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1992 Chevrolet Corsica Air bags Problems

Complaints
16about this part
Share
13%of 125 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 16 complaints about the air bags of the 1992 Chevrolet Corsica, 13% of the 125 complaints for this model year. 14 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“My daughter was involved in an accident driving this car. She basically ran into a person backing out of their driveway. The left front of my her car hit the other persons car causing extensive damage to my daughters car. I am concerned, at this point that the air bag didnot deploy upon impact. Would like to know if there are any logged complaints of this nature.”

NHTSA complaint #756855, filed 2002-01

“Air bag: pulling into parking lot at approximately 10mph and another car pulled out in front. The front of car hit right on the driver's side door. The air bag did not deploy, and car was totaled. 2 people were injured in accident.”

NHTSA complaint #816824, filed 1997-10

“Going 30mph, lost control of steering wheel; vehicle jumped curb & hit tree; driver's/passenger's air bags did not deploy upon impact. Passenger had head injury & went to emergency room. No seat belts on. Not at dealer.”

NHTSA complaint #815358, filed 1997-08

“Vehicle was traveling about 20-30 MPH and hit a slick spot in the road which caused vehicle to crash into tree head-on and the driver' s side air bag did not deploy.the vehicle has been totalled.”

NHTSA complaint #814920, filed 1997-08

“Upon impact, during frontal crash, at approx. 35mph, 12:00 on front bumper, lap/shoulder harness fail to retract, also airbag fail to deploy. Dup: see 960852 .”

NHTSA complaint #960856, filed 1995-03

Air bags: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
199655%
19951313%
199476%
199388%
19921613%
19912019%
199012%

Other parts of the 1992 Chevrolet Corsica

Brakes
54 complaints
Electrical system
18 complaints
Exterior lighting
17 complaints
Steering
13 complaints
Engine cooling
6 complaints
Vehicle speed control
6 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
5 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaints
Seat belts
3 complaints
Body and structure
3 complaints
Suspension
3 complaints
Other or unknown
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 1992 Chevrolet Corsica

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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