1997 GEO TRACKER

0 recalls — 35 complaints

No recalls found for this vehicle.

Complaint Statistics

35 total complaints 6 crashes 1 fires 1 injuries

Top Reported Components

ComponentComplaints
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL5
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS3
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER3
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE2
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS1
PARKING BRAKE1
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL May 28, 2008
Incident date: May 10, 2008
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TEMPERATURE REACHES ABOVE 90 DEGREES. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG OUTER SHELL BECOMES VERY SOFT. *TR
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) Feb 1, 2004
Incident date: Jan 19, 2003
HAD PREVIOUS DIAGNOSIS ON EGR VALVE. HAD REPLACED ON 1/19 AFTER SES CODE CLEARED ANOTHER CODE POPPED UP FOR PRE-CAT O2 SENSOR. UPON FIXING THAT PROBLEM ON 1/28 YET ANOTHER EGR CODE CAME UP AND WAS DIAGNOSED ON 1/30 FOR THE EGR TRANSDUCER WHICH CONTROLS THE EGR VALVE I JUST HAD REPLACED! REPLACED TRA... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER Feb 1, 2004
Incident date: Jul 4, 2003
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IT FELT LIKE MY TRANSMISSION HAD WENT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL BOTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO NH CHEVY CAR DEALER, FOUND NOTHING WRONG ON 3 OCCASIONS. PERSONAL NY CHEVY DEALER FOUND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER HAD BLOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK O... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER Feb 1, 2004
Incident date: Jul 4, 2003
WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IT FELT LIKE MY TRANSMISSION HAD WENT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL BOTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO NH CHEVY CAR DEALER, FOUND NOTHING WRONG ON 3 OCCASIONS. PERSONAL NY CHEVY DEALER FOUND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER HAD BLOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK O... Read more
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM Jun 11, 2003
VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEMS. THE WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING MAY ALSO BE EFFECTED BY THE ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND THE EXHAUST FELL OFF THE CAR. *AK *CB *NLM
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER Jun 11, 2003
VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEMS. THE WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING MAY ALSO BE EFFECTED BY THE ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND THE EXHAUST FELL OFF THE CAR. *AK *CB *NLM
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Jun 11, 2003
VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEMS. THE WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING MAY ALSO BE EFFECTED BY THE ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND THE EXHAUST FELL OFF THE CAR. *AK *CB *NLM
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER Aug 8, 2002
Incident date: May 3, 2000
CANNOT SEEM TO KEEP CAR OUT OF SHOP DUE TO NO AIR. I AM AN ELDERLY LADY AND CANNOT KEEP ON NOT KNOWING IF MY CAR IS GOING TO KEEP ME COOL.*AK
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD Mar 4, 2002
MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING 5-7 MPH ON ICE, THE CAR SPUN AND HIT THE CURB (IT DID NOT GO OVER THE CURB, JUST HIT IT). NO DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY DONE TO THE VEHICLE, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT STALLED. WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER 5 MINUTES, SHE GOT OUT, WALKED AWAY, AND THE VE... Read more
Fire
SUSPENSION:FRONT Aug 22, 2001
Incident date: Jan 1, 2001
WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE, ALSO WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS A BIG THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES, ROTORS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REP... Read more
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS Feb 1, 2001
Incident date: Jan 15, 2001
THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE LIKE WHEN PUTTING FLAPPING CARDS ON A BICYCLE, AND WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE BECAUSE IT GRINDES THE GEARS( SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES WERE ROLLING IN THE HUB). *YH
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS Feb 1, 2001
Incident date: Jan 15, 2001
THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE LIKE WHEN PUTTING FLAPPING CARDS ON A BICYCLE, AND WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE BECAUSE IT GRINDES THE GEARS( SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES WERE ROLLING IN THE HUB). *YH
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS Jan 31, 2001
Incident date: Dec 14, 2000
4 WHEEL AUTO LOCKING HUBS FAILED, DEALER STATED THAT BOTH SIDES NEED REPAIRED EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY THE LEFT SIDE THAT IS DEFECTIVE. *SLC
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION Oct 3, 2000
Incident date: Jan 5, 1999
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE Oct 3, 2000
Incident date: Jan 5, 1999
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR Oct 3, 2000
Incident date: Jan 5, 1999
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Oct 3, 2000
Incident date: Jan 5, 1999
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Oct 3, 2000
Incident date: Jan 5, 1999
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Feb 2, 2000
Incident date: Sep 29, 1999
CONSUMER'S DAUGTHER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH AND SHE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HER, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash 1 injured
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS Oct 28, 1999
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS VERY LOOSE DUE TO MISSING HINGES ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR, ALSO, THERE IS ONE HINGE HOLDING THE DOOR IN PLACE,THE LOWER HINGE, THERE IS A TSB LISTED FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP Sep 29, 1999
Incident date: Jun 21, 1997
BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THEY AR EON, AND OTHER TIMES THEY ARE OFF. ALSO, WHILE GOIN G DOWN A GRADE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WEREN'T ANY BRAKES. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND IT OVERTURNED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK
Crash
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER Sep 8, 1999
AIR CONDITIONER--LOSS OF GAS.
SUSPENSION Jul 23, 1999
Incident date: Jun 5, 1998
WHEN DRIVING IN WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. *AK
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE May 3, 1999
Incident date: Mar 19, 1997
PROBLEMS WITH EGR VALVES BLOWING OUT. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS TO ALSO BLOW. BEEN TO MECHANIC & HAD 4 EGR VALVES REPLACED & EACH TIME THEY BLEW OUT. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER IT WAS POOR DESIGN. DEALERSHIP & ZONE REPRESENTATIVE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VEHICLE & PARTS AVAILABLE FOR IN... Read more
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) May 3, 1999
Incident date: Mar 19, 1997
PROBLEMS WITH EGR VALVES BLOWING OUT. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS TO ALSO BLOW. BEEN TO MECHANIC & HAD 4 EGR VALVES REPLACED & EACH TIME THEY BLEW OUT. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER IT WAS POOR DESIGN. DEALERSHIP & ZONE REPRESENTATIVE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VEHICLE & PARTS AVAILABLE FOR IN... Read more
POWER TRAIN:AXLE HUBS Mar 19, 1999
Incident date: Mar 6, 1999
THE FREE WHEEL LOCKING HUB WAS NOT UNLOCKING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE, WHICH CAUSED A SHRILL GRINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE HUB. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD A RASH OF THESE COMPLAINTS LATELY.
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM Feb 17, 1999
WATER LEAKS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. LEAKING WATER COLLECTS IN THE HEATER SYSTEM AND CAUSES THE WINDOWS TO FOG ; OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Oct 29, 1998
Incident date: Oct 3, 1998
CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY,NO INJURIES. *AK
Crash
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE Oct 19, 1998
VEHICLE STALLS. AT STOPS AND YIELDS OR ANY OTHER TIME WHEN DRIVER IS SLOWING DOWN. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED RECENTLY WITH OTHER VEHICLE, HONDA CRX WHICHESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED TOTALED TWO AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Oct 1, 1998
Incident date: Sep 19, 1998
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON SIDE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITION, ALL OF SUDDEN BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO BELIEVE THA T AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR Dec 1, 1997
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Dec 1, 1997
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY Oct 9, 1997
Incident date: Apr 1, 1997
DURING ACCIDENT THE FUEL SHIELD AND FUEL TANK CRUMPLED AND RUPTURED WITH A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 10-20 MPH. THE CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS INSUFFICIENT, THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY SHOULD SUSTAIN AN IMPACT AT THIS MILEAGE.
PARKING BRAKE Oct 9, 1997
Incident date: Apr 1, 1997
EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED 5 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING A COLLISION.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS Aug 12, 1997
Incident date: Aug 1, 1997
CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE FUSE BLOWING, CAUSING THE TURN SIGNAL TO BECOME INOPERATIVE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUSE. CONSUMER HAD THE FUSE REPLACED ON A NUMBER OF TIMES. *AK

NHTSA Safety Investigations — GEO TRACKER

Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.

PE94092 Opened: Dec 21, 1994 — Closed: Apr 25, 1995
PE — Closed — Model Year: 1988
TAKATA SEAT BLT BCKLS FAIL
There is no summary currently available
EA92001 Opened: Jan 14, 1992 — Closed: Nov 20, 1992
EA — Closed — Model Year: 1990
EXHAUST LEAK/FIRES
There is no summary currently available
PE90007 Opened: Oct 19, 1989 — Closed: Apr 30, 1990
PE — Closed — Model Year: 1989
WELD FAILURE IN STRUCTURE
There is no summary currently available

GEO TRACKER — All Years Overview

Complete safety history for the GEO TRACKER across all model years (1989–2001).

12 Total Recalls
453 Total Complaints
3 Investigations
67 Reported Crashes
17 Reported Fires
8 Reported Deaths

GEO TRACKER — Year by Year

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Year Recalls Complaints
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2000 0 8 View
1999 3 36 View
1998 0 27 View
1997 (current) 0 35
1996 1 103 View
1995 0 68 View
1994 3 56 View
1993 1 35 View
1992 0 20 View
1991 1 21 View
1990 1 27 View
1989 1 10 View
1986 0 1 View

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