Geo Metro Complaints (1995)

109 consumer complaints on file.

#716867January 4, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
BOTH REAR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854396December 23, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
CATALYTIC COVERTER RUSTED IN TWO PLACES. BELIEVED THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849019September 28, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK AT ALL. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEATS TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849021September 28, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEAT TO GET OUT THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709552August 3, 1999
SEATS
I WAS STOPED AT A RED LIGHT AND STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS UPON IMPACT VIOLENTLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT EVEN GO OFF WHEN I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SENDING ME FORWARD FROM AN ALMOST HOROZANTAL P
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#836679May 3, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE A/C SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE OVERHEATING AND A FIRE IF THE FREON WOULD SPILL UNTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701429December 17, 1998
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LOCK MECHANISM NOT WORKING, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829108October 19, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS STARTING UP THE VEHICLE WHEN HE SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD . CONSUMER LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE, WHERE THERE WAS A CRACK IN MANIFOLD, AND FUMES WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THERE IS'NT ANYTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#827276August 27, 1998
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
LAST YEAR THE HEADLIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS DIM. THE HEADLIGHT ON LEFT SIDE WAS NORMAL THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SCREWED AROUND, WHEN TURNING ON HIGH BEAM, THE LEFT SIDE GOES OFF, AND THE RIGHT SIDE BECOMES TOTALLY BRIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538544July 29, 1998
WHEELS, WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
WHEELS AND LUG NUTS ARE RUSTING. (QC-AW)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#538170July 22, 1998
AIR BAGS
UNSPECIFIED AIR BAG FAILURE, CAUSING BAGS NOT TO DEFLATE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#533722April 3, 1998
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IN NEUTRAL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE WA SROLLING DOWN THE PARKING LOT INTO A CEMENT BARRIER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#822116March 25, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL, GAS PEDAL IS ALSO DEPRESSED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO OPERATE AT FULL THROTTLE. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820377January 29, 1998
SEATS
THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE UPON IMPACT, THROWING THE DRIVER BACKWARDS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#530296January 21, 1998
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#529212January 17, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RAN HEAD-ON INTOAN EMBANKMENT, THEN WENT AIRBORNE BEFORE LANDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND ROLLING OVER THREE TIMES. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#820336January 7, 1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL REGULATOR PRESSURE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. TOOK TO DLR 4 TIMES. CANNOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#813604July 29, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE /BRAKES FADE AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT CALIPERS. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#814101July 14, 1997
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
THE DRIVER RECEIVED WHIP LASH FROM THE DRIVE'S SEAT DUE TO LACK OF NECK SUPPORT IN THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING HER SEA TBELT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#516593April 18, 1997
TIRES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS
KELLY TIRE BLEW OUT. (SIZE P1558R13)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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