1991 Chevrolet Corsica problems
The 1991 Chevrolet Corsica has 119 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns lighting. Next are electrical system (19%) and air bags (18%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 119 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 19 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Chevrolet Corsica with enough data (59 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Light rain; car had been at auto station repair shop three times for a rear brake job. Front brakes were new. Orginal complaint: passenger rear tire locked up and car skidded. 9-4-99, truck slammed on brakes to avoid hitting another car, we slammed on brakes and wheel locked up and we skidded over one block into truck. Mom (me) broke 3 ribs, son hurt neck, daughter cut lip. After body shop had car for almost 4 weeks, returned car to auto station. They fixed master cylinder--guarenteed to fix.
Air bags: driving approximately 20MPH and rearened vehicle in front, driver's air bag deployed with excessive amount of force. Strong fumes engulfed vehicle, much smoke was evident, vehicle was on fire.
While driving, airbag inadvertently deployed, driver was temporarily knocked unconscious, when driver recovered vehicle was on opposite side of road and broadsided another moving vehicle, the first vehicle was totaled. Not available for inspection.