1997 Lumina has loud lifter noise. Lifters replaced once by dealer, but noise is especially loud now that the weather is cold.

- Bethel Park, PA, USA

The trunk fell on the consumer's head three different times. Had brain surgery in 1997 and these three incident had deteriorate the consumer's health. Also, the muffler systems are stainless steel but the clamps are not stainless steel. Update 12/27/2005 - the trunk lid spring mechanism was not aligned properly. The consumer contacted the manufacturer but the said there were no recall for the trunk spring. The consumer's friend realigned the spring mechanism.

- Rochester , NY, USA

Lower intake manifold gasket on my 1997 Chevrolet Lumina. There was a recall on other GM products with the same problem. Chevrolet however says my model is not included in their recall. I disagree, because the manifold gasket is a continiuing problem prevalent if not all, than most GM vehicles in this time period.

- South Ozone Park , NY, USA

Dealership replaced twice the intake manifold that was leaking coolant inside the engine. Also, tires showed signs of excessive wear every 3000 to 4000 miles. Dealer had front and rear suspension aligned. The tires were rotated, but excessive wear still persisted. In addition, there was a brake problem.

- Decatur, GA, USA

I have been the owner of a 1997 Chevrolet Lumina since July of 2002. It was well maintained by my uncle, whom I bought it from. It had 57K miles when bought. Shortly after buying it, I noticed coolant loss in the overflow bottle. To make a long and expensive story short, I had to replace the intake manifold gasket at a cost of nearly $600. This is a common repair on GM V6 engines I later found out after talking to mechanics and reading on various web sites such as GM-V6lemons.com. This is a flawed engine design that GM denies has any problems. I attempted to get GM to take responsibility for this by asking for renumeration and was told that the engine was out of warranty and I wasn't the original owner. This response was in reply to a letter written to kurt ritter, CEO of Chevrolet.

- Riverton, UT, USA

Consumer stated intake manifold was leaking antifreeze. He took vehicle to the dealer, and was told that they were seeing a lot of these types of vehicle with similar problems.

- Huntington, NY, USA

Intake exhaust manifold leaking, had to take to mechanic and have repaired.

- Sand Springs, OK, USA

The manifold gasket leaked oil, which caused the vehicle to stall.

- Endicott, NY, USA

Consumer states that the intake manifold is leaking oil. Please provide any additional information.

- Brecksville, OH, USA

Reported to dealer car was leaking oil. Dealer said it was leaking from the intake. The dealer had serviced this car every 3 to 4 thousand miles and should have caught this before the warrenty expired and let me know.

- Chambersburg, PA, USA