1998 GEO METRO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED AND BROKE OFF, DROPPING GLASS EVERY WHERE.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN LETTING UP ON GAS PEDAL MOTOR AND SPEED WILL INCREASE . IT HAS EVEN INCREASED ON ITS OWN. DEALER HAS REPLACED ACCELERATOR PEDAL SENSOR, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS. CONSUMER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT DEFECT FOR OVER A YEAR. *AK NOW THERE IS SPNTANEOUS INCREASE AND DECREASE IN SPEED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 7-8 MILES. *YH

REAR AND SIDE COLLISION I WAS THROWN FROM DRIVERS SEAT TO REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE WEARING MY SEAT BELT. MY SEAT BELT TWISTED AND ALLOWED MY BODY TO BE EJECTED TO THE INTERIOR REAR OF MY CAR. *AK

THE GOODYEAR INVICTA GL 155-80-13 TIRES ON THE VEHICLE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FLAT TIRE ON ONE, TIRE HAD A FIST SIZED BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL, INSPECTION SHOWED REMAINING TIRES WERE ALSO DEFECTIVE, CONSUMER REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO DEFECT TIRES. *MJS

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT, FORCED INTO INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON AT SPEED OF 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE IN THE RECLINING POSITION, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER'S SIDE OCCUPANT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *SLC

CONSUMER CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE IS ONE MORE INCH OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL AFTER THE BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED, THERE IS ALSO A SPONGY EFFECT WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON THE BROKE, CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE THE BOOSTER WAS PUT ON WITHOUT ADJUSTING THE CLEVIS ROD OR BRAKE PEDAL. NLM

WHEN SHIFTING AND OR APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALL OUT AND DIED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKE VACUUM POWER BOOSTER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT STOP INTERMITTENTLY. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH TRAFFIC CAME TO A STOP, AND CONSUMER REAR ENDED SOMEONE. UPON IMPACT, PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT. *AK