FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Corsica

Owners have filed 1,163 complaints about the Chevrolet Corsica with NHTSA across model years 1987 to 1997. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1994 Chevrolet Corsica

157 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

1996 Chevrolet Corsica

169 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Corsica year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
1997 1 0 0 Brakes
1996 C 169 8 0 109,000 Engine & Cooling
1995 C 145 19 4 119,000 Brakes
1994 C 157 15 9 100,000 Brakes
1993 C 128 12 11 156,427 Electrical System
1992 184 35 8 Brakes
1991 119 23 5 Lights
1990 86 6 4 Electrical System
1989 90 7 3 Seat Belts
1988 82 2 2 Engine & Cooling
1987 2 0 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a Chevrolet Corsica

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 205 17.6%

Worst in 1992

Electrical System 158 13.6%

Worst in 1991

Engine & Cooling 133 11.4%

Worst in 1996

Lights 104 8.9%

Worst in 1991

Airbags 78 6.7%

Worst in 1991

Seat Belts 76 6.5%

Worst in 1990

Steering 70 6.0%

Worst in 1992

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1989

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1996

Seats 30 2.6%

Worst in 1990

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Corsica

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 108 24.2%
Frontal 61 13.7%
Interior/Under Dash 52 11.7%
Engine 51 11.4%
Gasoline 36 8.1%
Steering Wheel/Handle BAR 34 7.6%
Switch 31 7.0%
Body 26 5.8%
Foundation Components 25 5.6%
Ignition 22 4.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Corsica, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 62 May 2017

Chevrolet Corsica problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Corsica

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.