1994 GEO PRIZM Complaints

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID AN CRASH CAUSING THE OWNER TO REAR-END ANOTHER VEHICLE AND TOTAL HIS VEHICLE.

AIR BAG SENSOR MODULE FAILED AND THE WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON. THE MODULE WAS RECALLED IN 1996 DUE TO LEAKAGE.

ACTUATOR CABLE ON FRONT LEFT POWER WINDOW BROKE, AND WINDOW WAS STUCK DOWN. VEHICLE THEREFORE COULD NOT BE LOCKED, AND HENCE COULD NOT BE USED FOR 2 WEEKS (THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK FOR THE DEALER TO ACCEPT THE CAR FOR REPAIR). THE DEALER'S MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO TELL ME THE MODEL YEAR OF THE CAR AND THE CAUSE OF THE INOPERATIVE WINDOW BEFORE HE EVEN SAW THE CAR, BECAUSE, AS HE SAID, THERE WAS A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCH FAILURES ON THAT MODEL AND YEAR OF THE CAR. COST OF REPAIR APPROX $500.

DEFECT IN FRONT SHOULDER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT PROPERLY RETRACT, RESULTING IN LOSS OF PROTECTION, AND EXTRA PORTION THAT DID NOT RETRACT WILL ALSO GET CAUGHT IN DOOR, NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO SHUT PROPERLY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AT 34 MPH, AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

TURN SIGNAL WORKING IMPROPERLY, FLASHING RAPIDLY WHEN ENGAGED. DURING NORMAL DRIVING IT WOULD ALTERNATE BETWEEN THE RAPID FLASHING AND NORMAL FLASHING. RADIO WOULD COME ON AT TIMES WHILE TURN SIGNAL WAS IN USE.

UPON MAKING A STOP THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT CAUSE. CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG BURNED PARTS OF HER NECK/ARMS AND FACE. CONSUMER HAD WORK CORRECTED UNDER RECALL # 96V107000 DUE TO INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP AT AN UNDETERMINED RATE OF SPEED THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE PARKED THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON, CAUSING AN INJURY. *AK

UPON REAR IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE REAR SEAT. *AK