1996 Geo Metro Complaint Log

CONSUMER WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT 50 MPH, CAUSING HIS VEHICLE TO REAREND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF HIM IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID RESERVOIR BROKE.

HEATER CORE SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, WILL NOT WORK ON LOW. ALSO, COOLANT LEAKED INTO ENGINE COMPARMENT, AND ODOR COULD BE SMELLED IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *SLC

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR-END CRASH IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED FROM THE UPRIGHT POSITION AND FELL INTO REAR ON TOP OF TODDLER'S SAFETY SEAT. *AK

THE OWNER GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT AND THE BRAKES NEVER DID STOP THE CAR AND REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DIDN'T COME ON AT ALL EITHER.

DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

DURING A FRONTAL IMPACT ACCIDENT AT 25 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION ,RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL, RPMS INCREASED FROM 900 TO 4000 RPMS. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL AND THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE WAS ON AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED FREELY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED DURING FRONT END ACCIDENT, FORCE OF AIRBAG BLEW PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW OUTWARDS, VEHICLE REARENDEDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. FOUR CAR COLLISION.*AK

CONSUMER BEGAN SMELLING EXHAUST FUMES WHENEVER RPM'S ARE UP OR AT SPEED OF (55MPH AND OVER ). DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, WHENEVER DEALER HAD VEHICLE ON THE ROAD THEY WOULD FIND SMELL OF EXHAUST, BUT WHEN THEY TAKE VEHICLE BACK TO GARAGE THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. DEALER WILL NOT WORK ON VEHICLE AT THIS POINT. *AK

PASSENGER'S SEAT ROCKS.

TIRES CUPPING.

THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. *AK CONSUMER STATES AS VEHICLWAS REARENDED, THE SEAT COLLPASED AND SHE LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CAUSING HER TO GO ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC AND STRIKING VEHICLE, THEN BACK ACROSS THREE LANES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE'S WINDOWS FOG UP UNTIL ONE CAN'T SEE OUT OF THEM. HAVE TO RUN THE AIR-CONDITIONER AND THE DEFOGGER AT THE SAME TIME IN ORDER TO SEE OUT OF THE WINDOWS. *AK

DURING BRAKING EFFORTS VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE AROUND 50-55MPH. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKS AND COULD BE A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR 15 TO MINUTES, THE CAR STALLS, CONSUMER DRIVES 35 TO 40 MILES . PLEASE DESCRIBE.*AK

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK UP CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

PASSENGER EJECTED OUT LEFT BACK WINDOW, RESULTING IN DEATH.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR MOUNTED SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. *AK

1996 GEO METRO FRAME RUSTED AND BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TS *JB

PASSENGER'S AIR BAG INFLATED, GRAND SON WAS SERIOUSLY BURNED. *AK

OWNER HAS VARIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE, ONE BEING A SAFETY PROBLEM, VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, OWNER NOTES THAT SHE WAS ALMOST IN A CRASH DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE THE STEERING COLUMN NEAR THE FEET OF THE DRIVER. *AK

SEAT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE ROCKS AND HAS GLOBS OF LUBRICANT UNDER THE SEAT. ALSO GEARS DO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY/MUFFLER IS RUSTED/SIDE DEFROSTERS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND VEHICLE SLIDES IN RAIN WITH NO TRACTION ON TIRES. *AK

VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PRPOERLY. OWNER HAS CHECKED THE BULBS, WIRING AND THE FUSES . THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

STEERING COLUMN LOCK DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.

HAZARD LAMPS FAILED.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

2 STEREO BUTTONS DON'T WORK, THE TAPE DECK DESTROYS CASSETTES, AND THE AIR CONDITIONING WILL NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS ON ONE OF THE 2 HIGHEST SETTINGS.

SEAT BRACKET FAILED CAUSING THE DRIVERS SEAT TO COLLAPSE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT VEHICLE COLLISION OCCURRING PASSENGER 'SAIR BAG DEPLOYED CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CANT CHECK BREAK LIGHTS.

STEERING WHEEL ABLE TO SPIN IN CIRCLES WITH NO RESISTANCE, OR ANY EFFECT ON STEERING MECHANISM, CONDITION FINALLY STOPPED, NEXT FEW DAYS A NEW IGNITION LOCK WAS INSTALLED. *CJ

WHILE DRIVING, AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT TIMES, DEALER STATED AIRBAG SYSTEM NEEDED REPLACED, HOWEVER AFTER REPLACEMENT THE AIRBAG LIGHT BECAME ILLUMINATED AGAIN, DEALER FINALLY AGREED TO GIVE A REFUND AS A GOODWILL POLICY. *SLC