1995 Chevrolet Corsica

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AT 3 MPH WITH ROUGH GRINDING SOUND. PUMPED BRAKES TWICE AND BRAKES WERE NORMAL. THE BRAKES PADS, ROTORS, REAR BRAKES ARE OK. NO ABS FAILURE OR HYDRAULIC FAILURE LIGHTS ON DURING FAILURE. THE ROUGHT GRINDING SOUND HAS OCCURED BEFORE AT LOW SPEED, BUT BRAKES WERE NORMAL. MANY SIMILAR COMPAINTS ON YOUR WEBSITE. IT'S TIME TO ACT. IS THIS ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE?

WAS DRIVING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL ABOUT 8 A.M FRIDAY(4/14/00), WHEN A LOUD BOOM NOISE FOLLOWED BY THICK BLACK SMOKE OCCURRED. CAR LOST POWER AND WE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY GOT MY DAUGHTER OUT OF THE CAR AND CLEARED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. I COULD SEE SPARKS AND A TRAI8L OF OIL WHERE I HAD EXITED THE HIGHWAY. WHILE WALKING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, I PHONED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND GAVE THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHERE THE CAR WAS. I WAS TOLD BY THE TOWING SERVICE AND THE SERVICE WRITER AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. YET MY GM EXTENDED WARRANTY REFUSED TO REPLACE IT. THEY INSTEAD DECIDED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE. WHEN TESTED THE REBUILT ENGINE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE. ANOTHER WEEK PASSED AND THEN UNDER THREAT, OF MY FILING A LAW SUIT, GM REPLACED THE ENGINE. I DIDN'T GET MY CAR BACK UNTIL MAY 15,00. ONE MONTH AFTER BOTH MY DEALER AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER SUBMITTED IN WRITING THAT THE ENGINE WITHOUT DOUBT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THOUGH I HAD A FULL WARRANTY AND COMPLETE CAR RENTAL FOR 15 DAYS, I HAD TO SHELL OUT OVER 300.00 DOLLARS BECAUSE GM DECIDED ARBITRARILY TO CUT THERE LOSSES BY DENYING ME EXTRA DAYS OF RENTAL WHICH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERS IF THE REPAIRS ARE LONGER THAN THE PRESCRIBED COVERAGE TIME DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THEIR ATTEMPT TO SAVE MONEY AFTER WASTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON AN UNRECOMMENDED, UNSUCCESSFUL REBUILD OF MY OLD ENGINE COST ME TIME, MONEY, AND LOSS OF WORK. AND TO MAKE IT EVEN WORSE THE LOUD GROWLING AND RATTLING NOISES FROM MY TRANSMISSION WERE NOT FIXED. NOW THAT I AM OUT OF WARRANTY, I CAN ONLY VOICE MY DISTASTE FOR HOW GM WILLINGLY TROUSED OVER ME AND MY RIGHTS. I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL DESCRIPTIONS ON THE SERVICE BULLETIN PAGES THAT DIRECTLY DESCRIBE THE ENGINE (SCORCHED CRANK AND SCARRED CAM AND VALVES) AND TRANSMISSION (GROWLING AND GRINDING NOISE) THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED. *AK

I HAD WASHED MY 1995 CHEVROLET CORSICA ON MAY 18TH 2000 AND HAD CLUMPS OF PAINT COMING OF THE CAR. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERS. THEY HAD SAID THEY WILL NOT PAINT IT FOR FREE. I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE. I DO NOT THINK I SHOULD BECAUSE IT IS A FACTOR DEFECT. I HAD A FRIEND LOOK AT IT AND HE SAID THAT THE FACTOR PERSON DID NOT SAND IT DOWN BEFORE PAINTING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT ABOUT ANY RECALLS ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR IF I MAY, PLEASE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN VEHICLE. *AK

THE ABS HAS GONE ON TWICE - DEALER FAILED TO REPAIR, CLAIMED IT WAS THE "BULB"-BRAKES WERE REPLACE 4 TIMES IN 1 YEAR; THEN THE FROM ROTORS "ROTTED" AND BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THEN THE LEFT FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE - THE DAY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE RIGHT FROM CONTROL ARM BROKE. I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE AT A GARAGE OTHER THAN THE DEALER - I WAS THEN TOLD THAT THE PARTS DEALER SAID CHEVROLET RE-DESIGNED THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID THEY HAD "NO COMPLAINTS". WELL, IT'S A SERIOUS ENOUGH DEFECT THAT THE TIRES COULD HAVE COME OFF. I HAVE ASKED CHEVY FOR SOME TYPE OF RE-IMBURSMENT . I SPENT OVER $900.00 FOR REPAIRS. I'VE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM.

ABS IS NOT WORKING. GM DEALER SAID CANNOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE NO CODE APPEARS ON THEIR COMPUTER. WITHOUT CODE DEALER IS UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. DEALER RELINED FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AT MY EXPENSE. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE A VEHICLE WHICH I FEEL IS NOT SAFE DUE TO LACK OF BRAKING POWER BECAUSE OF ABS NOT WORKING. DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH GM CARS BUT THEY CANNOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNTIL THEIR COMPUTER SHOWS THE REPAIR CODE INDICATING THE FAILED PART.. *AK