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 1994 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
HAD STARTED TO TURN A CORNER, AND WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. POSSIBLE INDICATION WAS FIRE IN STEERING. DRIVER DIED. POLICE REPORT.*AK
TURN SIGNALS ACTIVATED, SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN. TURN SIGNAL ERRATIC, NOT SHUTTING OFF. THEN ON NEXT SLIGHT TURN OF WHEEL, TURN SIGNALS ACTIVATED THEMSELVES IN DIRECTION OF TURN. ODOR OF BURNING FROM STEERING COLUMN.
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARK CAN TURN ON IGNITION SWITCH AND VEHICLE WILL JUMP FOWARD. PROBLEM COULD HAPPEN EVERY OTHER DAY.*AK *SLC
SMOKE WAS COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, SIGNALS STOPPED WORKING, BATTERY WILL NOT KEEP CHARGE. DEALER FOUND ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. *AK
SERVICE BULLETINS ON IGNITION/SIGNAL SWITCH MALFUNCTION - SEVERAL ON FILE. REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP. ALSO DISC BREAKS CONTINUOUSLY NEED REPLACING AROUND 12,000 MILES. MANUFACTURER DISC AND ROTORS. NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY.
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN RESULTING IN BURNING/SMOKE. MJS
ON THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH PROBLEM-WHEN USING THE SWITCH TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT IT STARTS TO SMOKE AT THE STEERING COLUMN, ON THE IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED ON TO START CAR, ALL THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS COME ON NORMALLY ,BUT THE CAR DOES NOT START. IT IS NOT A STARTER PROBLEM. BACK TRUNK LATCH SWITCH DOES NOT OPERATE, ON THE DOOR LOCK PROBLEM WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF THE ELECTRIC DOORS INTERMITTENTLY DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCK. *AK
THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 1994, HAS REPLACED THREE ALTERNATORS, ALONG WITH THREE BATTERIES. IN ADDITION, WATER LEAKS FROM THE RADIATOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AUTO IT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED THE WIRING SYSTEM. IT ALSO MELTED THE HOSES. *AK
CONSUMER STATES THAT INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED SMOKE COMES FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *SLC
THE CABLE CAME DEATACHED FROM THE BATTERY, CAUSING THE POWER DOOR AND POWER WINDOWS TO BE IN THE LOCKED POSITION, RESULTING IN THE OCCUPANT BEING LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER WAS UNABLE MANUEL OPEN THE DOORS.
AT SLOW SPEED THE CAR STALLS AND SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEED IT ALSO STALLS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, SUDDENLY HOT LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, WENT FOR HELP, RETURNED/VEHICLE ENGULFED WITH FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERHOOD, NO WARNING, CAUSE UNKOWN, ENTIRE FRONT COMPLETELY BURNT. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT, UNDER THE HOOD, SMELL OF WIRING BURNING WHILE DRIVING. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, RESULTING IN BRAKE AND STEERING LOSS, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK
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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