Faults:

My alternator started acting up on me while I was at school, at approximately 69000 miles. This was not an easy change, based on the horrible placement of everything under the hood.

There is a leak somewhere- possibly in the firewall of the car- and it leaks into the driver side floor every time it rains. It would be easier to fix if there were a little more room under the hood.

On multiple occasions, the steering column has started smoking for unknown reasons.

Starting at about 71000 miles I developed an oil leak.

General Comments:

I will never own another Chevy product. My dad used to be an only-Chevy guy, and he swears to never buy another one. This car has been one of the most frustrating pieces of metal to ever grace our driveway.

The car is not very comfortable and definitely not meant to carry people in the back seat.

The body on this car is rather inferior.

Faults:

The ceiling liner started to come loose around 75,000 miles.

Persistent oil leak took many trips to the shop and a lot of money to finally pinpoint.

The idle auto-relearn techniques do not work. When the battery is removed or unplugged for any reason I must take the car to the shop to manually reprogram the computer chip.

Will not hold a wheel alignment for more than 2 months before it starts to pull to the right again. I just replaced the front struts and tie rod as per the shop saying it was loose with about an inch worth of play keeping the alignment from holding. We'll see if this works.

General Comments:

The car has done well for the whole. I believe if I had bought it new and known what it had gone through as it aged I could have kept it up better than it is.

Faults:

The original transmission is slowly going (and going slowly, I might add), but that's to be expected for a car with these kind of miles.

The front pads wear quickly, and the rear shoes grab at slow speed - probably my fault.

The front suspension suspends very little nowadays.

All repairs from previous owner include front struts and axle, starter.

General Comments:

I just recently purchased this car from my parents, who had owned it since 1997.

Before that it belonged to the Canadian Department of Defence.

It has been the most reliable car any of us have owned, with never a breakdown (I'm probably jinxing myself)

The next-to-gone torque converter dampens the car's once quite fast attitude. A good condition Corsica can surprise people with its speed and handling.

Faults:

I had a lot of problems with my car.

The first month I had to put a heater core in it.

The second month I had a transmission gasket leakage.

I had to put shocks and struts on it.

I had to replaced the motor in the car (the rod bearing had spun).

I had to service the brakes and put wheel cylinders in.

Plus I am still not finished fixing my car. I have to fix the crank seal plus install a muffler in it.

The car is costing more than I paid for it.

I should have stuck to my 1987 Yugo.

General Comments:

This car is very sluggish.

Faults:

The biggest problem I had with my car was the air conditioning. It was a lemon. After several trips to the dealer and air conditioning shops, I finally had the entire system replaced with an R-134 based system which is doing much better.

I have also replaced the alternator and starter.

General Comments:

I really enjoy my Corsica. It has turned out to be a very reliable car with great acceleration, once the bugs were worked out.

Faults:

At 100,000 miles had a cracked alternator and dead battery. Fixed for $250 dollars.

General Comments:

I work for a private non-profit agency and spend 75% of my time on the road in rural Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and NY. This car was bought at a government auction for $5300 in 1996 with 65K miles on it. I believe that I may have got the bargain of the century as it now has 147K miles on it and is still running strong. Other than changing oil every 3000 miles and putting in new shocks and struts in 1996, I have done very little to the car. The car does not look like it has 147,000 miles on it because I keep it clean and wash it regularly. Additionally, it is now equipped with a CD changer, remote starter and phone which can all be transferred into another vehicle if needed. I have resigned myself to start a new car search simply because of the fact that O&M will eventually go up on a car with this number of miles. But, I never expected to have such a great car. Corsica's are available at govt auctions throughout US.