1997 Chevrolet Lumina engine problems

Filed Apr 13, 2010 · Electrical, Engine · 10,000 miles · AR

Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet lumina. While driving at approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled completely losing all power. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and drive to a local mechanic who stated that the tire rods were defective, the engine mounts had fallen out, and there were electrical problems. The mechanic repaired the tie road and engine mount. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000. The current mileage was 199,876.

Filed Apr 16, 2009 · Engine · MO · fire

Engine fire causing the vehicle to burn completely.

Filed Sep 13, 2008 · Body, Engine · AL

I know of several owners of chevy lumina where paints is peeling and engine failure is there anything I can do to start an investigation.

Filed Nov 6, 2007 · Engine · 81,000 miles · PA

1997 lumina has loud lifter noise. Lifters replaced once by dealer, but noise is especially loud now that the weather is cold.

Filed Feb 10, 2007 · Engine · 114,498 miles · NY

'97 chevy lumina with a defective intake manifold gasket which gm will not cover repair.

Filed Oct 19, 2005 · Body, Engine · 80,000 miles · NY · 1 injury

Dt: the trunk fell on the consumer's head three different times. Had brain surgery in 1997 and these three incident had deteriorate the consumer's health. Also, the muffler systems are stainless steel but the clamps are not stainless steel. *ak update 12/27/2005 - the trunk lid spring mechanism was not aligned properly. The consumer contacted the manufacturer but the said there were no recall for the trunk spring. The consumer's friend realigned the spring mechanism.

Filed Nov 18, 2004 · Engine · NY

Lower intake manifold gasket on my 1997 chevrolet lumina. There was a recall on other gm products with the same problem. Chevrolet however says my model is not included in their recall. I disagree, because the manifold gasket is a continiuing problem prevalent if not all, than most gm vehicles in this time period.

Filed Nov 15, 2004 · Engine · 160,000 miles · MI

1997 chevrolet lumina with 3.1 l engine. Lower intake gasket leaking into engine. Cost to repair $900 us from dealer. Problem is apparently caused by using gm dexcool antifreeze and a defective gasket. Gm is aware of the problem and knows it effects all 3.1l and 3.4l engines produced from around the mid 1990s to 2000. No recall has been issued by gm since this seams not to be a safety issue.

Filed Aug 2, 2004 · Brakes, Engine · GA

Dealership replaced twice the intake manifold that was leaking coolant inside the engine. Also, tires showed signs of excessive wear every 3000 to 4000 miles. Dealer had front and rear suspension aligned. The tires were rotated, but excessive wear still persisted. In addition, there was a brake problem.

Filed Apr 13, 2004 · Engine · 72,817 miles · UT

I have been the owner of a 1997 chevrolet lumina since july of 2002. It was well maintained by my uncle, whom I bought it from. It had 57k miles when bought. Shortly after buying it, I noticed coolant loss in the overflow bottle. To make a long and expensive story short, I had to replace the intake manifold gasket at a cost of nearly $600. This is a common repair on gm v6 engines I later found out after talking to mechanics and reading on various web sites such as gm-v6lemons.com. This is a flawed engine design that gm denies has any problems. I attempted to get gm to take responsibility for this by asking for renumeration and was told that the engine was out of warranty and I wasn't the original owner. This response was in reply to a letter written to kurt ritter, ceo of chevrolet.