Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Chevrolet Corsica submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM BEHIND, BY A STANDARD 83 CHEVROLET TRUCK PICKUP(3/4 TON). DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S SEAT CAME OFF THE TRACK. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRAIN THE DRIVER, AND DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN FIRST NOTED ON 5/95 - REPAIRED AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN (SECOND TIME). ON 1/6/99 NOTICE SMOKE AFTER CAR WAS STARTED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED VEHICLE THE FIRST TIME TO SEE IF MAYBE THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR DEFECTED EQUIPMENT. THEY STATED THERE WERE NONE. ALSO, I WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE 12,000/12 MOS. WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY NOW. AS STATED EARLIER THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN FOUR YEARS THAT I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO NOTICED ON THE WEB THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND YEAR.
HOOD LATCH FAILED TO ENGAGE AND FLEW OPEN AT 50 MPH AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD.
DRIVER SEAT BROKE, WENT INTO RECLINING POSITION WHILE DRIVING. *AK
WIRING HARNESS UNDER DASH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE.
SMOKE CAME FR UNDER DASH. IT SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT WITH BURNING INSULATION. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT FAILED. *DH
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT ROCKS WHEN ACCELERATING. HAD TO CLAMP IT DOWN. *AK
SEATS FAILED.
ELECTRICAL FIRE ORIGINATING UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE DASH. *SD
LEFT TURN INDICATOR SWITCH BECAME INOPERATIVE, LATER CAUGHT ON FIRE. TT
SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING. TT
STEERING COLUMN SMOKE. TT
STEERING COLUMN STARTED TO SMOKE ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTER CAR IS STARTED, EXPERIENCED SMELL OF ELECTRICAL WIRING. TT
SMOKE COMES OUT OF STEERING COLUMN WHEN TURNING WHEEL HARD. DEALER CAN NOT DETECT WHATS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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