Audited US model-year file

1991 CHEVROLET Corsica

Exact make, model and year evidence from official US sources. Recall campaigns, ODI investigations, complaint allegations and EPA estimates remain separate.

Model-year evidence is not a VIN check.

A campaign may cover only certain production dates, plants or equipment. A zero result here is not safety clearance. Use NHTSA’s official VIN tool for the individual vehicle.

Official VIN lookup ↗

01 · Safety actions first

1 NHTSA recall campaign

Exact model-level NHTSA results for 1991 CHEVROLET Corsica. Campaign records are official safety actions; applicability to a particular car still requires its VIN.

01
NHTSA Recalls · US · received 1991-06-10

STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR

Campaign 91V083000
Summary

NUT ATTACHING STEERING WHEEL MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY TIGHTENED DURING INSTALLATION.

Consequence

THIS COULD ALLOW STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM STEERINGCOLUMN; LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

Remedy

TIGHTEN THE NUT TO THE PROPER TORQUE AS NECESSARY.

02 · Owner allegations

133 NHTSA complaints

Counts are not adjusted for sales, vehicle age, mileage, publicity or reporting behavior. They are allegations, not defect findings or a reliability score.

Crash mentions
23
Fire mentions
5
Injuries reported
19
Most-reported component labels
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM28
EXTERIOR LIGHTING27
AIR BAGS21
STEERING14
HYDRAULIC11
SERVICE BRAKES11
Complaints across nearby Chevrolet Corsica model years

Totals for the same nameplate, scaled against its highest year here. They are not adjusted for how many were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received — an older or better-selling year will usually carry more reports. This shows where the reporting sits, not which year is better.

  1. 641989
  2. 551990
  3. 1331991
  4. 1251992
  5. 1001993
  6. 1231994

A dash means NHTSA holds no complaint record for that exact year, make and model. See all Corsica years with specs and fuel economy →

03 · Agency review

7 NHTSA ODI investigations

An investigation means ODI reviewed a possible safety issue for this exact model-year identity. Opening one is not a defect finding; closing one does not by itself clear a vehicle.

DP96014
Open in imported snapshot · opened 1996-11-14

DEFECTIVE AIR BAG CRASH SENSOR

NHTSA source ↗

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

PE94062
Closed 1994-12-30 · opened 1994-08-04

STEERING COLUMN SMK/FLAMES

NHTSA source ↗

STEERING · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

PE93009
Closed 1993-06-30 · opened 1993-02-26

FUEL FILTER FIRES

NHTSA source ↗

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

EA92024
Closed 1994-01-31 · opened 1992-06-26

STICKING THROTTLE

NHTSA source ↗

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

PE92021
Closed 1992-06-26 · opened 1992-02-24

STICKING THROTTLE

NHTSA source ↗

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

EA91023
Closed 1991-06-05 · opened 1991-04-10

STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION

NHTSA source ↗

STEERING · Associated recall campaign 91V083000.

PE91048
Closed 1991-04-10 · opened 1991-02-20

STEERING WHEEL SEPARATION

NHTSA source ↗

STEERING · No associated recall campaign number was published in this investigation row.

04 · EPA configurations

Fuel economy & specifications

FuelEconomy.gov records are summarized as ranges where this model name has multiple engines, drivetrains or trims.

EPA configurations
4
Combined economy
20–24 mpg/MPGe
City / highway
17–21 / 25–30 mpg/MPGe
Engine displacement
2.2–3.1 L
Cylinders
4–6
Fuel type
Regular
Drive
Front-Wheel Drive
Vehicle class
Midsize Cars
Annual fuel-cost estimate
$2700–3250

05 · Evidence strength

Exact identity. Explicit limits.

No opaque score. Evidence strength is expressed through source availability, exact match method, jurisdiction and honest empty states.

exact match

Recall campaigns

1 exact US model-year records in this bounded view.

exact match

Complaints

133 exact US model-year allegations; narratives and VIN fragments are omitted.

exact match

ODI investigations

7 exact US model-year action numbers in the approved import snapshot.

canonical only

Model aliases

Only the exact NHTSA vPIC model name is published; unverified aliases are not merged.

not published

Manufacturer ownership

No rights-reviewed official ownership record is joined to this exact model-year.

PUBLIC EVIDENCE PASSPORT

Identity, freshness and provenance.

The canonical URL is this file’s permanent public identifier. Source IDs and timestamps show exactly what was matched and when; they do not turn the evidence into a verdict.

Permanent public ID
https://modelyearfacts.com/vehicle/1991/chevrolet/corsica
NHTSA make ID
467
NHTSA model ID
9116
Match key
1991 · CHEVROLET · Corsica · US
Live evidence requested
EPA publication catalogue
Complaint matrix snapshot
Imported safety snapshot
nhtsa-investigations · exact match

NHTSA ODI investigations

Action number, component, subject and open/close dates from the approved bulk import; long summaries omitted.

Open official source ↗
US-market boundary

Only NHTSA vPIC, NHTSA ODI complaints and investigations, NHTSA recalls and FuelEconomy.gov contribute to this vehicle claim. CPSC equipment notices are searched separately and never joined to vehicle fitment. UK MOT, Canadian, New Zealand and European records are not merged into this US claim.

06 · Research paths

Diagnose first. Confirm fitment.

These are transparent searches, not diagnoses or endorsed parts. Recall remedies come before purchases; exact part fitment requires VIN, trim, powertrain, production date and OE number.

Offers status: held

Awin US and R2 affiliate inventory are not published until a US programme, merchant and exact-fitment projection are approved. No offer currently has both merchant approval and exact vehicle fitment, so commercial links never count as evidence.