Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - MODULE | |||||
| 990604037 | 09/01/1999 | 608390 | Subject on on-board diagnostic (obd) system improvements. *mjs | 11/26/1999 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||||
| 57 | 07/01/2003 | 10016464 | Wire harness may be stretched, or the pcs may not be oriented in the same position, after installing a service replacement valve body assembly. gm tech link. *tt | 09/13/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 06/01/2007 | 125000 | 1 | |
| Vehicle would not turn using the key, took our vehicle to the dealership.. had a new key made.. the key was not the issue..had a new ignition installed through dealership, the vehicle worked for a short time but starting showing the same problems. hundreds of $$ later, the car is parked now we don't want to put any more money into it, but can't sell it unless it's fixed. this is some sort of steering/ignition problem. this car has also been known to stall while driving it. we have installed a new starter, a new alternator, battery we also had all the electrical wiring re-done.. we don't know why it stalls. *tr | |||
| 11/19/2002 | 63000 | 10 | 06/01/1998 |
| Possible electrical problems with the cruise control when engaged. when consumer made a lane change from right to left the cruise control was disengaged. the cruise control also disengaged when the left turn signal was turned on. this condition happended on several occasions. *ph *tt | |||
| 11/15/1999 | |||
| Airbags are defective. repaired brakes, starter | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 07/01/2001 | 1 | ||
| Alternator just dies on highway and warning light comes on about 3 seconds before vehicle will die in middle of speeding cars. once consumer was hit and could have been killed. took to dealer, and they put in a new alternator. *ak *tt *yh | |||
| 1 | |||
| Alternator failed. yh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 1 | 03/31/1998 | ||
| Design of the placement of the battery makes it diffficult to jump start another vehicle. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 10/10/2000 | 5 | ||
| At 30,000 miles vehicle been experiencing an ongoing / intermittent problem with engine stalling while driving. vehicle been in / out of dealer shop on five occasions, and it appeared problem was stilloccurrinng. please feel free to provide any further details on this matter. *ak | |||
| 10/12/2000 | 12 | 01/01/1998 | |
| Loss of power / stalls/ as it is being driven down rd.*ak | |||
| 09/29/2000 | 8 | 08/01/1999 | |
| While driving the vehicle and coming to a stop, the car will cut-off without warning. also, driving down the road it will skip/pull back and keep moving while driving 55/70 mph. it's been in the shop four (4) times and they can't find the problem. nothing happens until i drive it home and the problem occurs again. has anyone else complained about this problem?*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Ignition failed. yh | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | |||
| 07/25/2006 | 120000 | 2 | 11/20/1998 |
| The pass-key ii theft-deterrent system prevented the starting of my vehicle with one of my initial keys. i used the spare key for a while and now the system will not allow starting of the vehicle with both keys. the cost to fix this is too excessive for a chevy 1998 lumina ltz. the car is on a government site and i don't have the vin# or accurate purchase date available until i have it towed. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - SWITCH | |||
| 11/03/2004 | 134030 | 1 | 03/07/2000 |
| Both rear brake lights have failed and only the center high mounted lights are working. i replaced the bulbs but taht did not help so i did a little troubleshooting and found that the bulbs worked as they lit up when i used the signal lights, hazard lights, and head lights. i next tried replacing the turn signal/harzard flasher but this did not resolve the problem. i checked on the internet and found that several people have had this problem and the failure was caused by a faulty turn signal lever and that if this part was wiggled the lights would work again. i checked this on the car and flipped the high beams on and off a couple of times via the turn signal stalk and the brake lights started to work again. i find this extremely dangerous that a critical piece of safety equipment relies on something as trivial as a turn signal stalk. i have also heard that general motors has issuad a recall concerning this problem but that it was very narrowly confined and did not include this vehicle despite the fact that many people seem to have had this problem.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||
| 03/21/2000 | 1 | ||
| Possible electrical wiring system failure resulting in vehicle fire. *et | |||