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Hydraulic service brake loss or failureSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC5 complaints1998-05 → 2003-03lumina-apv-1996-brake-failure
870088 WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT 20 MPH OR LESS IT MOMENTARILY LOSES BRAKES FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-5 SECONDS BEFORE RESTORING THEM
879621 CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH ON A MAIN HIGHWAY, SHE WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND ANTI-LOCK SYSTEM DIDN'T WORK
10012056 THE BRAKE LINE FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VACUUM BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER TO BE INOPERATIVE
Power sliding side door release and latch faultsSTRUCTURE3 complaints1997-07 → 1998-02lumina-apv-1996-sliding-door
820999 AUTOMATIC SLIDING SIDE DOOR RELEASES ON ITS OWN . CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP IN THE DOOR
813785 AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT ENGAGE. WHEN SHUT MANUALLY THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS STILL ON
780365 ELECTRICAL SWITCH THAT OPENS THE SIDE DOOR FAILED
Seat back and headrest structural faultsSEATS4 complaints1997-04 → 2000-06lumina-apv-1996-seat-headrest
863314 HEADRESTS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATS HAD INSUFFICIENT PADDING, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GET A BUMP ON BACK OF HEAD WHEN INVOVLED IN A REAREND ACCIDENT
709522 ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT A WELD SNAPPED AND THE DRIVERS SEAT IS NO LONGER STABLE
810796 OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING, PULLING FROM A STOP SIGN, DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED
General brand tire tread separation and failureTIRES2 complaints1997-08 → 2000-08lumina-apv-1996-tire-failure
869133 WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH HEARD A NOISE AND SAW THROUGH THE REAR MIRROR TREAD ON THE BACK
603775 TWO GENERAL TIRES FAILED, OWNER REPLACED ALL TIRE ON VEHICLE
Windshield wiper motor and switch failureVISIBILITY8 complaints1999-02 → 2005-03lumina-apv-1996-wiper-failure
543787 CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING BOTH BLADES TO SHUDDER AND STOP DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY
837033 WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION, CAUSING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, AND MAY RESULT IN A VEHICLE CRASH
10114808 WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILURE. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL !
Vehicle fire from wiring, door motor or engineELECTRICAL SYSTEM3 complaints1998-11 → 2007-04lumina-apv-1996-vehicle-fire
10043013 MY 1996 LUMINA MINI VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE AT THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WELL BECAUSE OF A WIRING SHORT
829897 CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 40MPH AND NOTICED FIRE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE FRONT SIDE DRIVING WHEEL
10187857 I SMELLED SMOKE IN MY VEHICLE, SO I PULLED OVER. IT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE VENT
Power steering assembly failureSTEERING2 complaints2003-04 → 2004-11lumina-apv-1996-power-steering
10015949 AFTER RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY 02 V 286 000 WAS PERFORMED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN
10099926 EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT OF POWER STEERING, LOST STEERING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1996 Chevrolet Lumina APV vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1996/chevrolet/lumina-apv
@misc{wrenchpro_1996_chevrolet_lumina_apv_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1996 Chevrolet Lumina APV},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1996/chevrolet/lumina-apv}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
