1993 Geo Prizm Complaint Log

UPON HITTING A DEER AT 65MPH DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT *JB

DRIVERS SIDE SHOULDER BELT EITHER WILL LOCK WHILE PULLING AROUND TO LATCH OR WILL PIN DRIVER IN SEAT. TT CONSUMER STATES SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK WHILE TRYING TO FASTENED IT SO YOU CAN NOT PUT IT ON, ALSO WHE =N TRAVELING IT WILL PIN DRIVER TO THE SEAT.*JB

THE CAR WAS REAR ENDED. FIRST SHE WENT ALL THE WAY FORWARD AND THEN THE SEAT FULLY RECLINED AND SO DID THE DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME LOOSE AFTER HOLDING PASSENGER FROM GOING FORWARD. TT

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS AIR BAG IN ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *DSH

EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT REAR POWER DOOR LOCK FAILURE, WHEN THINK DOORS ARE LOCKED, LEFT/REAR DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED. TT

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN AN INJURY. *AK

CONTINUOUS STALLING, JERKING AT HIGHER SPEED. TT

LEFT FRONT POWER WINDOW INOPERATIVE.

FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 35 MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

TRANSMISSION HAS A HARMONIC DRONE WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AT 62/70 MPH IN FIFTH GEAR. *SD

POWER WINDOWS FAILED TWICE. *SD

WHILE PUSHING BUTTON TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW, WINDOW CAME OFF REGULATOR AND FLIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE. *AK

ON (2) OCCASIONS, MOTOR FOR ELECTRIC WINDOWS FAIL REPEATEDLY. PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

WHILE BEING REAR-ENDED, WAS FORCED INTO TRUCK IN FRONT, AT APPROX. 25MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT LOCKS UP, PREVENTING DRIVER FROM BUCKLING UP AND MOVING. *AK

TURN SIGNALS INOPERATIVE.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 20-30 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL REPAIR NOT DONE ON THE AIR BAG SENSOR BECAUSE VIN NOT PART OF RECALL. DUP OF 517339, ADDED ON 25-FEB-98. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING A PROBELM WITH THE HORN ASSEMBLY. CONSUMER STATED WHEN DEPRESSING THE HORN THERE IS NO VOLUME, BECOMES A HAZARD IN AN EMERGENCY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER.

THERE IS HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL TANK, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICTING DEFECTIVE AIR BAG SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED UNDER RECAL, BUT IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME DEFECT. *AK

DRIVER SIDE SEAL BELT WILL NOT RELEASE. IT WILL NOT ALLOW DRIVER TO BUCKLE IN OR WILL LOCK DRIVER AGAINST SEAT. THE HAPPENS QUITE FREQUENTLY, WHILE STATIONARY AND DRIVING.

FRONT SEAT PASSENGER'S HARNESS CLIP IS FACING THE WINDOW INSTEAD OF FACING THE BUCKET MECHANISM. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT BECOMES INOPERATIVE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE RESTRAINT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. *AK

A CRACK DEVELOPED WITHIN EXHAUST MANIFOLD AT 90,000 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES SHE HIT THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT, AFTER THE INCIDENT CONSUMER LEANED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE OTHER VEHICLE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE, AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF LOOKING, THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHIN THREE INCHES OF CONSUMERS NECK, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE DONE TO EITHER VEHICLE, HOWEVER CONSUMERS AIR BAG DEPLOYED ABOUT SEVEN SECONDS AFTER THE INCIDENT, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *JB

DEAR SIR OR MADAM: I OWN A 1993 GEO PRIZM. TWICE, I HAVE HAD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD REPAIRED BY A WELDER BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE. DESPITE THE WELDER'S BEST EFFORTS, THE MANIFOLD KEEPS DEVELOPING MORE CRACKS. I WANTED TO REPLACE IT WITH A USED MANIFOLD. HOWEVER, A CALL TO SEVERAL SALVAGE YARDS REVEALED THAT IT'S VERY HARD TO OBTAIN A GOOD, USED MANIFOLD FOR THAT VEHICLE. THE REASON IS THAT SO MANY OF THE 1993 PRIZMS THAT ARE IN SALVAGE YARDS ALREADY HAVE CRACKED MANIFOLDS. IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON AMONG THAT MAKE AND MODEL. SHOULDN'T YOUR ORGANIZATION BE CONCERNED WITH WHAT MAY BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN THESE VEHICLES? I THOUGHT SO, AND THAT'S WHY I'M WRITING, TODAY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. DRIVER PULLED OVER, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. *AK