At any speed vehicle will pull to the left and its hard to steer, the steering wheel locks up with no warning and at any speed,. The dealer replaced the rack and pinion. *ak
1997 Chevrolet Lumina steering complaints
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Started having stiff left turns and the steering wheel would not return to centered position...stayed left. Now it is difficult to turn both directions. I'm reporting this because it seems to be more than meerly the rack and pinion 'wearing out'.
The steering wheel on my lumina cracked at the place where the top round part of the wheel meets the spokes from the center. This caused the top of the wheel to become "floppy" as it is now only being held on by the covering on the wheel.
It has been brought to my attention by my mechanic,that this has been a problem reported in a seattle area newspaper with other gm vehicals in this class. I called lee johnsons and the 1-800 to see if there was any recalls were issued. No recalls at this time. The new paper said that this problem has caused injury accidents. The dust cap falls of and causes excessive were to the gear box. I feel this is a dangerous design flaw and should be corrected before more people are hurt. This is to important of a part to not have attention drawn to it. I feel a recall is nessary.
Lack of ability to steer auto. *ak consumer states power steering failed.
Steering failed to turn left, but would turn right.
It is difficult to maintain steering control of the vehicle, the vehicle could not be directed when power steering failed, this occurred more frequently while traveling at low speeds and making a turn, an independent mechanic replaced power steering pump and rack and pinion which corrected the problem. *ak
Front steering locked-up could turn front to left, car jurked to left so strong on its own you could have broken your wrist. Due defective rack and pinion and alternator, replace
Steering wheel was not turning properly. While turning left steering wheel would not turn back to right. Consumer could only steer in one direction. Consumer feels this is very unsafe. Please provide any further information.
Vehicle has experienced brake problems, front rotors have been replaced twice, front brake pads have been replaced, rear shoes glazed. Steering gear replaced due to consumer losing power steering while driving, power steering pump was replaced, rack was also replaced. Water pump was leaking and was replaced. Air bag light illuminated, dealer stated sir coil inoperative.
Power steering pump seal is leaking fluid. Dealer has repaired vehicle.*ak
Rack & pinion suddenly failed, causing car to continue in a left turn; extreme effort was needed to straighten the car. Driving at any speed, the car may suddenly swerve left or right, and it is difficult to recover from these turns.
Engine at cold idle is knocking again, 7000 miles since new pistions, transmission is slipping again after 7000 miles, front end suspension dealer has never been able to duplicate the problem have had it looked at 6 times.
When driving the car in wet weather, the power steering cuts out causing an extremely hazardous condition. I have ben told that this is a long term problem with front drive chevrolet vehicles and that there is no available correction. I can't understand how this problem can be allowed to exist without a recall. My wife and I have had a few near accidents and avoid driving the car unless it is necessary. I got in touch with chevrolet and was told to bring it into the dealer for evaluation. Since last friday (the dealer did not fix it) the car has lost power steering on at least three occasions. I would appreciate your help as I feel I am driving a deathtrap. Thank you!
Loose tie rod.
Power steering failure.
While driving inner tie rod control arm broke at the joint. The dealer has not been notified.
Steering column locked up while vehicle was in motion, loss of all steering control, shut off engine, restarted engine, seemed to operate ok, driver warned oncoming traffic of stopped vehicle by blowing horn. Dealer has not determined problem. However, installed new computer.
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