Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Chevrolet Corsica submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 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
FOUR BOLTS ATTACHING REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY WERE LOOSE CAUSING BRAKE LINE TO FAIL AT BRAKE CYLINDER ASSEMBLY. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF BRAKE FLUID AND DIMINISHED BRAKING. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED PRIOR TO TOTAL DEPLETION OF BRAKE FLUID.
WITHIN 16 MONTHS HAVE HAD TO REPLACE LEFT REAR BRAKE DRUM 3 TIMES BECAUSE THE DRUM GETS WARPED OUT OF ROUND. THE MECHANIC HAS INDICATED THAT ON THAT PARTICULAR GM STYLE CAR, THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM, INDICATING THAT THE PARTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED WITH SUFFICIENT STRENGTH TO WITHSTAND THE BRAKING. THE LAST OF THE 3 TIMES WAS ONLY 3 WEEKS AFTER THE PREVIOUS REPLACMENT.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY ON WET PAVEMENT ABS SYSTEM FAILED TO ACTIVATE, CAUSING A COLLISION TO OCCUR. *AK THE ABS TEST WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS STARTED SHOWS THAT THE ABS IS WORKING BUT WHEN DRIVING, THE ABS FAILS. *YH
HEATER CORE LEAKING ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD, DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC
THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON, INDICATING ABS BRAKE FAILURE WHICH CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETALIS. *AK
CONSUMER CAN BE DRIVING AND LOSE BRAKE POWER. SO IN ORDER TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN, HAS TO PULL TO SIDE. EVENTUALLY VEHICLE WILL STOP WITHIN 1 MINUTE. PUSHWS BRAKES TO FLOOR. *AK
ENGINE HAS HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS0, THE VEHICLE STILL RUNS SLUGGISH AND IS NOISY.
THE ROTORS AND DRUMS MALFUNCTION EVERY 10,000 MILES, NEED TO BE REPLACED . *AK
BRAKE WEAR OUT IN FRONT AND BACK , PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FAILURE OF THE FRONT BRAKE PADS, CONSUMER NEEDS TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS EVERY TWO MONTHS. *AK
ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, BRAKE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. TT BRAKES FEELS LIKE EMERGENCY BRAKES ARE COMING ON, CLUTCH JERKS AHEAD WHEN VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP, VEHICLE LUNGES AHEAD, CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT REAR BRAKE DRUMS AND SHOES NEED TO BE REPLACED.*JB
PROBLEM WITH ABS BRAKES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
AT SLOW SPEED WITH LIGHT PEDAL, EXPERIENCING LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, REPLACE R/F CHANNEL SENSOR AND SENSOR HARNESS, ABS BRAKE SYSTEM. TT
REPLACED SQUEALING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS.
WAS DRIVING TRY TO STOP THERE WAS NO BRAKE IN WET WEATHER HAS ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE. 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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