1994 Chevrolet Lumina problems
Owners have filed 190 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. After that come electrical system (10%) and body & structure (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 190 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 40% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 12 model years of the Chevrolet Lumina with enough data (109 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving left rear tire blewout, a piece of tire about 4 by 6 inches close to the wheel rim, replace michelin tire size (p195-75r-14)
During multi-vehicle accident, when made attempt to avoid second collision brake seemed inefective, brake was non-responsive, vehicle continued to roll forward.
ABS brake failure, while driving on wet surface ABS brakes locked up, resulting in an accident, speed 30MPH, impact 12:00 position.
The drivers side door latch broke off. The door won't open and consumer has to climb across to the passenger side to exit the vehicle, consumer further explains that the counter weight arm is made of aluminum alloy allowing for the frequent breaking. Nlm
The incident date that this occurred on was the third time it happened. I drove this car with no problems except for the anti-lock brake light and fastened seat belt lights coming on periodically for the past month. We had an unexpected snow storm, and I had driven approximately 10 miles and noticed when I had stopped at a convenient store that the battery voltage light came on. I took it home ,and a couple of hours later went to the grocery store.