Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR | |||
| 02/01/2002 | 1 | 02/01/2002 | |
| Driver's side door will not open from outside. seems to be a very common problem on these cars.*ak | |||
| 11/10/1999 | 05/01/1996 | ||
| 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. | |||
| 06/21/1999 | 1 | 05/03/1994 | |
| The inside door handles broke. yh | |||
| 7 | 08/30/1994 | ||
| Was driving at approximately 40mph and without warning, vehicle stalled . this has happened at least 6-7 times . had been to dealer each time. mechanic changed water pump/ alternators/ battery/ had locks replaced on doors due to not releasing or locking/front windows came off track & had to be replaced, and seat belts failed to release from track. *ak | |||
| 10/10/1997 | |||
| Driver's side front door handle broke. the owner had to replace the handle two times prior to this. *ak | |||
| 05/01/1997 | 2 | 02/01/1996 | |
| Door handles broke, preventing doors from opening. | |||
| 02/09/1997 | 1 | 12/08/1993 | |
| Door handle broke. | |||
| 03/07/1996 | 14 | 09/01/1994 | |
| Driver's side automatic door lock switch inoperable, blew fuse/ froze and won't release, resulting in a fire. *ak | |||
| 04/01/1996 | 2 | 06/01/1994 | |
| Consumer has had a continuous problem with the brake pads wearing out, also the right lower ball joint has been replaced, the brakes also make loud noise. *ak consumer states on one occastion when applying the brakes around curves, the vehicle would pull to the right. alternator failed. air conditioner was repaired four times. timing belt failed. *slc | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | |||
| 10/26/2000 | |||
| Passenger's door fails to remain closed. pin to hold door to close had broken.venicle never was in an accident. pin cannot be replaced. entire door frame needs to be replaced, according to mechanic. *ak | |||
| 07/28/1994 | 1 | 05/31/1994 | |
| Door trims failed. | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | |||
| 1 | 02/01/1996 | ||
| Hatchback handle broke, preventing hatchback from opening. | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 07/22/2003 | 65000 | 1 | 01/01/1998 |
| Subframe on 1994 chevrolet lumina with 65,000 miles rusted and broke through. *ak | |||