gjh

As title, anyone know much about em? My sister wants one for her next car (a 1.2 or 1.4), are they reliable? Any issues with them? Don't really know much about them cause I'm a ford lover.

Cheers people

Greg.

gouch1

jumping timng chain is common on these, coil packs common.
gearbox mounts, heater matrix, wishbones. all parts are cheap but i would have the 4 cylinder over the 3 anyday but all cars have faults
here try this
http://www.corsa-c.co.uk/forum/showt...nical-Problems

gjh

Many thanks

steven8489

Hi mate, My missus has had one for 4 years. Its a 2003 1.2 sxi and she has had no bother at all. Bought it with 52k and it now has nearly 90. Never missed a beat.

gjh

Good news there then. Thank you.

s1 rst project

iv had to replace the timin chain and piston thing on ours changed the coil pack and rebuilt the bottom end the heads on its way now but iv had it from new on a 52 plate and its got 70 odd k on it now and to be fair it gets clattered.
iv thought about changing it but to be fair its a nice little motor

martysmartie

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I personally can't stand them, if I was going to buy that sort of car I would be looking along the lines of the Honda Jazz.

Both the cars you are looking at are 4 cylinder, the only 3 cylinder model is the 1L.

The engines always seem terrible, tappety to be specific, this is something I have noticed on alot of them, it seems reliablilty is not there strongest point either!

Martin

botters

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they also as well as the faults listed above have a habit of melting pistons, plus they still rot badly, not as bad as older corsas but still bad enough
i work on many being a full time mechanic and wouldnt have one given to me

london_chris

waterpump outlet nipples snap on them, quite a common fault,and timing chains as mentioned.

vroooom ptssssh

Mines been in the family since new (2001 Y) it's a 1.2 sxi, done 44K now and other than rear springs (comon) gear linkage at 42K (comon) track rod ends, front brakes and replaced shitty plastic CV gators and a couple of sets of tyres it's been minted! can't fault it whatesoever. DONT take it to vauxhall for a start, service it yourself. I do believe poor servicing and shite oil is the cause of the timing chains jumping because of worn guides...theres a small oil feed in between the camshafts that lubes the chain and if you dont service it when it sais it blocks up and the chain doesnt get lubed properly causing the guides to wear.


Just mot'd mine this week and the MOT tester said "it's a minter" lol

Oranoco

We have several at work. Total shit! Nasty to be in, nasty to drive and constantly in and out of the dealer. We've had problems with timing belt/chain, alternators, electric window runners causing window to twist in frame, clunking from suspension.

Honestly I would rather walk than suffer the misfortune of driving one again.

stevieturbo

Ive a Combo C van, albeit 1.7 CDTI.


Covered over 60k in the last 9 months and not a single problem.

Whatever you do, dont buy the 1.3 diesel though. Totally shit Fiat engine.

s2chris

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couple of mates have corsa c's to run to work and general around without using there toys and they have had no problems.theres common problems on every car and the corsa is no differnt but id go for it. get a good one to start with look after it and it should be like any other car and last awhile.

RichieST

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My sister had a 52 reg 1.2 sxi a few years back. Things were always going wrong with it, used to have total electric failure on random occasions, sometimes when on motorways etc which wasn't nice!

She fucked it off and bought a 1.4 base model 306 and said it was far better than the corsa

Glenn_

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There shite timing chains get noisey. bottom arm bushes split front rear springs snap (that could be to do with these shite roads) The 1.3 diesels are just crap.

stevieturbo

springs break in every car these days. The steel used is just plain crap.

steves24V's

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^^^ agree timing chains was ratterly like a gooden on my mates 36000mile 1.2 16v

chains snap on 1.3 cdti's also have injector and pump probs.

Glenn_

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Front wiper motors nack up too.The wiper arms dont park properly on the screen.The wiper motors are made in china so what do you expect.

I did a van at work with 252 mile on and i had to put a wiper motor on it.

Glenn_

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Ive resealed a few fuel pumps due to leaking.

The coolent pipes split too on the 1.3 diesels,there bloody horrible to change.

Egr valves stick too duel mass flywheels knock like fook too.

Daveysaff

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Snapping springs, oil pressure switches dying, coilpacks, alternators dying, timing chains skipping, gear linkages failing are the common things I see in work. centre exhausts seem to rot quickly too I sell loads of them!
There is a current recall on 55 plate onwards for the cams snapping, and my mother in laws 56 plate has more rust than my 1984 escort cabby.
Great other than that

first_cosworth

Don't forget the power steering can feckup big time aswell.

RS Grant

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I over-revved a 1.2 so violently that it ran like a Subaru, then after a while struggled to run at all.

But I'm sure the same would have happened to any other car if you'd gone from the limiter in 3rd, snatched 2nd and lifted the clutch... and to be honest, I thought the little Corsa handled reasonably well, in a comedy hire car type of way.


Cheers,
Grant

gjh

Fucking hell, they're worse than fords!!! I'm going to tell her to avoid them (not that she'll listen).

s1 rst project

springs are common had both mine snapp forgot about that

P_is_for_Paul

Ive had 2, a 1.2 sxi+ and a 1.4 SRi. Think the faults are being over-exaggerated a little on this thread

They are good cars if looked after, the same as any other car. The difference being if something does go wrong its mega cheap to fix! They are mega cheap to service, insure, tax and to run in general.

Best one to get would be a 1.4 Sri. Better specced than an SXi and still only group 5 insurance.

Ive just sold my Corsa VXR and Im buying a house now so looking for a cheap car and Ill be buying another SRi.

Moose

The camshaft snapping rework is due to the cam bearing bolts coming loose, also look out for a knocking noise that sound like a drop link on the front which will be either the drop link which are common faults but will probably be a bush in the n/s of the steering rack, which are prone to wear. oil pressure switches usually piss out oil too.

Rich

gjh

Cheers, peeps. Still trying to convince her the blue oval is the way foward.

Oranoco

Just to add to this, I said we use Vauxhall for our vehicles at work. Well it would seem that we won't be much longer. The cars have been so fucking awful we are terminating our contract with them.