1995 Chevrolet Corsica Problems

WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP. THE DEALER STATED THE ELECTRONIC MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WOULD COST $1000. *AK *PH *JB

ABS % CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. *AK

O.K. FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WAS STRONG RADIATOR SMELL. REPLACED ADIATOR DUE TO CRACK, STILL HAD ODOR, THEN FILM ON WINDSHIELD, NO HEAT,JUST COLD AIR. PRECEPITATION ON INSIDE WINDOWS, WET FLOORBOARD. GUSHING LEAK FROM HEATER CORE. REPLACED WATER PUMP & HEATER CORE. STILL SMELLING VERY STRONG RADIATOR FLUID, GURGLING SOUND AT START UP AND TURN OFF. LOSING RADIATOR FLUID, BUT NO LEAKS. FLUID COMES FROM UNDER CAP (REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY) AT TIMES AND HAS OVERHEATED TWICE. THERMOSTAT HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. RADIATOR SMELL IS ENOUGH TO CHOKE YOU.

MY CAR WAS MADE IN 95 I BOUGHT IT IN 96. IN AUGUST OF 01 THE CAR ENGINE WAS ALL MESSED UP. ONE DAY IT STOPPED RUNNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. THE BODY SHOP SAID A LIST OF THINGS WERE WRONG. I HAVE JUST FINISHED PAYING FOR IT IN FEB. 2003. BUT HAVE NOT BEEN DRIVING IT SINCE AUG. 2001. CANT AFFORD TO FIX IT.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR THREE MONTHS. WHILE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THE OWNER HIT A DIP IN THE ROAD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN 15 MPH. ONCE DRIVEN FURTHER ABOUT 1/2 MILE, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE OWNER SUFFERED FACIAL AND CHEST INJURIES WHICH A STROKE FOLLOWED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. MR

THE CAR WAS SOLD TO SOMEONE WHO ROLLS BACK ODOMETERS AND FLIPS THE VEHICLES FOR A HIGHER PRICE. HTTP://BLOOMINGTON.CRAIGSLIST.ORG/CTO/4045221557.HTML HTTP://BLOOMINGTON.CRAIGSLIST.ORG/CTO/3990259911.HTML ## VIN PASSED ## CHEVY CORSICA 1995 ## *TR

WENT THROUGH 3 ALTERNATOR IN 8 MONTHS. SUSPECT ELECTRICAL ISSUES. AS THE PARTS STORE WARRANTED I DIDN'T PAY FOR ANY OF THOSE, BUT THE ALTERNATOR KEPT BURNING OUT UNTIL THEY REPLACED USING A MUCH BETTER MODEL THAN STANDARD. *JB

SEVERE PEELING OF THE PAINT JOB WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MAJOR RUSTING OF THE BODY. PEELING HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR MANY YEARS SINCE CARS PURCHASE. *JB

WHEN THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF, THE DOORS ALL UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY. NOT ONLY IS THIS A MAJOR THREAT TO OUR SAFETY, THIS IS THE THIRD OCCASION ON WHICH MY CHILD'S FINGER HAS BEEN BADLY PINCHED AS SHE WAS TRYING TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AT THE VERY SAME MOMENT WHEN THEY AUTOMATICALLY UNLOCKED THEMSELVES. I HOPE THIS HAS STOPPED - VERY BAD IDEA!!!

WHILE DRIVING, THE HOOD LATCH DISENGAGED CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY OPEN AND STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD AND ROOF OF THE VEHICLE (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE SEAT CAME OFF THE BOLTS AND TURNED SIDEWAYS. *SLC

GM REFUSES TO OCOVER HEAD GASKET REPAIR FOR MORE THAN 12K MILES ON CORSICA, EVEN THOUGH CAVALIER WITH SAME ENGINE IS COVERED IN RECALL FOR 7 YEARS OR 100000 MILES, HEADGASKET HAD TO BE DONE 2X, GM FAILED TO CHANGE OIL AND FILTER AND FAILED TO MILL HEAD AS REQUIRED ON HEAD GASKET REPAIR, GM REFUSES TO FIX LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND TORN CARPET, GM REFUSES TO FIX LOOSE CALIPER BOLT PROBLEM, GM REFUSES TO FIX SEAT BELT PROBLEM

FRONT DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT BUCKLE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

O.K. FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WAS STRONG RADIATOR SMELL. REPLACED ADIATOR DUE TO CRACK, STILL HAD ODOR, THEN FILM ON WINDSHIELD, NO HEAT,JUST COLD AIR. PRECEPITATION ON INSIDE WINDOWS, WET FLOORBOARD. GUSHING LEAK FROM HEATER CORE. REPLACED WATER PUMP & HEATER CORE. STILL SMELLING VERY STRONG RADIATOR FLUID, GURGLING SOUND AT START UP AND TURN OFF. LOSING RADIATOR FLUID, BUT NO LEAKS. FLUID COMES FROM UNDER CAP (REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY) AT TIMES AND HAS OVERHEATED TWICE. THERMOSTAT HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. RADIATOR SMELL IS ENOUGH TO CHOKE YOU.

GM REFUSES TO OCOVER HEAD GASKET REPAIR FOR MORE THAN 12K MILES ON CORSICA, EVEN THOUGH CAVALIER WITH SAME ENGINE IS COVERED IN RECALL FOR 7 YEARS OR 100000 MILES, HEADGASKET HAD TO BE DONE 2X, GM FAILED TO CHANGE OIL AND FILTER AND FAILED TO MILL HEAD AS REQUIRED ON HEAD GASKET REPAIR, GM REFUSES TO FIX LEAKING WINDSHIELD AND TORN CARPET, GM REFUSES TO FIX LOOSE CALIPER BOLT PROBLEM, GM REFUSES TO FIX SEAT BELT PROBLEM

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO PARK POSITION DURING COLD WEATHER AND THE IGNITION KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED. NLM

WAS DRIVING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ABOUT 8 A.M FRIDAY(4/14/00), WHEN A LOUD BOOM NOISE FOLLOWED BY THICK BLACK SMOKE OCCURRED. CAR LOST POWER AND WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY GOT MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR AND CLEARED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. I COULD SEE SPARKS AND A TRAI8L OF OIL WHERE I HAD EXITED THE HIGHWAY. WHILE WALKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, I PHONED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THE CAR WAS. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOWING SERVICE AND THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. YET MY GM EXTENDED WARRANTY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT. THEY INSTEAD DECIDED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. WHEN TESTED THE REBUILT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. ANOTHER WEEK PASSED AND THEN UNDER THREAT, OF MY FILING A LAW SUIT, GM REPLACED THE ENGINE. I DIDN'T GET MY CAR BACK UNTIL MAY 15,00. ONE MONTH AFTER BOTH MY DEALER AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER SUBMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE ENGINE WITHOUT DOUBT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THOUGH I HAD A FULL WARRANTY AND COMPLETE CAR RENTAL FOR 15 DAYS, I HAD TO SHELL OUT OVER 300.00 DOLLARS BECAUSE GM DECIDED ARBITRARILY TO CUT THERE LOSSES BY DENYING ME EXTRA DAYS OF RENTAL WHICH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERS IF THE REPAIRS ARE LONGER THAN THE PRESCRIBED COVERAGE TIME DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THEIR ATTEMPT TO SAVE MONEY AFTER WASTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON AN UNRECOMMENDED, UNSUCCESSFUL REBUILD OF MY OLD ENGINE COST ME TIME, MONEY, AND LOSS OF WORK. AND TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE THE LOUD GROWLING AND RATTLING NOISES FROM MY TRANSMISSION WERE NOT FIXED. NOW THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, I CAN ONLY VOICE MY DISTASTE FOR HOW GM WILLINGLY TROUSED OVER ME AND MY RIGHTS. I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL DESCRIPTIONS ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN PAGES THAT DIRECTLY DESCRIBE THE ENGINE (SCORCHED CRANK AND SCARRED CAM AND VALVES) AND TRANSMISSION (GROWLING AND GRINDING NOISE) THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. *AK

THE BLINKER ASSEMBLY INSIDE THE STEERING COLUMN (THAT TURNS THE BLINKERS ON/OFF) BROKE OFF WHILE ENGAGED. YOU CANNOT DIM/ENGAGE YOUR HIGHBEAMS WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN BECAUSE THE SWITCH (THE BLIKER ARM) HITS THE STEERING WHEEL.

AIR BAG LIGHTS KEEP COMMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHAKES ON START AND WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AT IDLE, THE SMELL OF GAS FILLS THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKES PULSATE, SIGNALS RARELY WORK.

CONSUMER STATE WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD WHEN THE ACCELARATOR WENT DOWN ON THE FLOOR BY IT SELF WITH OUT THE CONSUMER BEEN ABLE TO BRAKE CAUSING A ACCIDENT. NLM

WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION IN OVERDRIVE, ENGINE RPM INCREASED, CAUSING CAR TO LURCH FORWARD. *AK

THE RACK AND PINION FAILED, WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO PULL OVER. *JB

TEMPERATURE GAUGE RISES, AND COOLANT SQUIRTS OUT ON OUTSIDE OF ENGINE. ALSO, WHEN BELTS GET WET THERE'S NO POWER STEERING. *AK THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND WAS REPLACED. *YH

THE ABS HAS GONE ON TWICE - DEALER FAILED TO REPAIR, CLAIMED IT WAS THE "BULB"-BRAKES WERE REPLACE 4 TIMES IN 1 YEAR; THEN THE FROM ROTORS "ROTTED" AND BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THEN THE LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE - THE DAY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE RIGHT FROM CONTROL ARM BROKE. I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A GARAGE OTHER THAN THE DEALER - I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE PARTS DEALER SAID CHEVROLET RE-DESIGNED THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THEY HAD "NO COMPLAINTS". WELL, IT'S A SERIOUS ENOUGH DEFECT THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE COME OFF. I HAVE ASKED CHEVY FOR SOME TYPE OF RE-IMBURSMENT . I SPENT OVER $900.00 FOR REPAIRS. I'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

AIR BAG LIGHTS KEEP COMMING ON AND THEN GOING OFF. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHAKES ON START AND WHILE DRIVING. WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AT IDLE, THE SMELL OF GAS FILLS THE VEHICLE. ALSO, BRAKES PULSATE, SIGNALS RARELY WORK.

SEVERAL TECHNICAL BULLETINS EXIST REGARDING MY COMPLAINTS

STEERING WHEEL MADE POPPING NOISES WHILE TURNING LEFT/RIGHT. WINDSHIELD WIPERS MAKE NOISE. HAD TRANSMISSION CHANGED. HAD PROBLEMS WITH REAR AXLE AND NEEDED REPLACING. *AK

REGARDING FIRESTONE TIRES P195/70R14 DOT: 25301791204. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH LEFT FRONT TIRE ON 1995, CHEVROLET, CORSICA SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION WITH APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS 85 DEGREES AND ABOVE VEHICLE WILL STALL. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCUR. , DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM. *AK