Chevrolet Lumina
Registered from 1996 to 2001.
About this model
The Chevrolet Lumina is a mid-size car that was produced and marketed by Chevrolet from the 1990 to 2001 model years. Serving as the combined successor for both the Chevrolet Celebrity and Chevrolet Monte Carlo, the Lumina was sold as both a two-door coupe and a four-door sedan. Serving as the largest front-wheel drive Chevrolet, the model line was slotted below the Caprice Classic in the Chevrolet line.
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Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2001 | 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway |
| 2000 | 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway |
| 1999 | 1497 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1998 | 1497 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1997 | 1532 kg · 2730 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 15.7 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1996 | 1532 kg · 2790 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Van, 3-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Engineering analysis, opened September 2003, closed December 2003.
Power rack and pinion steering failure
Recall query, opened January 2003, closed September 2003.
Engine compartment fires
Engineering analysis, opened October 2002, closed March 2004.
Accelerator cable detaches from throttle
Investigation SQ, opened February 2000, closed January 2001.
Inappropriate air bag deployment
Engineering analysis, opened September 1996, closed February 1998.
Inappropriate air bag deployment
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 1996, closed September 1996.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Chevrolet filed 260 bulletins about the 2001 Lumina.
- Equipment: 75
- Engine and engine cooling: 45
- Electrical system: 38
- Power train: 22
- Engine: 13
- Fuel system, gasoline: 9
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 8
- Seat belts: 5
- Structure: 5
- Visibility: 5
- Other: 35
- This PI communicates the requirement to provide a pico file to receive diagnostic assistance from TAC. · July 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an unusual noise and is difficult to identify, isolate or pinpoint. Technician should get… · February 2025
- This Preliminary Information communicates to the dealer the process for downloading or updating operating software for the Tire Pressure Monitor, Active Fuel Injector tester, multi media tester, PICO… · October 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that the Heater-Vent-Air Conditioning blows warm air. Before calling General Motors Technical… · September 2024
- Vehicle Wide Programming (VWP) is a new process to update software on GM Vehicles. It provides the ability via a single selection within Techline Connect to first identify which modules need updating… · August 2024
- GM is receiving damaged (cracked or broken) transmission cores returned to the reman facilities. The damage is being caused either in the removal process by the technician, or inadequate packaging or… · August 2024
- This service bulletin advises of a new fuel injection cleaner kit used for decarbonizing the intake valves to correct conditions of rough idle, Crank no start, extended crank or misfire, MIL with… · July 2024
252 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.