Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-09-22 | 94E021002 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | 38,502 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY HOOD BLOW OFF THE CAR AT 35/40 MPH -- THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THE HOOD RELEASE OR THE HOOD HINGES MY HOOD WAS THERE… |
| 2009-02-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GEO PRIZM. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2009, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS T… |
| 2009-02-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 GEO PRIZM. WHEN THE CONTACT PLACED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION, THE AIR BAGS IMMEDIATELY DEPL… |
| 2008-09-20 | TIRES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 65 MPH, I BEGAN TO NOTICE A VIBRATION THAT WAS GETTING WORSE AS I DROVE ALONG.… |
| 2008-08-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | DURING LIGHT TO MEDIUM BRAKING, THE ABS ACTIVE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD BEGIN UN-LOC… |
| 2005-08-24 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT TRIED TO ORDER A NEW DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FROM A DEALER FOR 1994 GEO PRIZM. THE GM DEALER DID NOT H… |
| 2004-09-08 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 30 MPH AROUND A SLIGHT RIGHT HAND CURVE, THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE BECAME SQUIRRELLY AND WHI… |
| 2004-06-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. AS A RESULT, DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD AND NECK LACERATION… |
| 2003-07-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | NEVER INFORMED OF RECALLS FOR AIR BAG LIGHT AND DRIVER RESTRAINT SYSTEM. FOUND RECALLS ON NHTSA WEBSITE. NOTIFIED GM,… |
| 2003-06-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | FRONT LEFT BRAKE WEARS UNUSUALLY FAST. HAD BRAKES REPLACED 2 TIMES IN AS MANY YEARS. ABS NOT WORKING. HAD MY GEO FOR… |
| 2003-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | ON 5/1/03 I WAS DRIVING MY CAR AT LOW SPEEDS AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LOSING POWER AND WAS GOING TO CUT OFF. I APPLIED T… |
| 2003-02-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE | No | 0 | MY CONCERN ARISES FROM HAVING PROBLEM WITH MY AIR BAG SENSOR. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE PROBLEM… |
| 2003-01-06 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | ON THE 4-DOOR MODEL OF THE GEO PRIZM LSI, THE REAR DOOR LATCH/LOCK MECHANISMS FAIL, MAKING THE DOOR UN-OPERABLE FROM IN… |
| 2002-11-21 | TRAILER HITCHES | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT 25MPH UNDER RAINING CONDITIONS CONSUMER STATES' LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT THE TRAILER HITCH OF… |
| 2002-08-19 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | AT APPROXIMATELY 120,000 MILES DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND WAS REPLACED BY OWNER. AT 170,000 MILES BOTH … |
| 2002-04-27 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | CONSUMER STATES WHEN PULLING OFF FROM A STOP THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. CONSU… |
| 2002-03-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE DIVIDER ON HIGHWAY AT 80 MPH, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. CONSUMER SUFFERED BRUISED RIBS. VEHI… |
| 2001-11-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS: AT FIRST, THE LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS RUN, AND A SENSOR WAS REPLACED (ALL THAT WAS OVER $… |
| 2001-09-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON LEFT AND THERE WAS A FIRE THAT STARTED IN ENIGNE.E VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK |
| 2001-07-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DOORS HINGES AND LATCHES ARE INOPERABLE, CAUSING DOORS TO SWING OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND CANNOT BE CLOSED. DEALER HAS RE… |
| 2001-06-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOESN'T WORK. SEATBELT IS PULLED ALL THE WAY OUT, AND WILL NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER HAS YET TO C… |
| 2001-04-20 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD MANUFACTURED INCORRECTELY, WHEN LOOKING THROUGH WIHDSHIELD VIEW IS DISTORTED. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALERSHIP… |
| 2001-02-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND ALTERNATOR TO FAIL, THE PREVIOUS ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AT 53,000 MILES, 4 YEARS AGO. THIS IS NOT … |
| 2001-02-22 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE AT A DEAD STOP ANOTHER DRIVER TRAVELING AT APPROXIATEMELY 45 MPH REAR ENDED CONSUMER, AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEP… |
| 2001-02-22 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE AT A DEAD STOP CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45MPH, AND NONE OF CONSUMER'… |
| 2001-02-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF, FEELS LIKE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY. *AK |
| 2001-01-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER STOPPED. CONSUMER STEPPED ON BRAKES AND HIT … |
| 2000-08-31 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR WHEN ALL THE TREAD CAME OFF ONE OF HER TIRES. I RETRIEVED THE TREAD, STILL IN GOOD SHA… |
| 2000-07-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40-45MPH, AND HIT DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY… |
| 2000-07-12 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING 65-70 MPH DEFECTIVE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING, WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A C… |
| 2000-05-09 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE BELT RETRACTOR FAILED AND IS TOO LOOSE. NLM |
| 2000-04-14 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT BEHIND DRIVER'S SEAT HAD BEEN REPLACED BEFORE. CURRENTLY, WHEN CHILD SEAT IS PLACED IN REAR SEAT, SEAT BELT… |
| 2000-04-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING | No | 0 | WHEEL BEARING FAILED. NLM |
| 2000-03-03 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING AN ICEBALL, VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE, CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OVER STE… |
| 2000-02-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 55 MPH DRIVESHAFT COMMENCED TO LOCK UP, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL VEHIC… |
| 2000-02-16 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER DENIED RECALL REPAIR DUE TO MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. *MJS |
| 2000-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AT ALL TIMES DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHEICLE WAS NOT COVER UND… |
| 2000-01-22 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | BE ADVISED THAT THIS IS A FATALITY. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE HAD VEERED INTO HER AND S… |
| 2000-01-17 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | THE ANTI-FREEZE ATE THE HEATER CORE UP, CAUSING THE ANTI-FREEZE TO SPILL OUT AND FUMES TO SEAP INTO THE PASSENGER'S COM… |
| 1999-12-30 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A INTERSECTIONAL CRASH, VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, … |
| 1999-12-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S AIRBAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 1999-11-18 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 3 | I HAVE E-MAILED CHVROLET ON SEVREL OCCASIONS AND HAVE RECEIVED UNSATISFACTORY ANSWERS. I AM REPORTING THE INCIDENT NOW… |
| 1999-11-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAUSED VEHICLE TO VEER OFF ROAD ROLLOVER SEVERAL TIMES, GREATEST IMPACT TO THE ROOF,NEI… |
| 1999-09-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IT HAD BEEN RUNNING FINE. IF WE … |
| 1999-09-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | LEFT/REAR SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE-WILL NOT RETRACT OR PULL OUT. DEALER REPLACED SEAT BELT AND RETRACTOR. *AK |
| 1999-08-31 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOW DRIVE SYSTEMS HAVE FAILED AND WINDOWS WILL NOT STAY CLOSED |
| 1999-08-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | Yes | 1 | HELLO, LET ME START BY TELLING U WHO I AM MY NAME IS [XXX] I LIVE IN [XXX]. MY VEHICLE WAS JUST INVOLVED IN A MAJOR AC… |
| 1999-08-20 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT | No | 0 | THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING FELL OFF EVERY TIME VEHICLE WAS GOING OVER A BUMP WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTR… |
| 1999-08-16 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE POWER WINDOW FELL DOWN INTO DOOR WHILE OPERATING THE WINDOW WHILE DRIVING. WINDOW WOULD NOT STAY UP. DEAL… |
| 1999-05-23 | WHEELS | Yes | 1 | CONSUMERS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE LEFT REAR WHEEL BROKE COMPLETLEY OFF, RESULTING… |