Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
45
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-11-09 | 90V191000 |
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | 654 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GEO PRIZM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, CARBON MONOXIDE WAS PRES… |
| 2009-12-13 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GEO PRIZM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED AND W… |
| 2009-08-16 | TIRES | Yes | 0 | 1991 GEO PRISM HAD A TIRE BLOW OUT AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE, BEFORE HITTING THE MEDI… |
| 2001-02-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | JAN/01 - DISCOVERED CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. WAS TOLD BY SALVAGE YARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GEOS AND THEY… |
| 1999-09-24 | WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20MPH HEARD A SOUND & WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. THE WHEELS WOULD NOT TURN EITHER LEFT… |
| 1999-08-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, AND VEHICLE HESITATES AND MAKES LOUD NOISES. *AK |
| 1999-02-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | AS I STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND ATTEMPTED TO FILL UP WITH GAS, MY JACKET SLEEVE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM FLAMES COMING OUT… |
| 1998-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLES /BRAKELIGHT BURNING OUT AFTER A FEW DAYS OF REPLACEMENT. EVERY GEO PRIZM I SEE ON… |
| 1998-05-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 1 | SHOULDER BELT DID NOT LOCK DURING A REAREND COLLISION. |
| 1997-11-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 GEO PRIZM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PLASTIC USED FOR DOOR KNOBS DISINTEGRATED AND WERE IN… |
| 1997-06-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE IS A VERY LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHI… |
| 1996-11-07 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | RING GEAR ON DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. |
| 1996-07-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNDER THE DASH BOARD, CAUSED WIRING TO MELT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK |
| 1996-07-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERHOOD WHILE DRIVING, ALL WIRES UNDERHOOD BURNED OUT, ALL WIRING HARNESS TO BE REPLACED, SPEE… |
| 1996-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED-2 PLACES REPLACEMENT WAS OF DIFFERENT DESIGN. |
| 1996-06-15 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THELEFT REAR SEATBELT WILL NOT UNFASTEN. *AK |
| 1995-12-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE DOOR HANDLE BROKE IN THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE CAN NOT GET OUT THE VEHICLE. TT |
| 1995-10-30 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD. |
| 1995-09-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THREE OUT OF FOUR WINDOWS DO NOT ROLL UP AND DOWN. TT |
| 1995-08-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES INSIDE OF VEHICLE ARE BROKEN. TT |
| 1995-07-21 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | POSSIBLE FAILURE OF FU |
| 1995-07-13 | STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR | No | 0 | UNDER THE STEERING THE SHAFT CAME APART. *AK |
| 1995-06-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | VEHICLES INSIDE DOOR HANDLES ARE BREAKING PREMATURELY, HAS 5 HANDLES REPLACED, PARTS NUMBER BEING 95007062/95007063. TT |
| 1995-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EHAUST FUMES IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE RESULTED FROM A CRACK IN THE EXHAUST MANIFOL… |
| 1995-05-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE INNER DOOR LATCHES HAVE BROKEN AND FALLEN APART AND CANNOT GET OUT OF CAR ON ONE SIDE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| 1995-05-20 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILURE, REAR LEFT HAND SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT UNLATCH. TT |
| 1995-05-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | INSIDE HANDLES BREAK OFF, UNABLE TO EXIT VEHICLE. TT |
| 1995-02-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | ORIGINAL AND REPLACEMENT EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED. *AW |
| 1995-01-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD THAT GOES BACK TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM HAS CRACKED THIS IS THE SECOND OWNER. TT |
| 1994-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. *SKD |
| 1994-11-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | ASK FOR MARSHA. DOOR HANDLES ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SNAPPED OFF. APPEARS TO BE DETERIORATING. TT |
| 1994-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHEN PULLING ON INSIDE DOOR RELEASE HANDLE, PLATE BEHIND IT BROKE TWICE, DISABLING DOOR RELEASE. *AK |
| 1994-03-24 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 1 | CAR WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT DIDN'T RESTRAIN, RESULTING IN AN INJURY, CONSUMER DOESN'… |
| 1993-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | THE DEFECTIVE INTERIOR PASSENGER'S DOOR HANDLE AND BOTH REAR DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF, MAKING THE DOORS NOT OPERABLE F… |
| 1993-02-01 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | HOOD; FAILURE ON THE HOOD, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE HOOD LATCH FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO FLY UP, CAUSING DAMAGE TO T… |
| 1992-06-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WK 316 264-0500; INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BREAK PREVENTING EXIT. FIVE DEALERS IN AREA HAVE RECEIVED INQUIRIES. MANUFACTURE… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE. QCAW |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE LAP SAFETY BELT WILL NOT LATCH/ I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICAL AND I CAN CONTACT THE ORIGINAL OWNER TO FI… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | EXHUAST MANIFOLD CRACKED, CAUSING CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES TO LEAK INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACT… |
| — | TIRES | No | 0 | ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO UNEVEN WEAR, ALSO ALTERNATOR FAILED, CAUSING STARTING PROBLEMS; FOUL ODOR EN… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DOOR HANDLES CONTINUOUSLY BREAK OFF, THUS FAR CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE 3 DIFFERENT DOOR HANDLES REPLACED.*AK *JB |
| — | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE HOOD LATCHES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| — | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | RIGHT REAR WINDOW IS VERY HARD TO ROLL UP OR DOWN. YH |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK INTO A POSITION WHERE AS A CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAN BE INSTALLED SAFELY. TT |