Front door handles, left and right side broken. Drivers door will not open from inside or outside. Passenger door opens only from inside. Side sliding door automatic operation inoperative; dooro opens or closes only manually. Rear hatch door handle has fallen apart numerous times. A definite safety hazard. Driving a vehicle with no immediate escape option is deadly business.
1994 Chevrolet Lumina: doors won't lock, open or latch
10 of the 125 complaints about the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 8%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
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. *ts *jg nlm
Driver's side door will not open from outside. Seems to be a very common problem on these cars.
The left front door handle broke when I tried to open the door from the outside. This happened in august 1999. In november 1999 the same thing happened when I tried to open the right front door from the outside.
The inside door handles broke. Yh
Driver's side front door handle broke. The owner had to replace the handle two times prior to this.
Door handles broke, preventing doors from opening.
Back door lock came right out of the assembly. Put the key in the door and that's when the whole lock came off.
Driver's side automatic door lock switch inoperable, blew fuse/ froze and won't release, resulting in a fire.
Front left door lock inoperative.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina?
10 of 125 owner complaints about the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina (8%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Chevrolet Lumina?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
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