1996 Chevrolet Corsica

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/29/2014· FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON A DAILY BASIS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

• 12/26/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, FORCING CONSUMER TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD. THEN, WAITING FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND VEHICLE STARTED. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT START, THEN NEXT DAY IT WILL START LIKE ALWAYS. *AK THE CAUSE FOR THE VEHICLE STALLING WAS DETERMIND TO BE COMPUTER FAILURE. *YH

• 12/19/1996· SEATS

  SEAT DESIGN PREVENTS STRAIGHT POSTURE.

• 12/17/2007· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD DEFECT. CONSUMERS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE GASKET FAILURE ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. WHEN HIS FAILED IT CAUSED ENGINE COOLANT TO GET INTO THE OIL PAN. *KB

• 12/15/2000· STRUCTURE

  WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH DEALER WHO QUOTE "IT IS TYPICAL GM PAINT PEELING" BUT REFUSED TO REPAIR. ALSO SPOKE WITH GM CUSTOMER HOT LINE TO NO AVAIL. GM HAS REFUSED TO HONOR THEIR OWN POLICY AS SHOWN IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH CAS.NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

• 12/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

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

• 12/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 12/05/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. DEALER REPLACED DIFFERENTIAL SENSOR , BUT PROBLEM STILL RECURRING. *AK

• 12/05/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MY CAR INTERMITENTLY DOES NOT START OR QUITS WHILE DRIVING. DEALER SERVICE CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM AND I AM SENT ON MY WAY FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IT FIRST STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 1998, A COMPUTER MODULE WAS CHANGED IN JANUARY OF 1999, BUT THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND AS I SAID, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR, AFRAID THAT IT WILL QUIT AND I WILL BE EITHER STRANDED OR INVOLVED IN A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

• 12/04/1996· POWER TRAIN

  THE 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH THE OPTION CALLED SKIP SHIFT, DISTRACTS FROM THE DRIVER.

• 12/01/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  A FEW MONTHS BACK THE PAINT STARTED FLAKING OFF IN VARIOUS PLACES ON THE CAR. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S NOTHING DONE BY ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE MANUFACTURER. THE CAR HASN'T BEEN ON BAD ROADS AND HAS BEEN TAKEN REALLY GOOD CARE OF. THE DAMAGE IS CLEARLY THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 1988 GRAND PRIX HAD, THAT WAS RECALLED. I OWNED A GRAND PRIX FROM THAT YEAR AND WAS GIVEN A PAINT JOB FOR NO CHARGE. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET HELP LINE TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THE PAINT FOR 1996. AN OPERATOR TOLD ME THAT THERE WASN'T A RECALL, BUT THEY HAD RELEASED A SERVICE NOTICE ON THE PROBLEM. I CALLED SEVERAL DEALERS THAT TOLD ME THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS NOTICE. THIS IS CLEARLY DAMAGE DUE TO NEGLIGENCE FROM THE FACTORY. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE REGARDING THIS MATTER BEFORE TAKING FURTHER ACTION. I WOULD LIKE THE CAR REPAINTED.

• 12/01/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AT 52,000 MILE OF NORMAL WEAR. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER TO CALL THE MFR. *AK

• 11/16/1998· POWER TRAINCrash

  DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AXLE ON FRONT WHEEL BROKE, TEARING RUBBER ON PASSENGER SIDE,CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 11/12/2003· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE PAINT ON MY 1996 CHEVY CORSICA IS PEELING FOR NO REASON. MAY BE THE PRIMER OR PAINT DEFECT MOST OF THE PEELING IS ON THE HOOD, ROOF, TRUNCK LID, UPPER PARTS OF ALL FENDERS. SOME THE AREAS ARE LARGE. THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. THE PAINT COLOR IS GREEN GRAY.

• 11/08/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN TRAVELING ON AN INCLINE AT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK

• 11/05/2003· UNKNOWN OR OTHERCrash

  THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC.*MR THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR BUMPER, TAIL LIGHT, QUARTER PANEL AND TRUNK. THE VEHICLE THAT IMPACTED THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE COMPLAINED OF BRAKE FAILURE. *PH *NLM

• 11/05/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BOTH FRONT BRAKE PADS FAILED.

• 11/03/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  CONSUMER HAS BEEN HAVING AN ALTERNATOR PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. AIR CONDITIONER & HEATER KILL THE ALTERNATOR. ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES. CONSUMER FELT THAT ALTERNATOR MAY BE DEFECTIVE OR THE WIRING NEEDED TO BE CHECKED. CONSUMER WILL GO TO A CHEVROLET DEALER.*AK

• 11/03/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  FIRST TIME IN PARKING LOT VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS WHEN ON THE ROAD ALSO. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & SHUT DOWN ON THE WAY. MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM & NOTHING WAS FOUND WRONG. *AK

• 11/01/1996· SEATS

  SEAT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED MORE, CAUSING STRESS TO THE BACK OF THE NECK.

• 10/30/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY

  EVERY TIME YOU TURN THE TEMPERATURE BUTTON ON TO HOT OR TURN THE HEAT ON YOU CAN SMELL ANTIFREEZE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK MANY TIMES AND TO BE LOOKED AT AND I KEEP BEING TOLD THAT DEALER CAN NOT SMELL ANYTHING. FINALLY THEY SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED HEATER CORE, WATER PUMP AND INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS (TWICE).*AK

• 10/29/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WAS TOLD THIS WAS A BULLETIN AND RECALL ITEM/ PLEASE CONFIRM. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

• 10/27/1997· SEATS

  ARM REST FAILED CAUSING IT TO INTERMITTANTLY FALL OFF.

• 10/27/1997· SEATS

  REAR SEAT LATCH LOCKED IN CLOSED POSITION.

• 10/20/1999· STRUCTURE

  THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION TO THE OWNER SINCE HE WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY WHILE IN THE ARMY. WHEN THE CHEVROLET COMPANY WAS FINALLY NOTIFIED THEY STATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE SINCE THE CAR HAD MORE THAN 32,000 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. SINCE THE REPORT WAS FILED WITH CHEVROLET, THE AUTHOR HAS NOTED MANY OTHER CORSICAS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST CHEVROLET VEHICLE I'VE OWNED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS THAT HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT.

• 10/18/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 10/13/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK OF PINK FLUID THINKING IT WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID I TOOK IT TO A GARAGE AND HE PUT A NEW TRASMISSION GASKET ON BUT DIDNOT STOP THE LEAK COME TO FIND OUT THIS WAS ALL COMING FROM THE HEAD GASGET WHICH SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ALOT LONGER THEN 45,000 MILES AND I THINK CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY TO REPLACE IT WHICH WILL COST $450.00

• 10/09/2000· TIRES

  VERY NOTICABLE TREAD SEPARATION WITHIN THE GROOVES OF THE TIRE, CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALLS. (DOT NUMBER: HYJ957A367 TIRESIZE: 195/70R14)

• 10/08/2008· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TAKEN TO SERWE CHEVROLET. THEY REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AT THE COST OF $500. LESS THAN TWO YEARS LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED AGAIN AT THE COST OF $577. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS SEPARATING YET AGAIN. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED HAVING IT REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

• 10/03/2000· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE PAINT IS PEALING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR UBOVE THE WINDOW ON THE DOOR. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

• 09/29/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 09/29/1998· STEERING

  THIS VEHICLE HAS A FRONT END STEERING VIBRATION, AT TIMES SEVERE, WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND INCREASES IN A CURVE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED AN THEY ADVISED ME IT WAS EITHER TIRE BLANCE, OUT OF ROUND TIRES, OR ALIGNMENT. I BOUGHT NEW TIRES WITH BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT. THIS HELPED A LITTLE, BUT THE VIBRATION IS STILL PRESENT. HOW CAN I GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF?

• 09/28/1999· STRUCTURECrash

  WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELLING 70MPH WHILE CONSUMER WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, AND THE GLOVE BOX DRAWER DISLODGED AND HIT SON WHO BROKE HIS NOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

• 09/19/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR HAS FAILED 2 TIME WITHIN 67125 MILES ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR DIED

• 09/19/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  VEHICLE WAS IN PARK ON AN INCLINE AND IT TOOK OFF, CAUSING IT TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

• 09/15/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION BROKE INTO PIECES.

• 09/10/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 09/09/1997· VISIBILITY,WHEELS

  CONSUMER BOUGHT VEHICLE USED FROM BOB TURNERS FORD & COUNTRY (505-224-1282) JULY 1997. AUGUST 9,7 CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE IS A BOW IN THE WINDSHIELD, THE TOP PASSENGER'S SIDE IS NOT SEALED, THERE IS A LEAKAGE THERE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE BECAUSE THE SEALANT IS NOT WHAT THEY USE AND THEY DO NOT BELEIVE THAT IT'S THE ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD. ALSO THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE WHENEVER DRIVING 55MPH OR MORE. LOCAL BODY SHOP TOOK WHEEL OFF AND FOUND THAT THE RIM WAS EXTREMELY TOO LOOS THE RIM OF THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE IS WHAT CAUSES THE VIBRATION, PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *AK

• 09/07/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  NO SUMMARY

• 09/05/2000· STEERING,SUSPENSION

  THE DATES I HAVE GIVEN ARE NOT EXACT - THEY WERE A ESTIMATION. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT, AND THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM HAS GIVEN ME QUIT A BIT OF FLACK ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEMS. EVEN WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY I STILL TO THIS DAY CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. AT THIS TIME THE POWER STEERING IS GOING OUT, THERE IS A BAFFLING LOSE IN THE CATYLITIC CONVERTER - THAT CONSTANTLY CLANKS WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, THE CARS PAINT IS PEELING AND CHIPPING. WHEN I HAD THIS CHECKED OUT BY SEVERAL AUTO BODY SHOPS THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A "FRIDAY CAR" AND A MANUFACTURES DEFECT. THE FRONT SUSPENTION CONTINUES TO SQUEEK LOUDLY WHEN GOING OVER SPEED BUMPS. AT THIS POINT I FEEL LIKE I RECEIVED A LEMON OF A DEAL WHEN PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE.

• 09/04/2003· STRUCTURE

  THE PAINT IS PEELING OFF ON MY CAR. THESE SPOTS ARE NOT SMALL, BUT HUGE SPOTS THAT HAVE BUBBLED AND COME OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS SINCE IT APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFEAT. PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANKS JR. *AK

• 09/01/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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

• 09/01/1998· STEERING

  MISSING BOLT CAUSED POOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND EXCESSIVE WEAR OF TIRES.

• 08/28/1997· TIRES

  TWO GENERAL TIRES FAILED, OWNER REPLACED ALL TIRE ON VEHICLE.

• 08/27/2008· STEERING

  MY CHEVY MALIBU IS HAVING POWERSTEERING ISSUES. IT FREEZES UP WHILE TRYING TO TURN CORNERS. THIS CAR HAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE POWERSTEERING FLUID IS AT A GOOD LEVEL AND THERE ARE NO LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM. *TR

• 08/25/1998· POWER TRAIN

  AXLE SEAL FAILED.

• 08/24/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING FUEL NECK CAME APART. HOSE HAD RAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP REPLACED FUEL NECK UNDER CONSUMER'S COST. NEW REPLACEMENT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS FUEL NECK.*AK

• 08/20/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE GOING UP A HILL IN TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED. THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY REPLACED BATTERY/ALTERNATOR AND THE TIMING BELT. *AK THE LIGHT HAD COME ON FOR COOLANT, BUT THE THERMOMETER NEVER GAVE WARNING, THE MECHANIC BLED THE LINES TO THE COOLANT AND THE LIGHT STILL REMAINED ON. CONSUMER FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS ELECTRICALLY WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND WANTED CHEVY TO OFFER A BUY BACK IN WHICH THEY REFUSED. *SCC

• 08/19/1998· STRUCTURE

  WEATHER STRIPPING ON DOORS OF VEHICLE PULLING OFF.

• 08/18/1999· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  ON THREE OCCASIONS THE FUEL INJECTOR SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO DECELERATE FROM 60 MPH TO 25 MPH RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL WHICH ALMOST CAUSED COLLISION. HOWEVER THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 77-63-04 FOR 1994-1998 VEHICLES DESCRIBING THE SAME FAILURE. *YC