Complaint Statistics
68 total complaints
8 crashes 7 fires 7 injuries 2 deaths
Top Reported Components
| Component | Complaints |
|---|
| STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | 16 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 5 |
| STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | 4 |
| STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | 3 |
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 3 |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | 3 |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | 2 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 2 |
| EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC. | 2 |
| SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | 2 |
Incident date: Feb 1, 2000
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REPAIRED TWICE BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Incident date: Jun 26, 2010
CRACKING ROT AND SEPARATING WHERE THE REAR SUSPENSION ATTACHES. *TR
Incident date: Jun 26, 2010
CRACKING ROT AND SEPARATING WHERE THE REAR SUSPENSION ATTACHES. *TR
Incident date: Nov 19, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIPE THAT HOLDS THE GASOLINE TANK HAD DETERIORATED AND WAS HANGING OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,501. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,8
... 50.Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MOVED INTO FIRST GEAR, BUT FAILED TO GO INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO FAIL TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE CONTACT MUST MANUALLY SHIF
... T BACK INTO FIRST GEAR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 170,000.Read more
Incident date: Sep 17, 2004
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND THREW ME FROM THE VEHICLE GOING 50 MPH DOWNHILL! I WAS IN HOSPITAL/ICU FROM SEPT 17TH, 2004 TO ~ MID OCTOBER. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. VEHICLE WAS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. COULD SOMEONE CONTACT ME? I NEED HELP.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 17, 2004
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP AND THREW ME FROM THE VEHICLE GOING 50 MPH DOWNHILL! I WAS IN HOSPITAL/ICU FROM SEPT 17TH, 2004 TO ~ MID OCTOBER. LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. VEHICLE WAS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. COULD SOMEONE CONTACT ME? I NEED HELP.*AK
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Nov 15, 2002
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE SEPARATING FROM FRAME AND DOOR IS SAGGING, READY TO FALL OFF. REPAIR PERSON INFORMED ME TO FIX IT WOULD REQUIRE REMOVING THE DASHBOARD AND REPAIRING OR REWELDING THE POST. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED, AS I CANT AFFORD WHAT IT WOULD COST. *LA
Incident date: Mar 23, 2003
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JB
Incident date: Sep 28, 2002
PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM....*AK
Fire
Incident date: Oct 3, 2001
MAN. HAS NO RECALL, BUT 4 OTHER GEOS IN SHOP AT SAME TIME WITH SAME PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK
Incident date: Sep 19, 2001
MY DOOR FELL OFF IN MY HAND. BECAUSE THE SHEET METAL THAT HOLDS THE UPPER DOOR HINGE IS SO THIN THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE DOOR PULLED THROUGH THE SHEET METAL.*AK
Incident date: Aug 31, 2001
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS SEPARATED FROM DOOR FRAME. DOOR WILL NOT PROPERLY CLOSE. CONSUMER FEELS DOOR IS NOT SECURE AND COULD COME OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55-60MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP FROM FRONT TO BACK. SHOULDER SEAT BELT WAS TORN, AND DID NOT HOLD CONSUMER IN VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE, AND DID NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH.*AK
Crash
1 deaths
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55-60MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP FROM FRONT TO BACK. SHOULDER SEAT BELT WAS TORN, AND DID NOT HOLD CONSUMER IN VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE, AND DID NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH.*AK
Crash
1 deaths
Incident date: Jul 23, 2001
BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT ALL THE TIME, BUT CAR IS NOT OVERHEATING, WAS TOLD IT SOUNDS ELECTRICAL. THEN THE TURNING SIGNAL STARTED TO MAKE THE CLICLING NOISE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR TURN, NO VISABLE LIGHTS FLASHING JUST THE CLICKING NOISE THEN
... DRIVING ALONG WITH WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND AC ON EYE'S STARTED BURNING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL TURNING SIGNAL I WAS TOLD SHORTED OUT WHY??? HALLMANS STATES THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A GEO EVER, EVER HAVING A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DID NOT PURCHASE FROM HALLMANS BUT THEY ARE A GEO DEALER AND THAT IS WHERE I WAS TOLD TO GO FOR SERVICE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL WEBSITE FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED. *AKRead more
Fire
Incident date: Feb 10, 2001
STEERING COLUME TILT LOCKING MECHANISUM FAILED AND THE COLUME DROPED. HAD I NOT BEEN ALERT VEHICLE COULD HAVE SWERVED AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER SAYS STEERING COLUME HAS TO BE CHANGED BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. WANTS TO PUT A USED ONE IN. IT SEEM TO ME THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I
... F NOT WHY ARE THERE NONE AVAILABLE ANY LONGER? MAYBE BECAUSE OF A SILENT RECALL! THIS VEHICLE HAS BENN TOWED BEHIND A MOTORHOME FOR 25,000 MILES OF IT'S TOTAL 53,567 AND HAS NOT BEEN OUT OF THE HIGH POSITION MORE THAN TWO DOZEN TIMES SINCE I OWNED IT BECAUSE I AM A BIG GUY AND NEED THE ROOM.Read more
Incident date: Jan 20, 2001
STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY BREAKS AWAY CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING. CAUSE: WELD WITH NO PENATRATION AND POOR DESIGN. I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE SERIOUS SAFTY DEFECT.
Incident date: Jan 20, 2001
WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF DRIVEWAY WHEN STEERING WHEEL CAME APART WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, STEERING WAS COMPLETLY LOST. *AK THE CAUSE FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO COME APART WAS POOR DESIGN AND POOR WELDING. *YH
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS SEPARATED FROM THE HINGES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Incident date: Jun 12, 2000
THIS CAR IS ALWAYS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS UNTIL THE ENGINE JUST DECIDED TO THROW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. *AK
Fire
Incident date: May 22, 2000
RADIO WAS INSTALLED WITH AN ANTI THEFT CODE, THE CARS BATTERY WENT DEAD, WHICH IN TURN ACTIVATED TH LOCK DEFENSE FOR THE RADIO. NLM
Incident date: Apr 1, 2000
SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED CHEVEROLET/GEO DEALER A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD WHICH TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. *AK
Fire
Incident date: Apr 26, 1999
THE DRIVER'S SIDE TOP HINGE IS RUSTED THROUGH. THE BODY METAL WHERE THE HINGE IS SUPPOSED TO ATTACH IS TEARING OFF OR NOT THERE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO BOTH DOORS AND ALL HINGES BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE METAL TO WHICH THE HINGES ARE ATTACHED. THE HINGES ALSO HAVE DEFECTIVE METAL. THE 4 WHEEL DRI
... VE ASSEMBLY WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE AND WON'T WORK.Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2000
BOLTS ARE PULLING OUT OF THE METAL OF DOOR BEHIND THE HINGES ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE ONLY AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
Incident date: Mar 26, 2000
THE DRIVER'S DOOR HAD BEGUN SQUEAKING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AS I WAS DRIVING ON 03/26/2000 I HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR POPPED OPEN AND SAGGED ONTO THE BOTTOM HINGE. I HAD TO STOP AND EXIT THE VEHICLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. I CAN'T CLOSE THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THI
... S IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *AKRead more
Incident date: Mar 13, 2000
CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL. STEERING WHEEL SHOULD HAVE A WELD HOLDING IT TO THE HUB WHICH IS FASTENED TO SPINE, AND A NUT COMING DOWN TO HOLD THE SPINE , IT DOESN'T COVER. *AK
Incident date: Mar 7, 2000
VEHICLE HAS EXHAUST LEAK FUMES AND THERE IS A BAD SMELL. *AK
Incident date: Feb 25, 2000
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR I NOTICED THAT IT SEEMED TO BE MISALLIGNED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION I FOUND THAT THE DOOR HINGE COMPONENTS WELDED TO THE BODY WERE NO LONGER FULLY ATTACHED AND THE DOOR WAS LITERALLY HANGING ON BY A THREAD. *AK
WHILE OPENING DOOR THE DOOR ASSEMBLY FELL OFF, CAUSING DOOR TO LAY ON GROUND. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Incident date: Nov 30, 1998
WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH PEDAL WILL GET TIGHT UNTIL CONSUMER CAN NOT SHIFT GEARS. THEN BY KEEP APPLYING PRESSURE TO CLUTCH, IT WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK . LAST CLUTCH THAT WAS PUT IN, CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE WELDING DONE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. LAST CLUTCH CAUSED DAMAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1800. TOOK TO
... DEALER ,AND THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND SOME OTHER PARTS THAT LED TO CLUTCH. *AKRead more
Incident date: Sep 18, 1999
PASSANGER SIDE DOOR HINGE MOUNT IS SEPARATING FROM THE CAR THE REPAIR MAN SAID THE METAL WAS TO THIN THERE FOR THE DOOR. SAME PROBLEM ON THE DRIVER SIDE.
Incident date: May 12, 1999
THE TOP HINGE OF THE DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TRUCK THE REPAIR MAN SAID THE METAL WAS TO THIN FOR THE DOOR AND IT'S A DESIGN FLAW.
Incident date: Jul 10, 1999
THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE DOOR TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML
THIS VEHICLE HAD AN UNNOTICEABLE OIL LEAK THAT CAUSED OIL TO LEAK COMPLETELY, AND ENGINE BLEW UP AND LOCKED UP. THE REASON IS UNKNOWN TO CONSUMER AND MECHANIC. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Incident date: Jan 12, 1998
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD SOME NOISE WITHIN THE TIRE, AND THEN SOME CRACKING SOUND. CONSUMER DROVE 20 MINTUES UP THE ROAD AND THEN THE CONSUMER SAW SOME SMOKE. PULLED OVER AND SAW VEHICLE ENGULVED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE
... STEERING COLUMN SHAFT REPAIRED. ALL THE WIRES GOT BURNED, AND THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS HAS TO BE REPAIRED. *AKRead more
Fire
Incident date: Jun 8, 1999
SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME BACK, I HIT STEERING WHEEL BACK UP AND SLAMMED HEAD ON WINDOW
Crash
1 injured
FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS SEPARATED (RUSTED) FROM THE BODY. *AK
Incident date: Jul 30, 1998
DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGES WHICH WERE WELDED BROKE OFF. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. BOTH DOORS BEEN HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR ,THE BOLT THAT GOES THROUGH THE BODY AND IS WELDED TO THE FRAME HAS BROKEN OFF, CAUSING THE DRIVER DOOR'S TO FALL, CANNOT OPEN DOOR. *AK
THE 2 TOP BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DOOR HAVE RUSTED THROUGH, CAUSING THE TOP PART OF THE DOOR TO FALL OFF WHICH COULD RESULT IN INJURIES. *AK
Incident date: Jul 21, 1998
WHILE DRIVING THE TRACKER ABOUT 5 OR 6 MPH IT JUST QUITS AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. ON JULY 29TH OWNER DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE WIRES FROM THE FUEL PUMP IS TOUCHING THE FUEL TANK WHICH IS CAUSING THE WIRE TO SHORT OUT. DEALER WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OWNER HAS ORDERED A FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY
... AND WILL BE REPLACING THE PUMP. *AKRead more
FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE TOP HINGE, THE WELD CAME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DOOR.
Incident date: Mar 10, 1997
INTERMITTENT STALLING AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.
VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER IN ACCIDENT.
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 9, 1997
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TOP HINGE. THE DOOR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK
WHEN DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON USING THE DEFROSTER, THE WINDOW IN THE VEHICLE FOGS UP, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. *AK
Incident date: Apr 4, 1997
GETTING INTO VEHICLE, HAD OPEN DOOR, DOOR FELL OFF FRAME W/HANDLE IN HAND; HELD AT BOTTOM W/HINGE & PIN; TOOK TO DEALER; WAS INFORMED BOLTS WERE TOO SMALL FOR FRAME. *AK
Incident date: Sep 21, 1996
WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK
Fire
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