GEO Complaints

DURING WARM WEATHER THE VEHICLE'S THROTTLE WILL STICK AT 2000. THROUGH MY RESEARCH I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE THE FAULT OF THE ECU. IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS THING TO HAVE YOUR THROTTLE STICK. DT

CONSUMERS HUSBAND WAS IN MOTION WHEN THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND, FOLLOWED BY LOST OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. ALL BRAKING AND STEERING POWER WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE UNISTRUT FRAME ON THE VEHICLE HAD BROKEN. CHEVROLET DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS ENVIRONMENTAL AND NO REIMBURSEMENT OR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE WILL BE INCURRED. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MONIES PAID. *JG

CAR WAS STRUCK FROM REAR AT 45-55 MPH WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT, KNOCKED CAR DIRECTLY INTO CAR AHEAD. MINI-COOPER COLLAPASED IN BOTH FRONT AND REAR. DRIVER THROW INTO STREERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. NO DOUBT FRONT AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. CAR HAD BEEN INTO DEALER TWICE IN LAST 3 MONTHS WITH A COMPLAINT THAT THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS STAYING ON. VEHICLE IS TOTALLED, DRIVER (MY SON) INJURIED. WE HAVE CONTACTED BMW AND THEY SAY THEY WILL SEND OUT SOMEONE SOON TO REVIEW. WE HAVE SECURED THE VEHICLE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT THAT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY MY SON. HIS FACIAL/NECK INJURIES WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE BEEN NOMINAL AT BEST HAD THE AIR BAGS PROPERLY DEPLOYED. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VEHICLE BEING AS NEW AS IT IS MAY NOT HAVE ALL ITS BUGS IRONED OUT. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL BODY SHOPS AND AUTO PEOPLE LOOK AT THEY VEHICLE AND EACH ONE HAD INDEPENDENTLY EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE DAMAGE THIS VEHICLE SUSTAINED COULD CAUSE AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. IN REVIEWING THE WEBSITE FOR MINI-COOPER IT GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT ITS SAFETY WITH AIRBAGS AND SHOWS THE SENSOR AREAS THAT IT PROTECTS. THOSE AREAS ARE WHERE THIS VEHICLE SUSTAINED THE DAMAGE. WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR OUR 18 YEAR OLD FOR SEVERAL REASONS AND PERHAPS THE MOST SWAYING WAS THE SAFETY REPRESENTED TO US BY BMW. WE RESEARCHED THIS VEHICLE BEFORE PURCHASING IT AND IT DID NOT DO WHAT IT WAS REPRESENT TO US. HOPEFULLY OURS IS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO DOCUMENT OUR EXPERIENCE AND IF IT IS A PROBLEM OTHERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, DEALER NOTIFIED. TS *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR 3 CHILDREN HOME AND HE HAD ONLY GOT 1/2 MILE FROM THE HOUSE AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH THE CAR JUST CUT OFF. LEAVING MY HUSBAND AND 15 YEAR OLD SON JUST SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, AND THANK GOD THERE WAS NO-ONE BEHIND HIM. NO LIGHTS OR WARNINGS CAME ON AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THEY WERE STRANDED FOR 4 HOURS IN THE ROAD. THANK GOD THEY HAD NOT MADE IT TO THE 4 LANE HIGHWAY THAT THEY WERE HEADED FOR OR CROSSING A BUSY INTERSECTION. I JUST KNOW THAT GOD HAD TO BE WITH THEM. THEY WERE ABLE TO FINALLY PUSH THE CAR OFF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. AFTER GETTING SOMEONE TO PICK MY HUSBAND UP AND BRING HIM HOME, HE AND A NEIGHBOR WENT BACK TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. AFTER REPLACING EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD, AND NOTHING HELPED, WE CALLED A WREAKER TO TAKE THE CAR IN. IT HAD TO BE PUT ON A FLAT BED TO BE TAKEN IN. IT WAS TAKEN TO A GARGAGE. WHERE AFTER PUTTING IT ON A MACHINE AND CHECKING THE ECUS/COMPUTER IT WAS FOUND IT HAD FAILED. NOW AFTER 4 DAYS WE ARE STILL NOT ABLE TO FIND A NEW COMPUTER BOARD TO BE PUT IN THE CAR, NOT EVEN THROUGH THE DEALER BECAUSE NO-ONE KNOWS HOW TO PROGRAM THE BOARDS. SO, AFTER CALLING SEVERAL PLACES THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND A USED ONE IN NORTH CAROLINA WHICH IS BEING SENT DOWN BY TRUCK. STILL NOT KNOWING IF THIS IS GOING TO WORK, HOWEVER THE WORST PART IS, IF THIS IS A USED ONE WHEN WILL IT GO OUT? AND, WHERE WILL IT HAPPEN, WITH NO WARNING AND GOING ANY SPEED IT WILL JUST STOP, GO DEAD AND NOT RESTART..... I REALLY BELIVE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE IF NOT ALREADY INNOCENT PEOPLE DIE. OR CHILDREN GET KILLED. JUST THINK IF YOU WERE GOING DOWN A 6 LANE HIGHWAY AND ANYWHERE FROM 55-70 AND THE CAR JUST STOP AND CARS ALL AROUND YOU AND BEHIND YOU. AND, THE CAR NOT START BACK UP OR EVEN GET A CHANCE TO GET THE CAR STARTED BEFORE SOME ONE RUNS INTO YOU AND KILLS YOU, THEM, AND ANYONE ELSE AROUND...

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AT 60-65 MPH AND THE CONSUMER WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER MR

PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM....*AK

BROUGHT CAR JULY 11, 2000-DEC. 20,2000-TRANSMISSION REPLACED-AUG. 23, 2002 THROUGH SEPT. 30, 2002-SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON CRANK SENSOR SEAL O-RING REPLACED, BURNING OIL, HAS A SHAKE TO IT WHEN DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN, AND ALL THIS HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. MR

THE SEAT BELT ANCHORS ON CONSUMERS VEHICLE BROKE. CONSUMER RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RECALLS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE BELTS FOR THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER SPOKE TO A GEO REPRESENTIVE WHO EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE ANCHOR STRAPS. THE REPRESENTATIVE WOULD NOT CONFIRM IN WRITING WHAT WAS TOLD TO THE CONSUMER. *JG