Chevrolet Corsica Complaints (1995)

102 consumer complaints on file.

#748238July 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
AT START UP, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND NOW THE BRAKE IS AT 1/2 POWER WITH THE PEDAL HARD AS A ROCK .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885359April 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN AT VERY SLOW SPEED, CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, AND NO BRAKING ACTION. PEDAL FELT NORMAL. VEHICLE WAS IDLING FASTER, AND CONSUMER SMELLED RUBBER BURNING. DEALER COULD NOT REMEDY. ONE YEAR AGO, CONSUMER HAD THE VERY THING HAPPEN, AND THEN DEALER REPLACED CALIPERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881747February 28, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
REGARDING FIRESTONE TIRES P195/70R14 DOT: 25301791204. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE ON 1995, CHEVROLET, CORSICA SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES ON IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739896January 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THIS PROBLEM HAS LED TO THE BRAKES (REAR) LOCKING UP AT ANY SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878266January 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WAS PULLING OUT OF GARAGE & NOTICED FLUID ON GROUND. LIFTED HOOD & NOTICED GREEN FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM FRONT ON LEFT SIDE AND RUNNING DOWN ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKETS WERE GONE. HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED 3/15/99, BUT WARRANTY RAN OUT. MECHANIC INDICATED NOT FIXING THE GASKETS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878091January 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TEMPERATURE GAUGE RISES, AND COOLANT SQUIRTS OUT ON OUTSIDE OF ENGINE. ALSO, WHEN BELTS GET WET THERE'S NO POWER STEERING. *AK THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785183December 26, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO PARK POSITION DURING COLD WEATHER AND THE IGNITION KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737303December 4, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I'VE OWNED MY CORSICA FOR A FEW MONTHS AND ONLY PUT 4000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE HEAD GASKET BLEW, AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO WORK OUT ANY COMPROMISE FOR REPAIRS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#737004November 28, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
PAINT HAS BEEN COMING OFF ALL OVER THE CAR, CAUSING RUST SPOTS. BRAKES SOMETIMES DO NOT CATCH AND YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE PEDAL ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. ALSO THE BRAKE AND BRAKE PADS HAVE TO BE CHANGED ONCE A MONTH BECAUSE THEY WEAR OUT TOO QUICKLY. THE POWER LOCKS STICK IN THE COLD WEATHER AND WILL NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK UNTIL IT WARMS UP. WHEN I WAS IN A CRASH THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING ME TO HIT MY FACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873470October 20, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM THE UPPER MANIFOLD GASKET, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870753September 18, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE START TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AND SHIMMMY WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE ENGINE MOUNTS BREAKING OFF, AND CAUSING ENGINE TO DROP, ALMOST RESULTING IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731682September 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AT 3 MPH WITH ROUGH GRINDING SOUND. PUMPED BRAKES TWICE AND BRAKES WERE NORMAL. THE BRAKES PADS, ROTORS, REAR BRAKES ARE OK. NO ABS FAILURE OR HYDRAULIC FAILURE LIGHTS ON DURING FAILURE. THE ROUGHT GRINDING SOUND HAS OCCURED BEFORE AT LOW SPEED, BUT BRAKES WERE NORMAL. MANY SIMILAR COMPAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE. IT'S TIME TO ACT. IS THIS ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867550August 11, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS CRACKED, CAUSING ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK ONTO ENGINE/ SMOKING AND NOISE OF THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726644August 4, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION IN OVERDRIVE, ENGINE RPM INCREASED, CAUSING CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866521August 1, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON WET SURFACE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKES WILL NOT WORK, AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724542June 26, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAD WASHED MY 1995 CHEVROLET CORSICA ON MAY 18TH 2000 AND HAD CLUMPS OF PAINT COMING OF THE CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERS. THEY HAD SAID THEY WILL NOT PAINT IT FOR FREE. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE. I DO NOT THINK I SHOULD BECAUSE IT IS A FACTOR DEFECT. I HAD A FRIEND LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THAT THE FACTOR PERSON DID NOT SAND IT DOWN BEFORE PAINTING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT ABOUT ANY RECALLS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR IF I MAY, PLEASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724544June 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WAS DRIVING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ABOUT 8 A.M FRIDAY(4/14/00), WHEN A LOUD BOOM NOISE FOLLOWED BY THICK BLACK SMOKE OCCURRED. CAR LOST POWER AND WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY GOT MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR AND CLEARED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. I COULD SEE SPARKS AND A TRAI8L OF OIL WHERE I HAD EXITED THE HIGHWAY. WHILE WALKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, I PHONED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THE CAR WAS. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOWING SERVICE AND THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. YET MY GM EXTENDED WARRANTY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT. THEY INSTEAD DECIDED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. WHEN TESTED THE REBUILT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. ANOTHER WEEK PASSED AND THEN UNDER THREAT, OF MY FILING A LAW SUIT, GM REPLACED THE ENGINE. I DIDN'T GET MY CAR BACK UNTIL MAY 15,00. ONE MONTH AFTER BOTH MY DEALER AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER SUBMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE ENGINE WITHOUT DOUBT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THOUGH I HAD A FULL WARRANTY AND COMPLETE CAR RENTAL FOR 15 DAYS, I HAD TO SHELL OUT OVER 300.00 DOLLARS BECAUSE GM DECIDED ARBITRARILY TO CUT THERE LOSSES BY DENYING ME EXTRA DAYS OF RENTAL WHICH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERS IF THE REPAIRS ARE LONGER THAN THE PRESCRIBED COVERAGE TIME DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THEIR ATTEMPT TO SAVE MONEY AFTER WASTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON AN UNRECOMMENDED, UNSUCCESSFUL REBUILD OF MY OLD ENGINE COST ME TIME, MONEY, AND LOSS OF WORK. AND TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE THE LOUD GROWLING AND RATTLING NOISES FROM MY TRANSMISSION WERE NOT FIXED. NOW THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, I CAN ONLY VOICE MY DISTASTE FOR HOW GM WILLINGLY TROUSED OVER ME AND MY RIGHTS. I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL DESCRIPTIONS ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN PAGES THAT DIRECTLY DESCRIBE THE ENGINE (SCORCHED CRANK AND SCARRED CAM AND VALVES) AND TRANSMISSION (GROWLING AND GRINDING NOISE) THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723713June 7, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BELIEVE THAT OTHER PARTS OF THE VEHICLE ARE RELIANT UPON THE PAINT STICKING TO THE BODY OF THE CAR AND MAY ALLOW ITEMS TO FALL OFF. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722176May 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE ABS HAS GONE ON TWICE - DEALER FAILED TO REPAIR, CLAIMED IT WAS THE "BULB"-BRAKES WERE REPLACE 4 TIMES IN 1 YEAR; THEN THE FROM ROTORS "ROTTED" AND BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THEN THE LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE - THE DAY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE RIGHT FROM CONTROL ARM BROKE. I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A GARAGE OTHER THAN THE DEALER - I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE PARTS DEALER SAID CHEVROLET RE-DESIGNED THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THEY HAD "NO COMPLAINTS". WELL, IT'S A SERIOUS ENOUGH DEFECT THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE COME OFF. I HAVE ASKED CHEVY FOR SOME TYPE OF RE-IMBURSMENT . I SPENT OVER $900.00 FOR REPAIRS. I'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711212April 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, TRAFFIC STOPPED BUT OUR CAR DID NOT. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED CORRECTLY AND WE HAD SPACE TO STOP BUT WE DID NOT AND REARENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF US. THE 2ND TIME THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED SUDDENLY. THE CAR JUST DID NOT STOP. MECHANICS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. GM RECALLED SUVS WITH THIS PROBLEM. IS THERE A RECALL PENDING FOR OUR VEHICLE? OR HOW DO WE GET THIS FIXED? *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0

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