Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. 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. 13 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
CAR STARTING STALLING AND SMOKING. THEN ACCELERATOR WENT TO THE FLOOR OF THE CAR. BLACK SMOKE STARTING COMING OUT, THEN FLAMES. CAR DESTROYED. FIREMEN AND POLICE SAID IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK
SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN DUE TO A FIRE. NO WARRANTY WAS DRIVING AT 10-15MPH. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING SMELLED SMOKE. PULLED UP HOOD AND VEHICLE WAS BURNING. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ELECTRICAL FIRE/SMOKE CAME OUT AT THE STEERING COLUMN IN THE HAZARDOUS WARNING LIGHT AREA. *SLC
WHEN VEHICLE SITS FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BETWEEN 45-50, THE BATTERY WILL DIE OUT DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE WIRING THAT CONNECTS TO THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND ABS SYSTEMS, CAUSED WIRING TO SMOKE. *AK
THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH HAD A SHORT AND SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. DEALER REPLACED LEFT TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. *AK
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN SWITCH, THERE WAS NO FIRE PRESENT JUST SMOKE. ALSO THE WIRES MELTED, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS OUT ON THIS INCIDENT. BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTION CAUSES THE FUSE CONTROLLING THE BLOWER FOR THE HVAC TO FAIL IF: BLOWER IS SET ON HIGH WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED OR OTHER DEMANDS ARE PLACED ON VEHICLE.
DIFFICULTY ACCESSING HORN IN A TIMELY MANNER.
WHILE PARKING, WAS TOLD BY PASSERBY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, FAILED ALL ATTEMPTS TO DISTINGUISH FIRE WITH WATER, CAUSED ELECTRICAL SHORT; PUT OUT BY FIRE DEPT. *AK
STEERING COLUMN WILL SMOKE INTERMITTENTLY W/CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNER AWARE OF FAULTY TURN SIGNAL FAILURES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHILE PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
REPLACED SQUEALING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS.
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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