1996 CHEVROLET Lumina APV Problems

Complaints Reported

Complaints by Component

VISIBILITY

8 complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL ! *AK

Mar 26, 2005

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILEED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED PROBLEM COULD NOT DUPLICATED. *AK

Nov 26, 2004

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WORKS INTERMITTENTLY.*AK

Jul 06, 2003

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.*JB

Feb 25, 2003

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY*JB

Feb 25, 2003

+ 3 more complaints for this component

SEATS

6 complaints

HEADRESTS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS HAD INSUFFICIENT PADDING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GET A BUMP ON BACK OF HEAD WHEN INVOVLED IN A REAREND ACCIDENT.*AK

Jun 09, 2000

ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT A WELD SNAPPED AND THE DRIVERS SEAT IS NO LONGER STABLE. THE CAR CAN BE DRIVEN BUT WE WERE TOLD IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANY LONGER DUE TO THE MILEAGE. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED BY THE COMPANY. I INTEND TO SEND A LETTER TO THE COMPANY ALSO.

Aug 02, 1999

THE HEADRESTS ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DRIVER'S HEAD AND THEY ARE LOOSE. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FOAM IN THE HEADREST. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM REAR BY A TRUCK . DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Jun 17, 1999

Crash: 1

Injuries: 1

REAR SEAT LATCH LOCKED IN CLOSED POSITION.

Oct 27, 1997

ARM REST FAILED CAUSING IT TO INTERMITTANTLY FALL OFF.

Oct 27, 1997

+ 1 more complaint for this component

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

5 complaints

THE BRAKE LINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VACUUM BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER TO BE INOPERATIVE. *JB

Mar 19, 2003

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH ON A MAIN HIGHWAY, SHE WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM DIDN'T WORK. DEALERSHIP WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

Feb 01, 2001

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 20 MPH OR LESS IT MOMENTARILY LOSES BRAKES FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE RESTORING THEM. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK VEHICLE HAD BRAKE FAILURES REPEATDLY. ANTI LOCK BRAKE LIGHT CAME AND STAYED ON WHILE DRIVING. *YH

Sep 09, 2000

FRONT BRAKES FAILED. QCAW

Aug 25, 1998

HORN DOESN'T WORK WHEN IT SHOULD. BRAKES STOP SO QUICKLY THAT IT CAN CAUSE A CAR TO OVERTURN. THEY SEEM TO LOCK UP.

May 25, 1998

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

4 complaints

LOUD TAPPING SOUND FROM ENGINE WHEN FIRST STARTED.*AK

Feb 08, 2005

Fire: 1

MY 1996 LUMINA MINI VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL BECAUSE OF A WIRING SHORT. LUCKILY MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE IN THE STORE WHEN THEY CAME OUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. BOTH THE SIDE AND BACK DOORS COULD NOT OPEN BECAUSE THE POWER LOCK MODULE HAD MELTED. IF ANYONE WOULD HAVE BEEN INSIDE THEY WOULD NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE SAFELY. *LA

Oct 16, 2003

Fire: 1

SPARK PLUGS FAILED CAUSING STALLING WHEN FOOT RELEASED FROM GAS PEDAL.

May 27, 1998

ELECTRICAL SWITCH THAT OPENS THE SIDE DOOR FAILED. OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE CD EXCHANGER, COURTESY LIGHTS AND DRIVER'S DOOR SWITCH.

Feb 24, 1998

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

4 complaints

ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO INTAKE GASKET FAILURE. WIFE AND MINOR CHILD STUCK ON THE SIDE OF INTERSTATE AT 9:30 PM.,WITH STRANDED VEHICLE. *AK

Jul 05, 2004

WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WILL CUT OUT, THEN RUN SMOOTH AGAIN, CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK. SEVERAL TIMES THE ENGINE WOULD DIE. THE CAR WOULD START BACK UP, WHEN YOU PUT INTO GEAR AND PUSH THE GAS, THE ENGINE WOULD CUT OUT, THE CAR WOULD JERK AS THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND THEN REENGAGE, BUT EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE WOULD DIE. WE SENT TO OUR LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, HE REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS, MINOR TUNE, REPLACE AIR FILTER, CHECK FUEL PUMP - OK, AND REPLACE FUEL FILTER. CAR RAN FINE FOR THREE DAYS AND THEN REPEATED THE SAME PROBLEM. TOOK BACK INTO SHOP, REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH AND COILS. ENGINE RUNS OK, BUT WHEN ENGAGING INTO GEAR ENGINE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE AS BEFORE, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS RUNNING AT HALF SPEED. CAR IS NOW SLOW TO GAIN SPEED. TOP SPEED IS 65 MILES PER HOUR. NOW 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT IS ON, SOMETIMES FLASHING.*AK

Mar 18, 2004

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 40MPH AND NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE FRONT SIDE DRIVING WHEEL . WHEN CONSUMER PULLED TO THE SIDE SHE NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Nov 02, 1998

Fire: 1

MUFFLER FAILED.

Oct 27, 1997

STRUCTURE

3 complaints

THE OWNER "VAN HAS DANGER" DUE TO THE DRIVERS' SIDE DOOR IS NOT ABLE TO OPEN FROM THE INSIDE WITHOUT REPEATED EXCESSIVE FORCE OR FROM THE OUTSIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

Nov 12, 2002

AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOOR RELEASES ON ITS OWN . CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE DOOR. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE DOOR , AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AGAIN. *AK

Jan 28, 1998

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT ENGAGE. WHEN SHUT MANUALLY THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS STILL ON. OWNER HAS TAKEN TO DEALER OVER SEVEN TIMES. PROBLEM REOCCURS. *AK

Jul 03, 1997

POWER TRAIN

3 complaints

AXLE SEAL FAILED.

Aug 25, 1998

REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKING.

Feb 21, 1997

THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH THE OPTION CALLED SKIP SHIFT, DISTRACTS FROM THE DRIVER.

Dec 04, 1996

STEERING

2 complaints

MY CHEVY MALIBU IS HAVING POWERSTEERING ISSUES. IT FREEZES UP WHILE TRYING TO TURN CORNERS. THIS CAR HAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE POWERSTEERING FLUID IS AT A GOOD LEVEL AND THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

Aug 27, 2008

AFTER RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY 02 V 286 000 WAS PERFORMED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. *NLM

Apr 16, 2003

Crash: 1

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

2 complaints

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR GAS TANK, BUT WAS ADVISED BY DEALERSHIP THAT PARTS WERE NOT IN STOCK. *JB

Apr 23, 2001

CONSUMER SMELLED STRONG FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE. CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE ENGINE FROM THE FUEL PRESSURE VALVES. *AK

Sep 15, 1999

TIRES

2 complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH HEARD A NOISE AND SAW THROUGH THE REAR MIRROR TREAD ON THE BACK. THEN STOPPED AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION.BUT, THE NEVER WENT FLAT. GENERAL TIRE P205/70 R15. *AK

Aug 30, 2000

TWO GENERAL TIRES FAILED, OWNER REPLACED ALL TIRE ON VEHICLE.

Aug 28, 1997

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

1 complaint

I SMELLED SMOKE IN MY VEHICLE, SO I PULLED OVER. IT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE VENT. MY FRIEND THOUGHT IT WAS ELECTICAL, SO HE STARTED PULLING FUSES TO STOP THE PROBLEM. I DISCERNED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE MOTOR THAT OPENED AND CLOSED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER ON THE VAN. I TOLD MY FRIEND TO JUST GET OUT AND I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY, BUT BY THE TIME THEY HAD ARRIVED MY CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I AM THANKFUL THAT I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME AT THE TIME AS I DON'T KNOW IF I COULD HAVE GOTTEN THEM OUT IN TIME. MY THREE YEAR OLD WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILT-IN CAR SEAT WHICH IS NEXT TO THE DOOR. THE FIRE HAPPENED SO FAST. I MIGHT ADD I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE DOOR OR AUTOMATIC DOOR OPENER. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK

Apr 14, 2007

Fire: 1

STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY

1 complaint

EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT OF POWER STEERING, LOST STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. REPLACED RACK AND PINION. *BF THE VEHICELK RACK AND PINION FAIELD PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW MOTOR FAILED, THE ALTERNATOR, AIR CONDITIONING AND WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY ALSO FAILED. *NM

Nov 05, 2004

SEAT BELTS

1 complaint

REAR DRIVER SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM LOCKING MECHANISM, RESULTING IN SEAT BELT BEING CUT TO RELEASE CHILD OCCUPYING THE SEAT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

Mar 12, 2001

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

1 complaint

SPEED CONTROL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE DRIVER HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

Feb 03, 2000

EQUIPMENT

1 complaint

WATER IS LEAKING FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER TO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WHERE THE WIRES ARE STORED. THE DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

Aug 26, 1999

SUSPENSION

1 complaint

WHEN TRAVELING OVER 55 MPH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATES , CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE VEHICLE ALSO PULLS TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.

Aug 29, 1997

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT

1 complaint

DRIVING 40MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE IN OVERDRIVE, SHIFTED TO DRIVE & VEHICLE SPUTTERED; TOOK TO DEALER & NOTICED CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACING; EXPERIENCED PROBLEM W/AIR CONDITIONER & TOLD NOTHING WRONG; MECHANIC DROVE & AIR CONDITIONER DID SHUT OFF; SAID WAS INSIDE OF PANEL. *AK

Jul 17, 1997

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The 1996 CHEVROLET Lumina APV currently has 46 owner-reported complaints according to NHTSA database. These complaints are organized by component to help identify common issues.

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