Two problems related to steering wheel have been reported for the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The steering wheel on my Lumina cracked at the place where the top round part of the wheel meets the spokes from the center. This caused the top of the wheel to become "floppy" as it is now only being held on by the covering on the wheel.
Steering column locked up while vehicle was in motion, loss of all steering control, shut off engine, restarted engine, seemed to operate ok, driver warned oncoming traffic of stopped vehicle by blowing horn. Dealer has not determined problem. However, installed new computer.