1993 CHEVROLET CORSICA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

DT: CALLER WAS SOLD A CAR WITHOUT A CATALYTIC CONVERTER. DEALER SAID SHE WAS ON HER OWN. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

Mileage: 199,000

MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE AT APPROX. 100,000, CAUSING POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE IDLES WITH OUT INDICATIONS, CAUSING ENGINE TO RUN OUT OF CONTROL. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO TURN ENGINE OFF TO STOP THE IDLING. PLEAS PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THERE IS A VERY BAD VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN REVERSE. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, DEALER STATED THAT THE RUBBER ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS WAS WORN OUT WHICH CAUSES THE ENGINE TO DROP ON THE CHASSIS. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

BOUGHT VEHICLE IN AUG OF 93. A YEAR LATER HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE THE GASKET BLEW, AND THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. SO AFTER THE GASKET BLEW OUT, TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK AND THEY STILL COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. BUT THE GASKET HAS BLOWEN OUT SEVERAL TIMES AFTER THE FIRST TIME IN 96 OF JUNE. *AK

ENGINE MISFIRES, OVERHEATS AND SMELLS HOT.

REPLACED ENGINE HEAD GASKET THREE TIMES. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED.

MUFFLER AND PIPE FAILED.

ENGINE HAS HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS0, THE VEHICLE STILL RUNS SLUGGISH AND IS NOISY.

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FAILURES.

WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS THE SERPENTINE BELT GETS WET, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER BRAKE AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BELT ON TWO OCCASIONS. *AK

PURCHASED CAR NEW, THE RIGHT SIDE MOTOR MOUNT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

REPLACED NOISY BELT TENSIONER/DRIVE BELT. *AK