Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / LUMINA APV / 1994

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004264881 Incident Date: Mar, 03 2004
Consumer's City: BEAVER DAMS Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LUMINA APV Model Year: 1994
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:driver side:inflator module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 09 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 17 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was reading information on the following: nhtsa action number : pe95062 nhtsa recall campaign number : n/a make : chevrolet model: lumina apv manufacturer : general motors corp. year : 1994 component : electrical system:wiring my 1994 lumina apv started to smoke in the steering column on 2 occasions. i turned off the ignition key and it stopped. i turned it back forward to the on position without starting the vehicle and it did not smoke then, but when i went ahead and started the van is began to smoke again. being the only vehicle i own and cant go without it, i carefully removed the 4 screws on the center wheel that holds the airbag, and found that the large yellow plug that conects the airbag was blackened by heat. have you received any other notifications of this in the past? thank you in advance.*ak