1996 Chevrolet Corsica Brakes Problems

(1) FOR OVER A YEAR NOW MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ON 1998 CHEVROLET CORSICA HAVE FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN RAINY WET CONDITIONS. I CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHEN RAINY OR WET. THE BRAKES CATCH AND RELEASE REPEATEDLY EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE CAR TO SLIDE (THIS EVEN HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING 10 MPH). AFTER THE FIRST 15 STOPS IT WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN TO STOP WITHOUT DOING THIS. BUT IN THE CASE OF THE ACCIDENT I HAD BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 MINUTES AND THE CAR FAILED TO STOP. (2) I WAS DRIVING 20 MPH WITH 3-4 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN MYSELF AND CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE BRAKES DID NOT STOP IN TIME. I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. (3) I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER ON 3 OCCASSIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES. THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. IF THAT WERE THE CASE, WE WOULD ALL BE DEAD. THE FIRST 3 YEARS THAT I HAD THE VEHICLE IT DID NOT DO THIS, SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS NOT WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I EVEN HAD THE DEALERSHIP SIGN A PAPER STATING THAT HE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, SO THAT I WILL HAVE WHEN I DO HAVE TO HANDLE THIS IN A LEGAL MANNER. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCING THE BRAKE FAILURE, MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE BRAKES ARE DANGEROUS BUT THAT HE CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM WHEN HE TAKES THEM APART. THEREFORE HE CANNOT FIX IT.*AK

NHTSA ID

10068264

Incident

Feb 6, 2004

ALL 4 BRAKES WENT OUT, NO PEDDLE, GARAGE FOUND DIRTY SENSORS ONLY, REST ALL GOOD. MASTER CLY. FULL, PULLED ABS FUSE, GOOD, REPLACED, THEN HAD PEDDLE BUT HAD GARAGE CHECK IT AS THATS WERE I STOPPED WITH NO BRAKES. SIMILAR PROB. 2 YEARS EARLIER ON FORD EXPLORER. FORMER US GOVT. CAR. *AK

NHTSA ID

749813

Incident

Jul 19, 2001

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THEY PULSATE, THEN THERE IS A SKIPPING SOUND. THIS HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED.*AK

NHTSA ID

889793

Incident

Jan 15, 2001

BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR FAILURE DUE TO ELECRTICAL PROBLEMS, THREE TIMES PRIOR TO 50,000 MILES. *JB

NHTSA ID

785370

FUSE #9 ON THE VEHICLE KEEPS REPETEDLY BLOWING OUT RENDERING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, THE AIRBAG, THE POWER LOCKS,THE POWER LIGHTS, THE REAR DEFOGGER, THE A/C BLOWER,ANDTHE INSTRUMENT PANEL INOPERABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 5 SEPARATE TIMES FOR REPAIRS FOR THE AFORMENTIONED PROBLEM. DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL SAFETY FEATURES ON THE VEHICLE BECOME DISABLED, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS SAFE TO DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM, AND HAS ALSO SUBLET THE VEHICLE TO 3 OTHER CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. I AM A PREGNANT MOM WITH 3 CHILDREN....SAFETY IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE!!!!!!!

NHTSA ID

742442

Incident

May 3, 1999

CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN DRIVING REAR OF VEHICLE WAS SWAYING ON ROAD. CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER NOTICED LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS OUT OF POSITION, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK CONSUMER STATES SHE DID CONTACT DEALER, CONSUMER WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP TO HAVE WORK PERFORMED.CONSUMER ALSO HAD FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.*JB

NHTSA ID

882702

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

AFTER REPLACING THE ORIGINAL FRONT ROTORS AND PADS THE BRAKES BEGAN TO SHUTTER SHORTLY AFTER THE BRAKE JOB. THE ONLY SOLUTION OFFERED BY THE MECHANIC AT CHEVY GARAGE WAS TO TURN ROTORS. THIS WORKS FOR SHORT PERIOD AND STARTS UP AGAIN. THE MECHANIC STATED THE ROTORS ARE TOO SMALL FOR THE VEHICLE AND THE HEAT CAUSES WARPING. THE ORIGINAL BRAKES DID NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL COMPLETELY WORN OUT. I HAVE PUT 2 SETS OF DISC AND NEW PADS ON AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK

NHTSA ID

721227

WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ENTIRE RECALL HISTORY OF THIS CAR, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT I HAVE IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A DRIVER'S ED CAR WITH MANY STUDENTS JUST STARTING HOW TO DRIVE. I ORIGINALLY FOUND OUT THAT THRER WERE A LARGE NUMBER OF RECALLS FROM MIDAS MUFFLER WHEN I WENT IN TO HAVE THE CAR SERVICES. I HAD THE BRAKES DONE COMPLETELY, THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS REPLACED (BOTH SIDES). THE BACK WHEEL BEARNINGS NEED TO BE DONE VERY SOON. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THESE ARE PART OF THE RECALL.

NHTSA ID

711221

BRAKING PROBLEMS: BRAKES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY AND RUINING ROTORS VEHICLE HAD ABNORMAL VIBRATIONS WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE...FOUND THAT THE CALIPERS/BUSHINGS WERE TOO LONG SHAVED OFF 1/4 INCH AND IT CURED THE PROBLEM ...THEY WERE DRAGGING CONSTANTLY AS A RESULT...HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE THIS WAS DONE. LIGHTING: HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WHILE NIGHT DRIVING...WHEN PUTTING ON THE HIGH BEAMS I HAVE LOST ALL LIGHTING INSIDE AND OUT...ONCE U SWITCH BACK PROBLEM IS CURED THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND IT IS SHOCKING WHEN U CAN'T SEE...DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME... ALTERNATOR: HAD TO BE REPLACED AFTER CAR WAS IN MY POSSESSION FOR ONE YEAR...ALSO BATTERY AS A RESULT...ENGINE COOLANT: EXPERIENCED MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON IN THE MORNINGS APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE...CHECK COOLANT RESEVOIR AND IT IS EMPTY...PLACED COOLANT IN AND AGAIN THIS MORNING SAME THING ...REPLACED COOLANT...DROVE TO DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE SOMEWHERE AND OIL LEVEL WAS 2 QUARTS ABOVE NORMAL WHICH MEANT THAT COOLANT WAS IN THE OIL...AWAITING DIAGNOSIS POSSIBLE A INTAKE GASKET, HEAD GASKET, OR CRACKED BLOCK ....SUMMARY: IN A NUT SHELL I HAVE HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE I PAID GOOD MONEY FOR SOME OF WHICH COULD BE MAJOR SAFETY ISSUES....I HAVE 70,281 MILES ON THIS CAR AND I KEEP UP ON ALL MAINTENANCE....VERY UPSET AND AWAITING A BETTER PROGNOSIS FOR THE FUTURE! *AK

NHTSA ID

711148

WHEN ABS BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, WOULD GET STRANGE NOISES & PULSATION. PUSHING ON BRAKES PEDAL, IT WOULD PUSH FOOT BACK UP. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER & HAD PADS & ROTORS CHANGED. STILL NOISE PERSISTS. WAS INTERMITTENT, BUT NOW IS CONSTANT. *AK

NHTSA ID

850941

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD THEY LOCK UP, AND THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS TEST DRIVEN THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

849084

ABS LIGHT COMES ON THEN THE ALTERNATOR IS DEAD, REPLACED ALTERNATOR THREE TIMES, CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM OTHER THAN THE ALTERNATOR *AK

NHTSA ID

710821

BRAKES STUTTER AND PULSATE WITH EXTENDING STOPPING TIME.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

844108

Incident

Aug 2, 1999

CAR IS INTERMITTENTLY STALLING/LACKS FOR GAS THEN ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY, WHINING UPON TURNING STEERING WHEEL, PAINT CHIPPING ON DOOR FRAMES

NHTSA ID

708501

Incident

May 22, 1999

FRONT END NOISY DUE TO PREMATURE WEA ROF THE BRAKES. *AK

NHTSA ID

703421

FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

831993

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, NEARLY RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

831992

VEHICLE ON WET PAVEMENT AND JERKS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE OCCURS. DEALER CONTACTED AND ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROBLEMS CAN RESULT IN SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. *AK

NHTSA ID

827776

Incident

Sep 1, 1997

OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES THEY SKIP, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP AND GO INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE ALSO HAS UNKNOWN VIBRATION IN STEERING. *AK

NHTSA ID

824762

BOTH FRONT BRAKE PADS FAILED.

NHTSA ID

604419

BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP 3 TIMES.

NHTSA ID

515250