About four days before the actual shut down of the car, my daughter was coming home from school when she noticed the fuel gauge was fluctuating all over the place. We were going to have it checked asap, not thinking that it was a severe problem. Four days later, while driving on ridge road at about 40 MPH, the car shut down electrically, no brakes, no steering (power) and fought to get the car off the road. A chevy dealer nearby ran diagnostics (doan chevy ridge road) and determined a faulty fuel pump sending unit. My concern is I had no awareness of any problems on this vehicle and the what if she were on the expressway going 55mph? I believe this to be a serious situation. What can be done?
1997 Chevrolet Lumina: brake failure
7 of the 346 complaints about the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina describe brake failure.
- owner complaints
- 7
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Brake failure by model year
What owners say
Was parking vehicle, went to apply brake, and brakes failed. Contacted dealer.
When brakes are applied, the pedal goes to the floor, resulting in an extended stopping distance, the dealer has done diagnostic test and cannot duplicate the problem.
Anti lock brakes failed resulting in an accident, no deployment of air bag during collision.
When applying the brakes under normal conditions, the pedal went to the floor and the brakes failed to stop the vehicle.
Poor design of brake line (not protected under vehicle) caused loss of brakes when consumer hit debris in road, causing damage to brake lines.
Anti-lock brakes, when approaching stop at about 30mph and applying brakes there was no response, pushed pedal completely to the floor and car would not stop, ran into a guardrail, dealer ran test and says they could not find a problem. *ak consumer was informed by another party that vehicle had no brakes.
Service bulletins that may apply
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina brake failure
Is brake failure a common problem on the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina?
7 of 346 owner complaints about the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina (2%) mention brake failure. The model year with the most reports is 1990.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina?
There are 0 recalls and 2 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1997 Chevrolet Lumina
Steering lock-up 15Power steering loss 14Stalling 13No deployment 12Airbag light 11Fuel gauge 11Fuel pump 10Wipers 9Headlights 6Loss of power 6Grinding brakes 5Door locks 5Fuel leak 5
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