Safety Score
75
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-10-26 | 94V213000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | 435 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-11-19 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | No | 0 | REAR DOORS ON MY GEO METRO (1995) WILL NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OR INSIDE! IT STARTED WITH REAR LEFT AND NOW BOTH ARE EFF… |
| 2007-02-16 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO METRO WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 108000 MILES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HAD PITTING I… |
| 2005-08-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 2 | I HAD 95 GEO METRO, THE DAY I WRECKED IT WAS RAINING. I WAS COMING UPON A CURVE, AND I HIT MY BRAKES. IT HAD ANTI LOCK … |
| 2003-09-01 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK |
| 2003-05-05 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | BACK DOORS W/CHILD SECURITY LOCKS FAIL TO UNLOCK ONCE PLACED INTO CHILD PROTECTION MODE. DOORS TAKEN APART AND "REPAIRE… |
| 2002-12-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | MY GEO METRO WENT DOWN A HILL FLIPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND HIT A TREE. NEITHER AIR BAG EVER CAME OUT. |
| 2002-07-23 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | IN A REAR COLLISION NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK |
| 2002-01-25 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | DURING BRAKE REPAIR MECHANIC NOTICED THAT FRAME WAS RUSTING BEHIND FRONT WHEELS.*AK |
| 2002-01-16 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH, ALL STEERING WAS LOST. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT FRONT AXLE HAD DISCONNECTED FROM LEFT SI… |
| 2001-03-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | WHERE WIRING HARNESS FOR HEADLIGHT SWITCH PLUGS INTO FUSE BOX BURNT CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO STOP WORKING. MECHANIC TOLD M… |
| 2000-10-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | ALL FOUR DOORS ARE UNABLE TO OPEN FROM BOTH SIDES, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW … |
| 2000-08-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | WHILE ROLLING UP DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW GLASS WILL COME OUT OF TRACK. ALSO, INSIDE HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. *AK… |
| 2000-08-21 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH | Yes | 0 | HEADLIGHT SWITCH ON TURNSIGNAL ARM GOES OFF CAUSING LIGHTS TO GO OUT. BAD SWICTH AND BRIGHT LIGHT SWITCH CAUSE BLACKOUT… |
| 2000-04-19 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TAKING OFF FROM A STOP SIGN AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND WAS HIT IN THE … |
| 1999-12-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR | No | 0 | CATALYTIC COVERTER RUSTED IN TWO PLACES. BELIEVED THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK |
| 1999-09-28 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEAT TO GET OUT THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE FR… |
| 1999-09-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK AT ALL. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEATS TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICL… |
| 1999-07-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | BOTH REAR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *AK |
| 1999-04-15 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE A/C SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FREON TO LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE OVERHEATING AND A FIRE IF THE FREON WOULD SPILL UN… |
| 1999-01-11 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | I WAS STOPED AT A RED LIGHT AND STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS UPON IMPACT VIOLENTLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO M… |
| 1998-10-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS STARTING UP THE VEHICLE WHEN HE SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD … |
| 1998-08-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LOCK MECHANISM NOT WORKING, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF CAR |
| 1998-08-08 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:CONCEALMENT DEVICES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE TAIL LIGHTS WENT OUT. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO USE THE DAYTIME RUN… |
| 1998-08-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. WIRING HARNESS FOR HEADLIGHTS PLUGGED IN THE HEAD DUE TO PIN CONNECTORS BEING TOO SMALL TO HANDLE … |
| 1998-07-20 | WHEELS | No | 0 | WHEELS AND LUG NUTS ARE RUSTING. (QC-AW) |
| 1998-03-31 | PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL | No | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND IN NEUTRAL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE RELEASED BY ITSELF AND VEHICLE WA SROLLING DOWN THE PARKIN… |
| 1998-01-13 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND RAN HEAD-ON INTOAN EMBANKMENT, THEN WENT AIRBORNE BEFORE LANDING ON THE PASSENGER SI… |
| 1997-12-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FUEL REGULATOR PRESSURE WHICH ALMOST RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. TOOK… |
| 1997-12-08 | SEATS | Yes | 1 | THE VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BROKE UPON IMPACT, THROWING THE DRIVER… |
| 1997-08-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | LAST YEAR THE HEADLIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS DIM. THE HEADLIGHT ON LEFT SIDE WAS NORMAL THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SCREWED … |
| 1997-07-01 | STRUCTURE | No | 1 | THE DASH IN MY 1995 GEO METRO IS DISINTEGRATING IN SMALL PARTICLES THAT BLOW INTO MY FACE WHILE DRIVING AND IS PARTICU… |
| 1997-02-24 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 50 TO 70 MPH AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID … |
| 1997-02-24 | TIRES | No | 0 | KELLY TIRE BLEW OUT. (SIZE P1558R13) |
| 1997-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDE… |
| 1996-12-14 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK |
| 1996-10-10 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | Yes | 1 | THE DRIVER RECEIVED WHIP LASH FROM THE DRIVE'S SEAT DUE TO LACK OF NECK SUPPORT IN THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING… |
| 1996-09-27 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S A… |
| 1996-08-09 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A FOUR CAR ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK |
| 1996-08-08 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER AND PASS… |
| 1996-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR JAMS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH |
| 1996-07-27 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK |
| 1996-06-17 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | Yes | 0 | PUT THE CAR IN PARK DRIVER GOT OUT OF CAR, GEARS JUMPED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS | No | 0 | ELECTRICAL SHORT, FUSES CONTINUE TO FLOW, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING. *AK |
| 1996-04-29 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-03-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | Yes | 0 | DRIVING AT SPEED OF 30MPH, APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE SWIRLED AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED OVER. *AK |
| 1996-03-04 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | DRIVING AT SPEED OF 30MPH, APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE SWIRLED AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND FLIPPED OVER. *AK |
| 1996-01-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE. *AW |
| 1996-01-02 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | FAILURE ON THE HEATER DEFROSTER CAN NOT SEE OUT THE WINDOW. TT |
| 1995-12-30 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE DOOR LATCH ON VEHICLE HAS FAILED, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. TT |
| 1995-12-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | OWNER STATES UPON SHIFTING GEARS THE PASSENGER 'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SAFETY BELT BECOMES TOO TIGHT, SOMETIMES CHOKING OCCU… |