Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / LUMINA / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043373 Incident Date: Sep, 14 2005
Consumer's City: ORIENTAL Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: LUMINA Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:power assist
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 19 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: On a road test for a customer i lost the brakes, as it developed a hard pedal without power assist. the condition was intermittent. upon investigation i discovered the vacuum hose from the back of the intake to the power booster was softened with oil contamination and had begun to collapse cutting off vac to the booster. i installed a new hose assembly but this came out of nowhere and could cause problems for any driver at any time. the vehicle was a 1995 chevy lumina 3.4 v6. clearance is very tight where the hose runs. i think gm should go to a hard hose instead of a performed rubber hose. the engine was not leaking oil. this failure was heat an normal wear. being these cars are 10 years old they are starting to fail. i suspect every vehicle with the 3.4 l engine will have this same problem not just the lumina. *jb