GEO Complaints

UNDER HOOD FIRE DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. MANUFACTURERNOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS HIT IN REAR END AT 35-40 MPH. SEATBACK COLLAPSED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN STARTING FROM A COMPLETE STOP. VEHICLE SOMETIMES DOES NOT START. SOMETIMES GOES AWAY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, THEN COMES BACK. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER TUNED UP VEHICLE TO FIX PROBLEM. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK THE MANUFACTURER HAD AGREED TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTION HARNESS FREE OF CHARGE. *YH

THE 1990 GEO STORM (AUTO) WILL NOT ONLY STALL, BUT IS STARTING TO ACCELERATE UNINTENTIONALLY. THE CAR ALSO SEEMS TO STALL IN RELATIVLY TIGHT TURNS. MY MAIN PROBLEM IS THE HESITATION AND SURGING/ACCELERATION. I HAVE HEARD THROUGH INTERNET NEWS GROUPS THAT THEIR IS A DEFECTIVE ECM COMPONENT ON THIS CAR AND THAT THIS DEFECT WAS COMMUNICATED TO CHEVY/GEO DEALERS THROUGH ITS TECHNICAL LITERATURE. SO FAR, I AM SPENDING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON REPAIRS THAT WILL NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. IF THE DEALERS KNOW ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE ECM, WHAT KIND OF RECOURSE CAN I TAKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND/OR RECEIVE MY MONEY BACK FOR THE UNNEEDED REPAIRS. IF THE CAR CONTINUES TO DO THIS, IT CAN BECOME A HAZARD.*AK

THE CAR WAS PARKED. I OPENED THE DOOR AND THE WIND TOOK IT OPENING IT PAST IT'S DESIGNED MAXIMUN. I WAS ABLE TO RECLOSE THE DOOR WITH ONE HAND, SO THE WIND WAS NOT THAT STRONG. I FEEL THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED WAS EXCESSIVE FOR A SAFELY CONSTRUCTED VEHICLE. THE PARTS THAT WERE DESIGNED TO GIVE WAY AND ARE REPLACEABLE DID NOT GET DAMAGED. THE DAMAGE OCCURED TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHICH IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE REPLACEABLE AND THE PARTS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE MUST BE FABRICATED. UPON VIEWING THE DAMAGE IT IS EVIDENT THAT THERE IS A FACTORY DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST FACTORY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE. AT 18,000 MILES A NEW ENGINE WAS PUT IN THE VEHICLE WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE ENGINE DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY FROM THE TIME I DROVE IT OFF THE LOT AND THE PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE A DEFECTIVE BLOCK, SO THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. QUITE HONESTLY I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IF A LITTLE WIND COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MUCH DAMAGE, WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF SURVIVING A EVEN A MINOR IMPACT FROM THE SIDE IN THIS VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE BODY SHOP AND THEY SUGGESTED THAT I CONTACT CHEVROLET BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF THE DAMAGE DID NOT SEEM CONSISTENT WITH THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT AND THE DESIGNED INTEGRITY OF A ROAD WORTHY VEHICLE! THE CAR IS SITTING IN THE DEALER LOT AT RYDELL CHEVROLET AT 18600 DEVONSHIRE ST. IN NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324 PHONE# (818) 832-1695 [XXX] IS MY CONTACT. I WOULD APPECIATE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION TO COME OUT, VIEW THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURED AND MAKE AN UNBIASED DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THIS SITUATION WAS A RESULT OF ANOTHER FACTORY DEFECT IN THIS VEHICLE OR NOT. A MANUFACTURES REP FROM CHEVROLET SUPPOSEDLY EVALUATED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT, BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED WITH ANY DOCUMENTATION TO THAT EFFECT AND HAVE TO ASSUME THAT HIS OPINION IS A BIASED ONE. THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. SINCERELY, [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMAT

WHEN MAKING A TURN THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK. THERE WERE CHILDREN PRESENT, VEHICLE WAS RACING UP CURB. ANOTHER TIME ACCELERATER GOT STUCK CONSUMER WAS CHANGING LANES AND GAS PEDAL GOT STUCK AGAIN. CONSUMER TURNED OF KEYS, AND HIT A VAN WITH A PREGNANT WOMEN IN IT.*AK *SLC

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. THERE IS A RECALL ON AIRBAGS , BUT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

DOOR HANDLES CONTINUOUSLY BREAK OFF, THUS FAR CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE 3 DIFFERENT DOOR HANDLES REPLACED.*AK *JB

INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN TRYING TO USE THE TURN SIGNAL TO INDICATE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE TURN SIGNAL WILL BUZZ AND THE TURN SIGNAL WILL NOT BLINK FOR ABOUT 5 SECONDS. THE DEALER HAD REPLACED VARIOUS COMPONENTS AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL OPERATION.*AK

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON AN EXPRESSWAY, IN THE FAST LANE, WHEN THE HOOD LATCH BROKE, CAUSING THE HOOD TO POP UP AND COMPLETELY BLOCK MY VISION OF THE ROAD. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE HOOD LATCH. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO AVOID A COLLISION AND TO GRADUALLY WORK THE CAR OVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. THE HOOD IS NOW TEMPORARILY TIED DOWN WITH ROPE AND A RUBBER STRAP. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, HAVING PURCHASED IT FROM A FRIEND WHO BOUGHT IT NEW. HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY OTHER REPORTS OF HOOD LATCH DEFECTS FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL?*AK