Turn Signal Switch Problems of Chevrolet Lumina

The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina. The contact stated that the brake lights and the turn signals do not work. The dealer stated that the turn signal switch was broken in the steering column and that is caused the brake lights and turn signals to malfunction. The failure mileage was 110,000 and the current mileage was 120,000. Updated 10/27/10. Updated 2/28/11 updated 03/03/jb.

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Turn signal switch causes rear brake lights not to work. I didn't find out about it until a police officer pulled me over for the brake lights not coming on. I was let off with a warning. I did a search online and found that there is a lot of people with the same problem as me with the same model vehicle. This can cause a serious accident due to the fact that the people behind you on the road will not see that you are stopping.

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The multi purpose switch (turn signal) on my 1998 chevy Lumina doesn't work everytime a use the turn signal switch my brake lights go out and I have to wiggle the switch until my brake light come back on. I switched the lever but the problem continues.

Turn signal switch in Chevrolet Lumina causing brake lights to not work. (except 3rd brake light) from my research, this is a well known issue. For whatever reason the main brake lights go through that switch. The defective switch is causing them not to work. The 3rd brake light is not affected because it's not wired through that switch. I know switches go bad, but this switch has went bad on a lot of vehicles causing no main brake lights and should be recalled.

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The contact owns a 1996 Chevrolet Lumina. The contact stated that he noticed a recurring failure within the turn signal switch which would suddenly stop functioning, causing the brake lights to stop working. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the vehicle was repair. The failure occurred two additional times and was repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000. The current mileage was approximately 308,000.

Normal wear and tear causes multi-function switch to fail. This causes safety problems. A small truck was behind me a couple of days ago, and slammed his brakes on behind me. He then pulled next to me and told me my two rear brake lights do not work, but the third (top) one does. Also, rear turn signals do not work. Right signal works most of the time, but switch will not signal a left turn. All bulbs are fine. In researching just in a couple hours, I found about 40 other reports of the same problem. Multi-function switch replacement is the repair most reports cite as working. The repair is costly, requiring disassembly of steering column.

Consumer called complaining about having problems with the turn signal switch on the steering colunm. Dealer and manufacture were contacted and stated that there is no problem. Ts.