Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Chevrolet Lumina

Engine compartment caught fire. While I was driving.

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The contact owns 1998 Chevrolet Lumina. The contact stated that the engine rattled and made a lot of noise until it warmed up. The contact had not taken the vehicle to the dealer. The failure mileage and current mileages were 112,000.

While driving, my car will just suddenly cut off and this occurs whether stopped at the light or while pressing the accelerator. The volt light comes on and the car just cuts off and the steering wheel locks up. My local Chevrolet dealer (youman's Chevrolet, macon, GA) tried to find out what was the problem by running diagnostics, but could never determine the cause. Since the problem continued to occur, and wondering if the problem could be due to the age of the car, I parked the car and purchased another car in may, 2013. The car is still parked in my yard. I decided to report this because this seems to be the same thing that is happening to the other gm cars but my model is not part of the recall. I know that there are many 1999 Luminas still being driven and you need to know that this has happened.

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I have a 1999 chevy Lumina - the intake gasket, started leaking, gradually, now it has a bad leak. I read gm has or had a recall on intake gaskets.

The contact owns a 1999 Chevrolet Lumina. The contact stated that his vehicle was experiencing failures similar to those listed in NHTSA campaign id number 09v116000. A mechanic noticed the failure and stated that it would cost money to repair. Chevrolet stated that the VIN was not included in the recall. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 80,000.

Engine fire causing the vehicle to burn completely.

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Purchased 1996 chevy Lumina w/3. 1 liter engine. Vehicle has been well maintained and currently has 115,000 miles. The vehicle has never been involved in a car accident. The issue is that the camshaft has broken. Why would a vehicle that has had regular oil changes and maintenance experience this problem? it seems an extreme problem for a well-cared for vehicle. This was a former police vehicle (first 96,000 miles). My son's girlfriend also owns a Lumina (1999, no VIN available) and she too has had the camshaft replaced in her vehicle at 170,000.

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I love my car but the engine has been going out for some time now and the person whom I bought the car from he knew of this situation and he didn't tell me. This car is my first car and my only transportation so can you all please help me.

Subframe washers rust and fail which caused in this case the steering rack to disconnect . I have been auto tech for 25 years and have seen many makes have very concerning safety problems . The NHTSA has failed in my eyes . The state I live in uses salt so the problems show up faster here in rust and cold related problems . My personal vehicle has 4 items that I truly believe should be recalled but are not . 1 of them makes my driver airbag inop . Thanks for your time and any help I can be please contact.

When the vehicle was parked antifreeze leaked from underneath the vehicle. The consumer took the vehicle to the dealer for an inspection, and the mechanic determined that the gasket needed to be replaced.

At low speed the steering locks. If feels as if the vehicle has shut off.

I bought a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina in 2000, and never experienced any significant problems, until recently. The engine began misfiring on cylinder 1 and I replaced the spark plugs and plug wires assuming it would correct the issue. During this time, I also did an oil change and checked all fluids and found the antifreeze to appear "rusted". I checked in the overflow resevoir and noted oil and a dirty appearance to the antifreeze. I had the antifreeze system flushed, and now the problems are back, less than 5,000 miles later. While searching for the potential problem on the internet, I found a lot of data talking about the dex-cool issues and head gasket problems. I have talked to several mechanics, and they seem to believe that the head gasket is bad, which is causing the misfire problem. This is going to be a costly repair, one of which I don't feel I should have to pay for since there seems to be a growing issue with head gaskets and the dex-cool antifreeze.