Chevrolet Lumina: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 29 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Lumina, model years 1987 to 2008. NHTSA has 2,953 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 15 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Chevrolet Lumina NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2002 Chevrolet Lumina NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 272 |
| 2001 Chevrolet Lumina | 3 | 21 | 11% | 156,615 |
| 2000 Chevrolet Lumina | 5 | 30 | 15% | 175,529 |
| 1999 Chevrolet Lumina | 2 | 103 | 52% | 2,501,072 |
| 1998 Chevrolet Lumina | 3 | 223 | 113% | 3,251,355 |
| 1997 Chevrolet Lumina | 1 | 347 | 176% | 750,283 |
| 1996 Chevrolet Lumina | 2 | 245 | 124% | 46,804 |
| 1995 Chevrolet Lumina | 6 | 492 | 250% | 518,923 |
| 1994 Chevrolet Lumina | 0 | 126 | 64% | |
| 1993 Chevrolet Lumina | 1 | 243 | 123% | 5,574 |
| 1992 Chevrolet Lumina | 2 | 342 | 174% | 11,199 |
| 1991 Chevrolet Lumina | 3 | 352 | 179% | 1,737,836 |
| 1990 Chevrolet Lumina | 7 | 427 | 217% | 3,172,708 |
| 1987 Chevrolet Lumina NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
4,007 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 300 | 1,202 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 101.1 | 405 |
| Electrical System | 74.9 | 300 |
| Steering | 71.6 | 287 |
| Structure | 56.4 | 226 |
| Visibility | 49.7 | 199 |
| Power Train | 48.9 | 196 |
| Seat Belts | 45.4 | 182 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 34.4 | 138 |
| Air Bags | 33.9 | 136 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Malibu66 campaigns
- Silverado 150055 campaigns
- Impala57 campaigns
- Tahoe80 campaigns
- Equinox32 campaigns
- Silverado46 campaigns
- Blazer40 campaigns
- Suburban82 campaigns
- Cobalt10 campaigns
- Trailblazer29 campaigns
- S1033 campaigns
- Traverse32 campaigns
- Corvette48 campaigns
- Cavalier40 campaigns
- Silverado 250044 campaigns
- Cruze26 campaigns
- Colorado29 campaigns
- HHR7 campaigns
- Camaro56 campaigns
- Astro17 campaigns
- Venture18 campaigns
- Monte Carlo44 campaigns
- Avalanche18 campaigns
- Volt8 campaigns
- Suburban 15007 campaigns
- Aveo4 campaigns
- Silverado 350045 campaigns
- Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
- Bolt EV14 campaigns
- Trax11 campaigns
- Sonic16 campaigns
- Avalanche 15005 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
- Corsica15 campaigns
- C15001 campaign
- Caprice50 campaigns
- Express72 campaigns
- Uplander5 campaigns
- Beretta15 campaigns
- Spark9 campaigns
- Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- Lumina APV11 campaigns
- Tracker0 campaigns
- C/K Pickups4 campaigns
- K15001 campaign
- Captiva1 campaign
- Malibu Classic2 campaigns
- Cobalt SS0 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
- G2022 campaigns
- Equinox EV7 campaigns
- 15003 campaigns
- C152 campaigns
- C25001 campaign
- Van0 campaigns
- Celebrity15 campaigns
- Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
- C1041 campaigns
- Suburban 25000 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Chevrolet Lumina: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/lumina/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Chevrolet Lumina model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1990 with 7, 1995 with 6, 2000 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Chevrolet Lumina model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 492 of the 2,953 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Lumina name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 300 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 101.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 74.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Lumina?
- 21 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.