Chevrolet Lumina jerking problems

Filed Sep 6, 2006 · Acceleration · 129,000 miles · IN · crash · 1 injury

I turned on my car and put it in reverse to back out of a parking space. I had four friends in the car. I waited for my friends to get situated in the car and took my foot off the brake. The car did not roll back as it normally did when in gear. Suddenly, the car lurched backward and starting accelerating toward a concrete wall that was about 45 feet behind us. I did not have my foot on the accelerator. I quickly put my foot on the brake to tried to slow the car down. Nothing happened, so I quickly took my foot off the brake, just in case I had accidentally hit the accelerator. The car continued to accelerate towards the wall. I remember picking up both my feet just to make sure I was not touching the pedals. We hit the wall going about 25-30 MPH. Four of us were fine, but my friend in the rear passenger side seat broke her cheekbone. The car was totaled. I was not able to find anyone willing to inspect the car to determine the cause of failure. The car was salvaged for parts.

Filed Oct 27, 2004 · Body · 147,000 miles · MI

Recall 00v18 000 concerning cradle bolts. While driving consumer heard a loud noise, and then the vehicle jerked to the right while driving 60-70 MPH. Vehicle was inspected by the consumer's son, who noticed that the front cradle bolt broke. The locale dealer and the manufacturer were both contacted, and both confirmed that this vehicle was not covered under that recall.

Filed Oct 28, 2003 · Engine · 60,000 miles · IA

I have the 3.1 motor in my van. It has a steady jerking action when the excellerater is pushed down. When I let up of the pedal it will usually smooth out. Nobody seems to be able to fix this problem. Also door locks are giving me problems. What is going on at general motors? I have driven chevys and buicks all my life.

Filed Oct 19, 2003 · Steering · VA

98 chevrolet lumina steering won"t turn to the left without jerking ,sometimes it is easy and others it"s like the power steering won"t work but turns easy to the right.

Filed Nov 8, 2002 · Brakes · KY

Consumer stated that when applying the brakes the vehicle will jerk and make a loud noise. Dealer notified ts

Filed Jul 2, 2002 · Acceleration · MO

When applying accelerator pedal after a stop engine will revv, but vehicle will not move. Then, vehicle will lurch forward, this happens intermittently. Dealer cannot find cause.

Filed Mar 26, 2001 · Transmission · FL

1995 chevrolet luminas apparently have a known transmission defect which causes the torque converter to lock up at very low speeds, causing jerky & uneven shifting. When decelerating the torque converter fails to unlock, dragging down the RPM of the engine to very low levels when decelerating. The transmission shop I went to in order to diagnose the problem advised me that this was a known defect from chevrolet, who had issued a tsb concerning the problem. The transmission shop advised me that the repair was over $1,000 and that if I did not have the repair done the vehicle could stall when decelerating suddenly, possibly leading to loss of control of the vehicle. With my car this is an intermittent problem, I have not as of yet repaired the transmission. When I called the dealer I was advised that there was no factory correction for the problem and all service would be feeable. This appears to be a potential life safety issue as when the car stalls power steering is lost and until restarted has no power to avoid a crash. Thank you for the evaluation of this report.

Filed Oct 29, 2000 · Brakes, Electrical · CA

Dealership did shocks and struts, ABS been on since then, they said no code reading, auto place I took it to got two codes. Now I have to get chevy to fix it. Jerking me around because female(doesnt bs my father)

Filed Nov 10, 1999 · Transmission · OH

While gong up a slight incline at 30 MPH and up vehicle jerked/hesitated like it was going to cut off. Dealer and manufacturer were notified about the problem. The dealer could not duplicate the problem. Problem has not been corrected. Please provide any further information.

Filed Sep 27, 1999 · Brakes · IL

When applying the brakes there is a grinding noise, the vehicle would slow down , jerk and speed up again. Dealer replaced the brakes and problem still exists.