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1992 Chevrolet Corsica Interior & seats Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Interior & seats reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
11
Latest Aug 26, 1999
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
9%
of 125 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
3
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Chevrolet Corsica submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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.

Owner reports naming interior

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

ElectricalInterior & seats
Filed Aug 26, 1999

ON 8/10/99 FUSE BLEW THAT CONTROLLED SIGNAL LIGHTS/BACK UP LIGHTS.REPLACED FUSE AND IT WORKED FOR A FEW DAYS. THEN FUSE BLEW EACH TIME CAR WAS BACKED UP.TOOK TO PEP BOYS AND WAS TOLD CAR WAS FIXED BUT FUSE #5 KEPT BLOWING AND THEN SMOKE CAME OUT OF STERRING WHEEL COLUMN.SMELL OF BURNING WIRES BUT NOT FLAME.AFRAID OF AIR BAG(DOES NOT DEPLOY) AND SMOKE. NEED CAR REPAIRED AS IT IS MY SOLE SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. I AM RENTING CAR AT THE MOMENT AND CANNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE. TAKING CAR TO DOBLES CHEVROLET TOMORROW HOPING PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED AT MINIMAL COST AS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF SAME TYPE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID
710581
Incident
Aug 25, 1999
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 23, 1996

FAILURE OF THE HOOD LATCH AND THE SAFETY LATCH, THE HOOD FLEW AND CAUSE DAMAGES THE VEHICLE AND BRAKING THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

NHTSA ID
979668
Incident
Feb 22, 1996
Interior & seats
Filed Dec 7, 1995

SMOKE WAS BEING EMITTED FROM STEERING COLUMN. TT

NHTSA ID
976282
Incident
Aug 1, 1995
Interior & seats
Filed Aug 14, 1995
Fire reported

STEERING COLUMN SMOKES, WHILE DRIVING. TT

NHTSA ID
970393
Incident
Aug 14, 1995
ElectricalInterior & seats
Filed Jul 11, 1995
Fire reported

NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK CONSUMER STATES THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *SLC

NHTSA ID
968590
Incident
May 3, 1994
Interior & seats
Filed Jun 5, 1995

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE AND ODOR COMES FROM STEERING COLUMN; NO VISIBLE FIRE; CAUSE UNKNOWN. TT

NHTSA ID
966266
Incident
Jun 3, 1995
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 27, 1995

POSSIBLE WIRING PROBLEMS, CAUSING TURN SIGNAL SWITCH/HAZARD LIGHT FLASHERS TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO BURNING SMELL FROM STEERING COLUMN. *TW

NHTSA ID
482663
Incident
Mar 27, 1995
BrakesInterior & seats
Filed Mar 22, 1995

ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, REPLACED SYSTEM TWICE. TT

NHTSA ID
962402
Incident
Aug 1, 1994
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 2, 1995

TURNED ON IGNITION; SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN; FIRE HAZARD; SHORT IN SYSTEM. TT

NHTSA ID
960973
Incident
Jul 15, 1994
Interior & seats
Filed Mar 2, 1995
Fire reported

STEERING WHEEL COLUMN UNDER DASH FIRES, INTERMITTENTLY OCCUR WHILE DRIVE OR PARKED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE PE94-062 ACTIVE. TT

NHTSA ID
960968
Incident
Jan 1, 1995
BrakesInterior & seats
Filed Feb 28, 1995

DRIVER'S SIDE, PLASTIC BRACKET WHICH ANCHORS SEAT TO POST BROKE, CAUSING ERRATIC MOVEMENT FORWARD AND REARWARD. TT

NHTSA ID
960782
Incident
Feb 27, 1995

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Brakes55Airbags16Exterior lighting16Steering13Electrical11

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

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