1993 GEO METRO Complaints

FRONT HOOD POPS UP WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE HAD RECALL WORK DONE FOR HOOD LATCH FAILURE, BUT LATCH REMAINS DEFECTIVE. OWNER VERY CONCERNED FOR SAFETY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, HOOD LATCH FAILED, ALLOWING THE HOOD TO FLY UP AND STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

KEYS BREAK OFF IN THE IGNITION, DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN OF KEY BEING NARROW IN LOCATIONS.

CONSUMER STATES THE CIRCUIT BOARD WITHIN THE FUSE BOX CORRODED, CAUSING VARIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS. HEAD LIGHT BECOME INOPERATIVE, VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN WITH KEY OUT THE IGNITION. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE FUSE BOX IS HOT ALL THE TIME AND IT DESTOYED THE IGNITION BOX. *SLC

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WILL JUST LOCK UP AS CONSUMER IS DRIVING. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR, NOT REALIZING THE DOOR IS LOCKED, THE HANDLE FALLS OFF. BOTH INSIDE HANDLES ARE OFF BOTH FRONT DOORS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ABOUT (50-55) MPH THE HOOD POPPED OPEN FROM THE FRONT AND FLEW BACK AND BROKE THE HINGES. PRIOR TO RECALL, VEHICLE NOT REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. (93V-189.001). *AK

RECALL #93V189, STRUCTURE HOOD ASSEMBLY: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH AND HOOD FLEW UP ON VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. GM WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL,SAYING THE SAFETY CATCH HAD RUSTED ON IT AND THAT'S WHY IT DID NOT CATCH. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING AND WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *AK

DRIVING ON HWY, HEARD LARGE THUMP, POWER IN VEHICLE WAS GONE, VEHICLE JUST DIED ON HWY, GUIDED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD, HAD VEHICLE TOWED, WAS INFORMED A PIECE OF ENGINE CAME APART, BOUNCED WITHIN THE ENGINE AND DESTROYED ENGINE. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE, BRAKE BOOSTER, THE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD WHEN STARTING UP AND AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 20 MPH, PEDAL HEATS UP AND BECOMES NORMAL, REROUTED THE HOSE TO THE BOOSTER.