2001 Chevrolet Prizm 4 Door from North America - Comments

The check engine light keeps coming on. This a continuing problem that has been addressed by an auto technician, but returned.

The car is hard to start on cold mornings.

Because this "Corolla in a Chevrolet skin" has a factory GM radio, it costs an extra $150.00 to install an after market radio. This is because the interior lights, air bag, and door chimes stop working if you pull out the factory radio. This is how GM coerces you to buy GM radios (Delphi Del-co Electronics).

This car is based on the high quality Toyota Corolla, but Chevrolet (GM) has added features which have reduced the overall function, value and usefulness of the vehicle. For this reason, the resale value is much less than a comparable Corolla.

The Chevrolet service has been highly disappointing and costly.

I disagree with you. For your information, this car has been a joint venture between GM and toyota, where GM did the design and Toyota did the engineering. It has been this way since 1990, and General Motors has every right to this vehicle. In my opinion, the prizm has more style than the coralla.

The Prizm does have more style than the Corolla. All through the years 1989-2002 it never looked as bland or boring as the Corolla.

GM and Toyota's joint venture started with the 'new' Nova, in for the 1986 model year... NOT 1990.

The Prizm, and the Nova before it, were exact replica's of the Corolla. Same everything, and generally very reliable.

Actually, currently the Pontiac Vibe is the modern iteration of this car, being a spitting image and mechanically identical to the Corolla Matrix. Even uses the Toyota cruise control and radio instead of the GM part of it.

Correction to the original post.

The Prizm DOES NOT need any expensive wiring adapters for the radio. The door chimes, etc... are NOT tied in with the radio, as with real GM cars. The harness adapter is $7 and the dash kit is $15.

Also, the adapter for those GM cars is only $40 by Scosch, at WALLofchinaMart.