Just about everything, except the transmission.
Usually repairs could be performed myself in the garage. Spent many weekends under that car!
The cooling system failed which resulted in a cracked engine block (not repairable in my dad's garage).
Cheap car to buy, but the small repairs will drive you nuts.
Your not kidding about being a mechanic if you own one of these cars. My hands are killing me right now from replacing the heater core yesterday. I replaced the engine at 60000, the guy before me cracked the block and used J.B.Weld on the crack, sucks to be me! Got 130000 on it now. I've replaced everything but the tranny on this car myself, and I mean that literally! Crash course in auto electronics and MPFI. Good little car and parts are cheap. Wife wrecked it last july, only cost me 175 bucks at the junk yard.
My 1990 Corsica did the exact same thing. Good thing tomarrow is my last day with it.
Hello! Jason from Illinois. I've owned my 1990 Corsica for about 1 year couple months now. Not a bad care, but have had my share of disaster. I've owed 2 of these cars and this one has given me more fit than the rest. I've had to replace the radiator, alternator, battery, water pump on this car with in the past year and guess what exhaust is next. I mean all from cat back. I've replaced the CV joint twice and not to hard, but can be a pain in itself. I bought it with 127,000 and it has 168,000 as of now. hoping to push it to 200,000 before she struggles to turn the flywheel. For all you Corsica owners good luck. We choose a good breed for our car. Mechanics can get rich off of these cars.
This car isn't as bad as people make it out to be. I've had it for almost 5 years now and it has almost 250000 miles on it.
There hasn't been anything real big to repair, outside brakes. But I also treat the car smooth and don't beat it like it's a race car.
Its very reliable for me to get through school, just as long as I treat it well.
The muffler system went fast, and so did the starter, But still, just minor problems with minor costs to repair.
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