALERSHIP CALLED AND OFFERED TO SALE CONSUMER ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS ON THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE BOLTS IN THE REAR ENGINE CRADLE, IT IS THE RETAINERS THAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

Mileage: 170,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 CHEVROLET LUMINA. HE STATES THAT THERE WAS RECALL 00V189000 CONCERNING ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS. THE SAME PROBLEM CONTACT ENCOUNTERED. THE RECALL STATED, THAT ONE OR BOTH FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS CAN PULL THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINERS. THE PROBLEM THE CONTACT HAD WAS THAT HIS RETAINERS ACTUALLY FELL OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION BECAUSE HIS WIFE LOST CONTROL OF STEERING. THE CONTACT CALLED CHEVROLET, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

CRADLE WHICH HOLD THE CRADLE. *JB LOOSE RETAINERS AND BOLTS AROUND THE ENGINE CRADLE. REAR CRADLE BOLTS/WASHERS/BUSHINGS WORN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER CAUTIONED CUSTOMER NOT TO DRIVE THE CAR. *TT

WHILE DRIVING THE CRADLE BOLT DISENGAGED, CAUSINGTHE ENGINE TO COM DROP OUT. RECALL NUMBER 97V058000/CRADLE WAS ISSUED. *AK

RECALL 00V18 000 CONCERNING CRADLE BOLTS. WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, AND THEN THE VEHICLE JERKED TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING 60-70 MPH. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE CONSUMER'S SON, WHO NOTICED THAT THE FRONT CRADLE BOLT BROKE. THE LOCALE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE BOTH CONTACTED, AND BOTH CONFIRMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL. *AK

Mileage: 147,000

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25 - 30 MPH ENTIRE FRAME AND THE MOTOR COLLAPSED ONTO THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED BECAUSE THE FRAME BUSHING RUSTED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE MODEL VEHICLES.*AK

Mileage: 89,000

BOTH REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER. *MR DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER. THIS CAUSED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR. *SC

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE ENGINE CRADLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SNAPPED THE STEERING. *AK *JB *NM

Mileage: 110,000

THE VEHICLE'S REAR CRADLE BOLT RUSTED OUT. THE RUSTING CAUSED THE CRADLE MOUNT TO FALL INSIDE THE ENGINE AND PULLED OUT THE STEERING SHAFT, WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL # 97 V 058 000 ON CRADLE BOLTS. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS REAR CRADLE BOLTS AS STATED IN RECALL 00 V 189 000. BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK CONSUMER STATED THIS WAS AN OBVIOUS OVERSIGHT SINCE HIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. *PH *NLM

Mileage: 80,000

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES ORIGINALLY SOLD OR CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE STATES OF, ILLINOIS, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WHERE ROAD SALT USE IS HEAVY. A CONDITION WHERE ONE OR BOTH FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS CAN PULL THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINERS.*AK

Mileage: 89,000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH ITS CRADLE BOLTS AS STATED IN RECALL 00 V 189 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK

Mileage: 10,000

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE CRADLE BOLT WAS LOOSE. *JB

THE REAR CRADLE BOLTS PULLED THROUGH THE RETAINERS DUE TO CORROSION OF THE RETAINER. *JB. *AK

CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A SPEED BUMP, THE ENTIRE SUBFRAME FELL APART, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. TS *JB

CRADLE BOLTS ARE DEFECTIVE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALLS 00V189000 AND 97V058000. *AK

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ENGINE FELL OUT OF ITS CRADLE DUE TO FAULTY BOLTS. THIS CAUSED CONSUMER TO LOSE STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CRADLE BOLTS ON VEHICLE ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, BOLTS CAN BREAK OFF WHILE CONSUMER IS DRIVING VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHILE MECHANIC WAS DRIVING ABOUT 15 MPH BOLTS IN THE RETAINER FOR FRONT FRAME CRADLE FELL OUT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL OOV18900O/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL C00061-F CONCERNING ENGINE CRADDLE BOLTS, HOWEVER NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE, NORTHWAY GM AUTO MALL SALES MANAGER WAS PAUL MKENZIE 715 365 8117. *AK. CONSUMER WAS NOT INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN AND WHILE DRIVING, THE CRADLE BOLTS FAILED, THE FRAME PULLED AWAY FROM THE BODY WHICH IN TURN CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING, THE VEHICLE WENT ACROSS THE CENTER LINE AND VEERED TO THE LEFT, THEN LEFT THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, THERE WERE 2 INJURIES.*JB

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE DIED, CONSUMER RAISED HOOD AND FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS CORRODED CAUSING THE BOLTS TO COLLAPSE AND THE MOTOR TO FALL THROUGH THE FRAME. *AK *TT

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON A SIDE STREET, APPLIED BRAKES AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, HE ENDED UP INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT, SUBFRAME FELL IN THE STREET.*AK. CONSUMER DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME MODEL OF VEHICLE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, ALSO THE REAR BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE, A STARTER, 2 ALTERNATORS, 2 WATER PUMPS, A BAD CRANKCASE OIL LEAK, 2 SERPENTINE BELTS, THE LEFT FRONT WINDOW WAS INOPERATIVE, A NEW THERMOSTAT, A FUEL PUMP, FUEL INJECTOR, TIE ROD END, THE REAR STRUT FELL APART, THE STEERING JOINT BECAME COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM THE SUBGRAME, THE LIGHT SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN WAS INOPERATIVE.*JB

RECALL 00 V 189 000/REAR CRADLE BOLTS: VEHICLE LOST STEERING WHILE TRAVELING, PROBLEM WAS LOSS OF FRONT ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE AT A STOP SIGN TRIEDTO TURN RIGHT AND CRADLE BOLTS BROKE AND BUSTED STEERING. CONSUMER COULD NOT CONTROL VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, FRONT SUBFRAME FAILED DUE TO CORROSION, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL AND VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCH, CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RECALL, 00V189, REGARDING THIS, HOWEVER VIN IS NOT INCLUDED, CONSUMER HAS THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. *SLC

THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1991 LUMINAS FOR THIS EXACT INCIDENT BUT THEY CLAIM MY MOTHER'S CAR DOES NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE OF HER VIN NUMBER THUS SUGGESTING THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BROADER IN SCOPE SINCE THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT INCLUDE ALL OF THE CARS WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK

REAR CRADLE MOUNTS BROKE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH,CAUSING RACK AND PINION TO SEPARATE, AND RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING.*AK *JB

SAME PROBLEM AS IN RECALL 00V189000/CRADLE BOLTS. WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH VEHICLE HIT A BUMP IN ROAD, THERE WAS A SCRAPING SOUND, CONSUMER TURNED WHEEL WITH NO RESPONSE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS MIRRORING PROBLEMS STATED IN RECALL 00V18900. DEALERSHIP INFORMED HER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. CONSUMER DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH LOST CONTROL, AND HEARD A LOUD METAL SCAPING SOUND. FRONT SUBFRAME FELL OFF VEHICLE, DAMAGING STEERING BOX/ TIE RODS, ANDMOTOR MOUNTS, ETC. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS, AND PLEASE FILL IN VIN FOR THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 65MPH ON HIGHWAY BOLTS PULLED OUT OF FRONT CRADLE. VEHICLE DRIFTED TO RIGHT, AND THAN LEFT ACROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND DRIFTED TO A STOP.SAME AS RECALL 00V189000. *AK

RECALL 00V189000 CONCERNING ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS FAILURE. DEALER NEVER HAD PARTS AVAILABLE. *AK

FRONT CRADLE BOLTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-189 CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, UPON INSPECTION THE CONSUMER SAW THE FRAME ON THE GROUND WITH PART OF THE ENGINE RESTING ON IT, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT.

CONSUME R WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH AND ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS WERE RUSTED AND FRAME FELL APART. HE HAD NO STEERING ON THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE, AND TMECHANIC FIXED THE PROBLEM.*AK REAR RIGHT STEERING COLLUMN WAS INOPERATIVE BECAUSE THE CRADLE WASHERS WERE RUSTED AND THE CRADLE BROKE AS THE RESULT OF RUSTING. *YH

RATTLING NOISE EVERY TIME I PARK OR SIT. SOUNDS NEAR THE MOTOR. CARBURATOR IS CLOGGED. LEFT PASSANGER DOOR DOES NOT OPEN. HESITATION OF MOTOR WHILE ACCELERATION, BRAKES AND ROTORS ARE BAD ON THE BACK LEFT AND RIGHT TIRES.

ENGINE CRADLE BOLTS IN THE FRONT HAD RUSTED/CORRODED OUT,CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC & THE INDICATION WAS THE RUBBER BUSHINGS CAME THROUGH THE FRAME & THE ENGINE DROPPED. *AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGES ARE CORODED AND FALLING APART WHICH MAY CAUSE INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MOTOR AND THE FRAME SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

FRONT SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT, REMAIN EXTENDED, HANG LOOSE WHEN OCCUPIED. OCCUPANTS NOT PROPERLY RESTRAINED. ALSO, DOOR HANDLES DO NOT OPEN DOORS FROM OUTSIDE, REPAIRED TWICE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE SUBFRAME BOLTS BROKE IN THE REAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH. OWNER ALSO NOTES THAT SHE HAD THEM REPLACED AND PROBLEM REOCCURRED. *AK

DOOR HANDLE FAILED TO OPEN DOOR WHEN PULLED.

HOOD LATCH CABLE BOX BEING LOCATED ON FLOOR NEXT TO DRIVER'S SEAT.

HOOD RELEASE HANDLE BROKE OFF WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE HOOD. *AK

PASSENGER'S DOOR DIFFICULT TO OPEN.

FRONT OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE TWICE. *SKD

LEFT FORNT EXTERIOR HANDLE BROKE. TT