GEO Complaints

DRIVER'S SIDE BALL JOINT COMPLETELY DRY. DEALER REPLACED. STILL CREAKING WHEN GO OVER BUMPS OR REVERSE AND TURN WHEEL.

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HOOD STARTED LIFTING UP. ABOUT THREE SECONDS LATER, HOOD CAME OFF, AND HIT TOP OF WINDSHIELD AND ROOF OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HOOD RELEASED FROM LATCH AND FLEW UP AND SMASHED DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS NOT FOUND A REMEDY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH WHEN IT WAS BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD RUN A STOP SIGN WITH FRONT END. DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MUSCLE INJUIRES.*AK

CAR PURCHASED NEW IN 1995(MAY OR JUNE, TOO LAZY TO GO TO THE CAR AND LOOK!) FIRST THE RIGHT REAR SEATBELT WOULD NOT RETRACT ,SO WE PUT THE BABY IN THE MIDDLE OR LEFT REAR. THE CAR WAS TAKEN IN TO HAVE SOME MINOR FLAWS CORRECTED AS WITH MOST NEW CARS(A "PUNCH" LIST). THE SEATBELT WAS FIXED UNDER WARRANTY . SHORTLY THERE AFTER IT DID IT AGAIN. AS WELL AS THE LEFT REAR STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. THE RIGHT REAR HAS NEVER RETRACTED SINCE. I WAS ABLE TO FREE THE LEFT ONE OCCASIONALLY(2 OR 3) TIMES THEN IT PERMANENTLY LOCKED. WE HAD TO PUT THE CHILD'S SEAT IN THE MIDDLE ; THE BEST PLACE FOR IT .THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHEN THE CAR WENT IN FOR SERVICE AND I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO BUY NEW SEATBELTS AND PAY THE LABOR TO FIX THEM. SCREW THAT! WE JUST TRAVELLED 3 TO THE CAR OR REAR RIDING ADULTS HAD NO SEATBELTS. HAD ANOTHER CHILD IN 1998. BOUGHT A USED VOLVO!! END OF STORY. THANKS! HOYO (PAM'S HUSBAND). *AK

THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET; THE RPM IS ALSO ON 1000-1500 EVEN WHEN CAR IS STOPPED OR PARKED. IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER TO KEEP IT STOPPED.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOESN'T WORK. SEATBELT IS PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT, AND WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT AT 55 MPH VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER IN FRONT, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 50 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER IMFORMATION.*AK

THE CAR HAS BEEN OVERHEATING EVER SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER A WEEK OF PURCHASING IT BECAUSE IT WAS OVERHEATING. ALTHOUGH HE WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO REAPIR IT BECAUSE IT WAS BOUGHT AS IS HE STILL REPLACED THE RADIATOR, BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER OWNERS OF GEO STORMS AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. A CONSUMER REPORT ALSO REVEALED THAT THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I DEPEND ON IT NOW FOR COLLEGE. I ATTEND COLLEGE 1000 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND I NEED A DEPENDABLE CAR, WHICH I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING. OTHER THAN THE COOLING SYSTEM THE CAR IS GREAT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.*AK

I HAVE INCONSISTANT, "INTERMITENT" LOSS OF BRAKES. 3 PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AT 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKES WILL TAKE AT FIRST, DISAPPEAR FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, THE PEDAL GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE RETURNS (SO FAR). THE LOSS HAPPENS IN BOTH COLD/HOT WEATHER & WET/DRY CONDITIONS WITHOUT WARNING. I AM TOLD THE CAR IS 'SAFE' TO DRIVE, ALTHOUGH I CONSIDER THIS PROBLEM 'UNSAFE'.