Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Sedans Chevrolet Lumina Chevrolet Lumina
849 messages, Last post on Oct 24, 2009 at 4:25 AM
You are in the Chevrolet Lumina Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
|
Replying to: hazardgirl24 (Jul 11, 2006 8:52 am) |
|
I just bought a '93 Chevy Lumina(had 167,000 m+-) a few months ago because my Mazda died. This car seems to run very well and I forgot how comfortable American cars are!! I was wanting to take a 5 hour trip and was curious about what kind of gas mileage I could expect. This is to check out a new job and being on a tight budget..just don't need any surprises. It is a V6 automatic..that is all I can offer at this time.Would have checked engine size..etc... but decided to post this on spur of the moment. (Only thing I see wrong so far with this car is the paint job! It's burgundy and clear coat has come off..the trunk is the worst.. clear coat is almost completely off. Sides look okay..hood has a few small places..I can live with it 'til I paint it)
|
|
|
Replying to: missdaisy (Jul 18, 2006 12:57 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: missdaisy (Jul 18, 2006 12:57 pm) |
|
|
|
|
Hello I have had a LOT of trouble with my '96 Lumina this summer, I do take car of my car when needed but this has even stumped the mechanic and the mechanics where it was originally purchased. They have never heard of this problem before.....but hopefully someone here has. When I go to start the car at any given time sometimes it will start and other times I would be driving it for approx 3 hours and then park it to run in for a coffee and come out to start it again and it WILL NOT start. The method my mechanic told me to do is to: Turn the Key on and put the car in Neutral and try and start it - which sometimes will do and others times I have to throw it back into "park" and try and start it. Somethings this will work and other times it will not. Have to try this little trick at least three or four times before it will start. CAN anyone help me. I have recented replaced my "neutral switch" and here is the problem. Now, my car has a 253,000 kms on it, original motor etc. I did purchase the car when the kms were high to begin with. 
|
|
|
Replying to: ruralcountry2 (Aug 20, 2006 10:40 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: ruralcountry2 (Aug 20, 2006 10:40 pm)  Track auto. I replaced it and my trouble is gone. Now, If the trouble is that the starter doesn't work when is hot and you replaced the parking switch try to test the starter motor and wire terminals attached to the starter, I had this trouble long time ago with my old Impala, I overhaul my starter and it worked,sometimes when the solenoid gets hot and is old, is to much resistence to create the electrical field. I hope you find it helpful. |
|
|
Lately my 96 has been acting up. It would sputter occasionally and then it got to the point that it wouldnt start after it got too hot. So i took it to a machanic and he said that he thought the problem was the fuel filter. For 2 days the car ran ok. He changed the fuel filter,spark plugs, put on a new water pump, and a few other miscellanious things. 400 dollars later i thought that i was in the clear. So i kept driving it until yesterday i got stuck at walgreens. My car just wouldnt start. So i sat for 1/2 an hour and then started it again, and sure enough it started without any problems. Ir would occasionally "chug" still though. So i thought that the cadalytic converter was clogged so i took it to a muffler shop and had it changed. He said it was slightly clogged. Well after he changed it worked fine. Then the same problem started again and i got stuck. is this a common problem with these cars? When i bought it it ran fine even though it does have an intake manifold problem. Once the car heats up that problem goes away. I don't know what i should do. And i really dont want to keep wasting money on what people think is wrong with it. Once it started again, i took it to auto zone and the guy came out and looked at it. He told me that he thought that it was the ignition module. ?
|
|
|
Replying to: shehadi8 (Aug 26, 2006 6:45 pm) |
|
My mother has a 93 Lumina with only 40K miles on it,that we are experiencing the same problem with. My mom is elderly and handicaped. I have to take her to her appointments and shopping and such. Lately we drive it and it starts just fine when its cold, when we come out of the store or where ever, it will crank but will not start. Sometimes it will caugh and sputter for a few seconds, then die. We usually have to sit and wait for about 45 minutes and it will start up and run just fine, no matter how long it runs or how hot it gets... Until I turn it off, then it does the same thing. I took it to a mechanic and he looked it over for two days and it ran fine for him (Murphey's Law!!). I am going to try changing the computer temp sensor and see what happens. I will post another message after I try it.
|
|
You are here:
Forums
Sedans Chevrolet Lumina Chevrolet Lumina
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2001 Chevrolet Lumina
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
