1999 GEO TRACKER Complaints

VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO SHIFT PROPERLY INTO 4- WHEEL DRIVE ON ITS OWN. ALSO, MAKE NOISES. VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN BY HUSBAND & IT POPPED OUT OF 4WD INTO 2WD. TOOK TO GARY POWERS DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC HAD HARD TIME GETTING VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. ALSO FOUND NO RECALLS ON 4 WHEEL DRIVE. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT FROM 4TH GEAR TO 3RD GEAR SMOOTHLY. SOMETIMES CLUTCH STICKS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 5TH TO 4TH GEAR. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CLUTCH WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND ALSO THERE WAS RESISTANCE WHEN PUTTING IT INTO SECOND GEAR. IN ADDITION, VEHICLE FAILED TO START. IT BEGAN WITH A HESITATION AND THEN FAILED TO START. ALSO DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

CURRENT UNREPAIRED CONDITION. VIBRATION,ENGINE AND OR RELATED COMPONENTS BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 35MPH AND 40MPH ALSO AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 55MPH AND 60 MPH SEVERE ENOUGH AT TIMES TO MAKE ENTIRE BODY OF VEHICLE VIBRATE, HAVE DRIVEN OTHER LIKE VEHICLES SOME EXHIBIT THIS CONDITION, PROBLEM SEEMS TO DEPEND ON LOCAL SPEED LIMITS AND DRIVEING CONDITIONS. I HAVE FOUND A SIMILAR REPORT IN YOUR DATABASE CONCERNING THE SUZUKI GRAND VATARI WHICH IS MANUFACTURED ALONG WITH THE GEO TRACKER AT THE CAMI AUTOMOTIVE PLANT IN CANADA. CHEVROLET ACNOWLEDGES THIS CONDITION AS NORMAL. I SUSPECT THE PROBLEM TO BE IMPROPER ENGINE TO BODY ISOLATION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND MODIFY A CHIP. BUT MANUFACTURER HAS NO SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE IS STILL STALLING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE STALLS AT STOP LIGHTS, LACK OF POWER IN COLD TEMP. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT BLINKS ON REPEATEDLY. BOTH DEALERSHIP AND CHEVROLET SAY THEY NEED TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER BUT AT THIS DATE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE WRITTEN TO FIX IT, I'VE OWNED THIS CAR FOR LESS THEN 20 DAYS AND ITS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR TWICE, IS THIS CONSIDERD SAFE WHEN A CAR STALLS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, ALSO IT HAS A VERY ROUGH IDLE. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT.CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS,AND THE DEALER DIDN'T REPAIR THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT ANY BRAKE LIGHTS. *AK

WOULD HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC CHECKED OUT THE BRAKES, AND FOUND THEY OPERATED ERRATICALLY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 5 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE STARTED SLIDING AND WENT TO THE LEFT. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT IS LOOSE. 1 SCREW FELL OUT AND THE OTHER 3 WERE LOOSE. NO STABILITY WHEN DRIVING. *AK *ML