GEO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT THE CONSUMER HEAD-ON, AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

THE FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT SHOULDER BELTS DO NOT LOCK UP WHEN PULLED ABRUPTLY. *AK

TURN SIGNALS CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCE FAILURE, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FAILURE.

I HAVE TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP (DAVID STANLEY) MOST RECENT, AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL DEALERSHIP( BOB HOWARD) TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME TERROR OF THIS CAR! I TRAVEL FROM MY HOME IN OKC,OK TO TULSA,OK FREQUENTLY BY WAY OF THE TURNER TURNPIKE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 75MPH .THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE TO DRIVE AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEED, THE PROBLEM STARTS AT ABOUT 55MPH AND WORSENS WITH INCREASED SPEED. ON MY LAST TRIP,

HEADLIGHT SWITCH BROKE, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THEY WERE HARD. REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S SIDE/PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATES, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

IN DRIVING THE CAR 30.000 MILES, I HAVE PUT ON FOUR SETS OF ROTORS, SOMETHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THE CAR KEEPS MAKING THEM "RUT OUT"....A NEW SET OF ROTORS ONLY WORKS FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS....I KNOW THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF DEFECT WITH THE FRONT END BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT CHEVY REFUSED TO CHECK INTO IT FOR ME

AT 22,000 MILES I NOTICED SLIGHT CUPPING ON RIGHT REAR TIRE. ALSO VEHICLE WAS NOISY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY WIFE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE MCPHERSON STRUTS. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS WEAR PATTERN IS TYPICAL OF GEO METRO AND THAT NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE STRUTS. THEY RECOMMENDED ROTATING THE TIRES AT 3,000 MILE INTERVALS. AFTER AN ADDITIONAL 5,000 MILES THE OEM TIRE ON THE RIGHT REAR IS CUPPED SO BADLY THAT THE TREAD IS ENTIRELY WORN AWAY IN SOME SPOTS. THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAS BEGUN TO CUP ALSO. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET 800 SERVICE ASSISTANCE NUMBER (1-800-222-1020) AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNOW OF NO PROBLEM WITH THE METRO. IF THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE METRO, THERE SHOULD BE AN UPDATE PUBLISHED TO THE OWNERS MANUAL RECOMMENDING EXTREMELY FREQUENT TIRE ROTATION.

THE 2 TOP BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE TOP PART OF THE DOOR TO FALL OFF WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES. *AK