Chevrolet Corsica Complaints (1996)

110 consumer complaints on file.

#857664February 29, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. NOTICED A PUDDLE UNDER VEHICLE. WATER WAS COMING OUT OF EXHAUST PIPE & THE MUFFLER. VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO PICK UP SPEED. ALSO, FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT OF ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED HEAD GASKETS WERE GONE. CONSUMER WANTS REFUND FOR PURCHASE OF PARTS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719218February 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS
THE COOLANT (GLYCOL+WATER) STARTED SPRAYING FROM A HOLE IN THE RUBBER HOSE (~1/4" DIA) WHICH RETURNS THE COOLANT TO THE TOP OF THE COOLANT TANK. THE GLYCOL THEN PARTLY DISSOLVED THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSE. I HAD BEEN SMELLING GLYCOL FOR MANY MONTHS. THEN A LOW COOLANT LIGHT CAME UP. I HAD THE HOSE REPLACED AT A MOBIL SERVICE STATION 2 TIMES, THIRD TIME AT A FIRESTONE STATION. AGAIN, YESTERDAY I FOUND ALMOST ALL THE COOLANT GONE, AND HOSE DAMAGED AGAIN. I REPLENISHED THE COOLANT, AND WILL TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER SOON. I THINK THAT I KNOW THE CAUSE: DEFECTIVE HOOD AND HOSE LOCATION: THE SPACE IS TOO TIGHT. SOME METAL PART OF THE HOOD COMPRESSES THE HOSE, AND THE HOT GLYCOL SOFTENS THE HOSE. THEN A HOLE DEVELOPES. IT PRESENTS 3 HAZARDS: 1) A FIRE/EXPLOSION CAN OCCUR BECAUSE FINE SPRAY OF GLYCOL CAN BURN. ALSO, THE LEAKING GLYCOL HAS SATURATED THE INSULATION UNDER THE HOOD, AND CAN BURN, 2) EXPOSURE TO CAR OCCUPANTS OF A CARCINOGEN, GLYCOL, 3) THE ENGINE CAN GET TOO HOT, AND CAN BE DAMAGED. I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT SOLUTION, BUT THINK THAT THE HOSE/TRUNK SPACE HAS TO BE ADJUSTED, AND A MORE COMPATIBLE HOSE MATERIAL HAS TO BE USED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855513January 24, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50-55 MPH, VEHICLE RAN OVER A PIECE OF TIRE TREAD FROM A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE TREAD CAUSED THE FUEL LINE TO BREAK, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK ON ROAD SIDE SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717734January 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 2 YEARS THE FIRST TIME THIS FAILED IT WAS APPROXIMATELY AT 32000 MI. IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND IT NOW HAS 58000 MI ON AND HAS FAILED AGAIN WHICH I KNOW IT SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS FOR THAT FEW MILES ON A VEHICLE. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT GM HAS CHEAPEND THIS MODEL. I HAD A 1990 CORISCA AND HAD NONE OF THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. THE DEALER WILL NOT SERVICE IT AND WANTS $650.00 IN REPAIR COSTS WHOSE TO SAY THAT WILL RESOLVE IT SINCE IT HAS FAILED 2 TIMES NOW. NO SAFETY DEFECT (S) MENTIONED INSUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716925January 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
CAR WILL SHUT DOWN SUDDENLY WHEN DRIVING, WILL NOT RESTART, HAPPENED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. HAVE TAKEN CAR TO MECHANICS 5 TIMES AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE WHOLE COMPUTER, THE EGR VALVE, AND REPLACED A GROUND WIRE TO TRY AND REMEDY MY CARS PROBLEM. ALSO DID NOT START UP ONCE, TRIED FOR 45 MINUTES TO GET TO START AND THEN IT FINALLY STARTED LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG. ALSO HAS DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS AND WHEN LIGHT KNOB IS NOT TURNED ON, LIGHTS WILL JUST COME ON BY THEMSELVES AND THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN BY THEMSELVES USUALLY ABOUT 4 OR 5 TIMES WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING ALONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715655December 5, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MY CAR INTERMITENTLY DOES NOT START OR QUITS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SERVICE CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND I AM SENT ON MY WAY FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IT FIRST STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 1998, A COMPUTER MODULE WAS CHANGED IN JANUARY OF 1999, BUT THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND AS I SAID, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR, AFRAID THAT IT WILL QUIT AND I WILL BE EITHER STRANDED OR INVOLVED IN A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715509December 1, 1999
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A FEW MONTHS BACK THE PAINT STARTED FLAKING OFF IN VARIOUS PLACES ON THE CAR. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S NOTHING DONE BY ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAR HASN'T BEEN ON BAD ROADS AND HAS BEEN TAKEN REALLY GOOD CARE OF. THE DAMAGE IS CLEARLY THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 1988 GRAND PRIX HAD, THAT WAS RECALLED. I OWNED A GRAND PRIX FROM THAT YEAR AND WAS GIVEN A PAINT JOB FOR NO CHARGE. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET HELP LINE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THE PAINT FOR 1996. AN OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T A RECALL, BUT THEY HAD RELEASED A SERVICE NOTICE ON THE PROBLEM. I CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS THAT TOLD ME THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS NOTICE. THIS IS CLEARLY DAMAGE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE FROM THE FACTORY. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE REGARDING THIS MATTER BEFORE TAKING FURTHER ACTION. I WOULD LIKE THE CAR REPAINTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852637November 8, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN TRAVELING ON AN INCLINE AT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713615October 20, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY
THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION TO THE OWNER SINCE HE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHILE IN THE ARMY. WHEN THE CHEVROLET COMPANY WAS FINALLY NOTIFIED THEY STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE SINCE THE CAR HAD MORE THAN 32,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. SINCE THE REPORT WAS FILED WITH CHEVROLET, THE AUTHOR HAS NOTED MANY OTHER CORSICAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST CHEVROLET VEHICLE I'VE OWNED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#850941October 18, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN ABS BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, WOULD GET STRANGE NOISES & PULSATION. PUSHING ON BRAKES PEDAL, IT WOULD PUSH FOOT BACK UP. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER & HAD PADS & ROTORS CHANGED. STILL NOISE PERSISTS. WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT NOW IS CONSTANT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713243October 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK OF PINK FLUID THINKING IT WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND HE PUT A NEW TRASMISSION GASKET ON BUT DIDNOT STOP THE LEAK COME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS ALL COMING FROM THE HEAD GASGET WHICH SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ALOT LONGER THEN 45,000 MILES AND I THINK CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY TO REPLACE IT WHICH WILL COST $450.00
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849084September 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD THEY LOCK UP, AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848940September 28, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY
WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 70MPH WHILE CONSUMER WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, AND THE GLOVE BOX DRAWER DISLODGED AND HIT SON WHO BROKE HIS NOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#710821September 1, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
ABS LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE ALTERNATOR IS DEAD, REPLACED ALTERNATOR THREE TIMES, CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN THE ALTERNATOR *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547959August 18, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ON THREE OCCASIONS THE FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO DECELERATE FROM 60 MPH TO 25 MPH RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED COLLISION. HOWEVER THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 77-63-04 FOR 1994-1998 VEHICLES DESCRIBING THE SAME FAILURE. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710066August 16, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
AIR FLOW SENSOR TO ENGINE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN DAMAGED WHEN AIR FILTERS WERE CHANGED BY MECHANICS COSTING 365.00 TO REPLACE. THIS CAUSES ACCELORATION PROBLEMS THAT MAY CAUSE ACCIDENTS SINCE IT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND YOU HAVE NO POWER TO ACCELERATE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844108August 2, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES STUTTER AND PULSATE WITH EXTENDING STOPPING TIME.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547616July 29, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
ON THREE OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM, ON ONE OCCASION THE FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM LOCKED-UP ALMOST CAUSING A COLLISION, HOWEVER CONSUMER RECEIVED SERVICE BULLETIN 77-63-04, WHICH HAS THE SAME FAILURES. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547348July 19, 1999
STRUCTURE
WATER LEAKS INSIDE TH VEHICLE WHEN IT RAINS CAUSING WATER IN THE FLOORBOARD AND A BAD ODOR. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842083July 12, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHUCKS ALONG AND DIES DOWN. THIS WAS DUE TO A FUEL INJECTOR STICKING IN THE OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION. FUEL INJECTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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