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1997 Chevrolet Lumina brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 40 complaints for the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina, 9% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
40 9% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 3 injuries, 2 deaths.

What owners wrote

I was traveling home. Lost control and could not turn. The steering went out, and fuel system. I was left in a coma for ten days. My airbag did not deploy like it was developed to do. I received a traumatic brain injury because of the lack of it deploying broke 11 bones. 7 ribs and four vertebraes. Spent a month in lester e cox hospital (south), 4 months in the university or missouri brain injury unit was awarded a state guardian, [xxx] , and spent 3 months in maries manor located in vienna missouri.

Reported at 100,000 miles, July 2013 CrashInjury

Reimbursement for recall repairs made to 1997 chevrolet lumina. While attempting to turn into a parking lot the steering wheel locked. The vehicle was towed to a local garage. Almost three years later the consumer receives a recall related to the failure she experienced. The consumer requested reimbursement from the manufacturer but was denied because the part the technician replaced was not the part covered by recall 03v527000. The technician also replaced the power steering pump nd front brakes.

Reported at 87,056 miles, March 2001

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