1995 Chevrolet Lumina problems
Owners have filed 670 complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet Lumina with NHTSA. Visibility accounts for 14.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes, hydraulic at 12.5%.
Complaints670
Crashes66
Fires8
Injuries51
Deaths6
What owners report breaking
Visibility 14.9% · 100
Service brakes, hydraulic 12.5% · 84
Engine and engine cooling 10.7% · 72
Power train 9.0% · 60
Electrical system 7.3% · 49
Air bags 5.4% · 36
Structure 5.2% · 35
Suspension 4.9% · 33
Severity
Of those complaints, 66 describe a crash, 8 describe a fire, 51 report an injury and 6 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 10 model years of the Chevrolet Lumina in this data, 1995 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filing volume has held steady, 5 in the last three years against 5 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 111,500 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 1995 Chevrolet Lumina. The contact stated that his windshield wipers work intermittently. The manufacturer informed him that his vin was not included in nhtsa campaign id number 97v017000 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring). The contact will have the dealer replace the washer wiper switch. The failure mileage was 41,718 and current mileage was 42,000. Visibility · reported at 41,718 miles
Heater core failed, causing the windshield to fog up instantly, limiting visibility severely. During first incident driver was traveling on rt 17 and was able to pull over to the side of the road safely. At second incident the driver was driving to work and was lucky enough to have tissues so he/she and clear the windshield. And the most current incident happened while going up a steep hill. Visibility
The windshield wipers failed intermittently. A recall was issued (recall #97v017000) for this model year but the consumers vehicle was not included due to vin. The consumer called the manufacturer who stated that not all 1995's were recall because they didn't want the dealers to be overwhelmed with the wiper repairs. They also indicated that more vins would be released. *Ak *cb *nlm Visibility
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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