Faults:
It is a 3 door model, but the driver's seat has never folded forward properly. Indeed, it has been firmly stuck for the last 4 months (it's only 8 months old) and has - to date - spent 3 days in the garage having this fault fixed. But to no avail - it always returns to its immovable state within a couple of hours.
The metal pedal covers fell off after the first week and the car had to go into the garage for two days because the glue takes a long time to stick!
The driver's electric window was misaligned and would not close - after three garage stops this appears to have been fixed (well it hasn't gone up and down on its own for a week)
The wing mirror demist did not work - this has now been fixed (apparently the fuse blew).
One of the speakers rattles - this problem remains despite the fact that the speaker has apparently been changed.
ABS breaks were fitted as an optional extra; on such a light car this was probably unwise since all 3 insured drivers have experienced driving problems in bad weather (NB our other, much heavier, household car also has ABS and no such problems have been encountered).
The front offside wheel has started to squeal - 14,000 miles.
It's taking longer to start and is not performing as well as it did on purchase - at 14,000 miles I think it needs servicing (6,000 off its target)
22nd Aug 2019, 17:34
Hi mate, I see you are not enjoying your Corsa 1000cc. It sounds like your heater matrix is bad. If your windows steam up inside, it will be that and will cause your water leak on your carpets and your heater will only be lukewarm. The matrix is like a small radiator under your heater motor inside your car. I had this issue in my young days of driving with a 1600cc Cortina; changed the matrix and re-bled; the system heater was red hot after that.
MICK N