GEO Complaints
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1994 GEO PRIZM- NEW CASTLE, DE
INTERNAL COMPONENT OF SEAT FAILS TO SUPPORT DRIVER'S SEATBACK. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
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1998 GEO TRACKER- TRAVERSE CITY, MI
AFTER COMING TO A STOP THROTTLE REMAINED OPEN. ENGINE WAS REVVING. BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. SHIFTED INTO PARK & TURNED VEHICLE OFF. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK
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1996 GEO METRO- COLUMBUS, IN
CAME TO STOP LIGHT AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START BACK UP. LOW VOLTAGE READING OR DIM LIGHTS.CHANGED ALTERNATOR IN NOVEMBER. WAS TOLD THAT WAS THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
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1997 GEO METRO- ROSWELL, GA
SEAT BACK COLLAPSED WHEN VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED VEHICLE AT A STOP LIGHT, CONSUMER RECIEVED SPAINES TO ANKLES, KNEES, WRIST, ELBOWS AND ALSO NECK AND BACK INJURIES. NLM
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1996 GEO METRO- COLUMBUS, IN
VEHICLE CUTS OFF WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP LIGHT. THE WAY THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED, THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE A/C AND RADIO. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. *YC
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1991 GEO METRO- BALTIMORE, MD
THE CAR WAS STRUCK FROM BEHING AT A STOP LIGHT BY A BUS. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS INJURING THE DRIVER, DUE TO LACK OF RESTRAINT.
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1995 GEO METRO- BALTIMORE, MD
I WAS STOPED AT A RED LIGHT AND STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS UPON IMPACT VIOLENTLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT EVEN GO OFF WHEN I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SENDING ME FORWARD FROM AN ALMOST HOROZANTAL P
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1986 GEO TRACKER- UNDERWOOD, IN
THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT LOCK UP IN EMERGENCY STOPPING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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1997 GEO METRO- LOWELL, NC
I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THE CAR, IN FACT I WOULD DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM PURCHASING THE CAR AND I HAVE. MY DAUGHTER WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THE SEAT BREAKING.
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1995 GEO TRACKER- MARYION, OH
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD SOME NOISE WITHIN THE TIRE, AND THEN SOME CRACKING SOUND. CONSUMER DROVE 20 MINTUES UP THE ROAD AND THEN THE CONSUMER SAW SOME SMOKE. PULLED OVER AND SAW VEHICLE ENGULVED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT REPAIRED. ALL THE WIRES GOT BURNED, AND THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS HAS TO BE REPAIRED. *AK
Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE