1996 GEO TRACKER Complaints

THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK IS LOOSE. THE DRIVER HAS TO PROP A BOX BEHIND THE SEAT FOR IT TO STAY UP. *AK

SON SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION DUE TO THE AIR BAGS NOT DEPLOYING AND SEAT BELTS NOT HOLDING HIM BACK. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHIMMIES AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. ALSO, STEERING BECOMES HARD AND THEN THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE AND THE CLUTCH SHAFT SHATTERED TWICE, CONSUMER OWNED VEHICLE FOR 3 YEARS AND HAS TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIP APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. *AK *JG

CONSUMER GOT INSIDE OF THE CAR TO START IT UP AND CAR WOULDN'T START. SHE NOTIFIED A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT CLUTCH PEDAL HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH. *AK

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE CAUSED DRIVER TO SMELL SMOKE THEN VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE.(OHIO TRAFFIC REPORT).

DRIVE DOOR CLOSED COMPLETELY CLOSED ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND THE FRAME OF THE DOOR WENT HALF WAY INTO MY FINGER IT REQUIRED 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE THE WOUND AND FRACTURED IT AS WELL.

THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL LUGS: NUTS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE HUB TO FALL, ALMOST RESULTING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON, PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE MISSES AND HAS A LOSS OF POWER. FUEL MILEAGE HAS DROPPED, AND VEHICLES RMPS WILL DROP. THE LIGHTS DIM AT NIGHT WHEN THE IDLE DROPS. *SLC

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN GAS PEDAL IS APPLIE. ,PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND DEALERS HAVE REPLACED THROTTLE BODY WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALERS CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

THE SEATBACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE COLLASPED WHEN THE DRIVER LEANED BACK TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM FROM THE BACK AREA OF THE TRACKER. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE SEAT WILL BE REPARIED. *AK