1994 Chevrolet Corsica problems
The 1994 Chevrolet Corsica has 157 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (23%) concerns brakes. Next are electrical system (13%) and lighting (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 157 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 3
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: 15 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 84% 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 1994 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Chevrolet Corsica with enough data (95 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.
While driving at 65 MPH consumer lost control of the vehicle, and it collided with two other vehicles. Ten people were injured, and two people died in this collision. Engineers found a structural failure in the rear axle. The failure caused the control arm to separate. Consumer was incarcerated due to the fatalities.
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.
Spontaneous acceleration of my daughter's 1994 chevrolet corsica resulting in total loss of corsica, damage and injury to my daughter and (2) drivers of other vehicles struck by the corsica.
Tl*the contact's spouse owns a 1994 chevrolet corsica. Intermittently, while driving at any rate of speed, the driver's side seat belt would detach. Approximately three months later, the spouse was in a one car crash and sustained major injuries. His son sustained minor injuries. The failure has occurred approximately twelve times while accelerating or depressing the brake pedal. The current mileage was 170,000 and failure mileage was 168,000.
The plastic intake manifold gasket on my 1994 chevy corsica is leaking. I had the car to the shop last week and had the problem diagnosed. After doing some research, I found out that this is a very common problem on the GM 3.1l engines. This is a very serious problem. Although I caught mine before serious problems occured, it is still a very costly repair. There are hundreds if not thousands of people who weren't as fortunate as me, and have had to replace their engines.