Faults:

Those who had the car before me replaced the ignition coil packs.

The water pump went at 120,000 (only cost 18.00 for a new one, though).

The drivers door lock doesn't unlock with the power lock (will fix it soon).

General Comments:

I got this car for 500.00 in 2008. It isn't the prettiest thing, but it was cheap.

After driving it for a few weeks, I started to like the car. It gets great gas mileage 21 city, 29 highway. It has a lot of room, it's comfortable, and reliable. At 131,000 miles, it runs quite well. The exhaust is still fine, the body is in good shape, the motor and transmission are working well too.

I never thought I'd love owning a Chevy, but because of my experience with this Lumina, I'm getting another Chevy next... New Camaro, Impala or Malibu

Faults:

Intake manifold went at about 140K.

Alternator shortly thereafter.

Corrosion in the fuse box caused brake light circuit failure at approx 165K. This was probably worsened by the over-salting of the roads here in Ontario.

Somewhere in the 200's the gas tank started to leak and was replaced.

Water pump at 300K.

Transmission did the car in at about 320K.

General Comments:

An excellent car. Generally very easy to work on and parts were cheap and easily accessible. The waterpump, for example, I replaced at work for $60 CAN in about an hour.

The car probably would have lasted longer if the transmission fluid and filter had ever been changed. We were really waiting for an excuse to get rid of it.

Faults:

Nothing so far.

General Comments:

The '96 Lumina is a white-bread family sedan; there is nothing particularly offensive or interesting about it. It is roomy and the 3.1 V-6 is powerful enough and gets 19-21 in town and 29-30 on the highway. I ordered every option on mine, and it has the sport suspension with 16" alloys and handles well. The interior has held up well, the sound system sounds good, and controls make sense and are easy to use. I've been doing some more highway driving recently and it is like sitting on a sofa and rolling quietly down the road. The front seats are not especially comfortable.

Faults:

Both front wheel bearings have needed to be replaced.

Head gasket was replaced.

AC was recharged.

Other than that, nothing!

General Comments:

This car is still going strong at 260,000 miles. The engine is tired now though, and power can be lacking at times, but overall it's still in great shape.

All of the power options work well, and the transmission has been rock solid.

It has needed no work other than routine maintenance, and still shifts dead on.

I love the car but it is not exciting. It compares well with my Grand Marquis; I love it too. Would consider buying another.

Faults:

Wheel bearing started to go bad at 120,000 miles.

Had a fuel injector replaced at 90,000 miles.

Had it in three times in a week, and the mechanics at a dealership couldn't figure out why two of the injectors were not working correctly. This happened at 110,000 miles.

General Comments:

This car was fine for the first 90,000 miles, then it was one thing after the other.

Problems with the fuel injectors constantly and started out with the check engine light coming on. I was told by mechanics to run fuel injector cleaner through it when this happened, which worked well for 6 months. Then the injector needed replacing, and now other injectors are going bad.

The wheel bearing assembly in the rear started to fall apart at 120,000 miles.