2000 GEO METRO Problems & Recalls
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DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON A RAIN SLICKED ROAD, THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS PRE BRAKING PRIOR TO THE IMPACT. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, BUT NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS MODERATE DAMAGE T...
Mileage: 35,000
REGULAR DRIVING WHEEL CAME OFF...REAR. *NM
REGULAR DRIVING WHEEL CAME OFF...REAR I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM MY SON THAT OWNED IT 2 YRS. FROM 37000 MI...IT NOW HAS 52000. THE WHEEL FALLING OFF HAPPENED TO MY SON. THE CAR NOW NEEDS REAR WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY...NOTHING TO DO WITH WHEEL FALLING OFF...NORMAL WEAR. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE REAR WHEEL...
REGULAR DRIVING WHEEL CAME OFF...REAR I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM MY SON THAT OWNED IT 2 YRS. FROM 37000 MI...IT NOW HAS 52000. THE WHEEL FALLING OFF HAPPENED TO MY SON. THE CAR NOW NEEDS REAR WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY...NOTHING TO DO WITH WHEEL FALLING OFF...NORMAL WEAR. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE REAR WHEEL...
THE WINDOW DEFROST BLOWER MOTOR FAILS TO WORK AFTER STARTING THE CAR. ALSO THE REAR WINDOW ELECTRIC DEFROST FAILS. THIS COULD LEAD TO IMPAIRED VISIBILITY DURING WINTER OR RAIN CONDITIONS WHEN THE WINDSHIELD FOGS OR ICES UP. THERE IS AN APPARENT SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CAUSING THIS. AFTER ENG...
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
CONSUMER NOTICED A CLEAR OILY LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE GROUND. TOOK VEHICLETO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC SAID TRANSFER HOUSING WAS CRACKED. *AK
Mileage: 36,000
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED AT 60-65 MPH AND THE CONSUMER WAS PUSHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER MR
DEFROSTER WAS INOPERATIVE. WHEN TURNING ON DEFROSTER IT WOULD FOG UP WINDOWS. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
WHEN IT RAINS WATER GETS INTO THE VEHICLE AND SATURATES FLOOR AND THE WIRES. VEHICLE HAS A MILDEW SMELL WHICH CAUSES THE CONSUMER TO GET SICK. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. AIR BAGS DEACTIVATED WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN A COLLISION. CONTACT DEALER.*AK
PROBLEM WITH BATTERY, TIRE
PROBLEM WITH BATTERY, TIRE
A/C AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ALSO FAILED REPEATEDLY. *AK
A/C AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ALSO FAILED REPEATEDLY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST ALL STEERING CAPABILITY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER TO THE RIGHT AND HIT A CURB, AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE HAD TWO FLAT TIRES (RIGHT SIDE) AND TWO BROKEN RIMS, WHILE DRIVING THE CHEVROLET METRO (RENTAL CAR SINCE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIR) THIS VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME F...
VEHICLE RIDES REALLY ROUGH AND BUMPY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID FRAME WAS BENT. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS ON.*AK
VEHICLE RIDES REALLY ROUGH AND BUMPY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID FRAME WAS BENT. ALSO, VEHICLE STALLS WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS ON.*AK
AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN STARTING CAR. *AK
CONSUMER WENT TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, WHEN THE CAR JERKED OUT IN THE STREET AND HIT A CAR, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. *SLC
WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND REVERSE VEHICLE STALLS AND DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ALSO, HAS STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
VEHICLE HAS A BAD SHIMMYING AND VIBRATION. AVEHICLE SHOOK WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AT THIS TIME THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
HAD RENTED VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE. STARTED VEHICLE & HAD JUST SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING.*AK