1993 GEO STORM Problems & Recalls

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 GEO STORM. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147...

Mileage: 147,300

ENGINE IDLE IS ERRATIC, SOMETIMES ENGINE RPM WILL DROP OR DIE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. FUEL CONSUMPTION IS MORE THAN ITS SUPPOSED TO BE. CONDITIONS WORSEN WHEN IN WARM WEATHER. AFTER TESTING, THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WAS FOUND TO BE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 129,994

MY 1993 GEO STORM HAS STARTED STOPPING RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN AND LEAVING ME STRANDED. IT IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND APPEARS TO HAVE A BAD ECM. SOURCES ON THE INTERNET INDICATE THIS IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM IN THE MODEL CAR.*AK

Mileage: 80,000

THE TWO FRONT DOORS JAMMED AND WERE REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT DOORS ALSO JAMMED, AND WOULD OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

Mileage: 172,000

93 GEO STORM RANDOMLY STALLS AND WILL NOT RESTART FOR SEVERAL MINUTES TO SEVERAL HOURS. HAVE REPLACED CAP, WIRES, ROTOR, PLUGS, PICK-UP AND IGNITION MODULE AND CANNOT FIND PROBLEM. I HAVE FOUND MANY REPORTS OF THE INSULATION ON THE ECU GOING BAD AND CAUSING PROBLEMS. *JB

Mileage: 130,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE JERKED HEAVILY AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND STAYED ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED. *NLM

MY 1993 GEO STORM HAS BEEN STALLING LATELY. IT IS TOTALLY SPORADIC AND DOES IT WHEN I AM PULLING OUT, WHEN IT IS IDLING, AND WHEN I AM ON A FREEWAY GOING ALONG AT A CONSTANT SPEED. THIS HAS PUT ME IN A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION A NUMBER OF TIMES AND HAS SEVERELY SHAKEN ME. IT WILL STALL IN THE MIDDLE ...

ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 15,2003, MY VEHICLE, (1993 GEO STORM, 1.6L ENG, 152K MILES), SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY. I REPLACED THE IGNITION MODULE AND ALSO THE IGNITION COIL. THE CAR STARTED FINE AFTER THAT. FOUR DAYS LATER, AFTER A 45 MIN. DENTIST APPPOINTMENT, MY CAR WOULD NOT START....

Mileage: 152,000

ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 15,2003, MY VEHICLE, (1993 GEO STORM, 1.6L ENG, 152K MILES), SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER ON THE FREEWAY. I REPLACED THE IGNITION MODULE AND ALSO THE IGNITION COIL. THE CAR STARTED FINE AFTER THAT. FOUR DAYS LATER, AFTER A 45 MIN. DENTIST APPPOINTMENT, MY CAR WOULD NOT START....

Mileage: 152,000

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OVER AND IT WILL BE HARD TO GET THE VEHICLE BACK STARTED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING OUR 3 CHILDREN HOME AND HE HAD ONLY GOT 1/2 MILE FROM THE HOUSE AND GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 55MPH THE CAR JUST CUT OFF. LEAVING MY HUSBAND AND 15 YEAR OLD SON JUST SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART, AND THANK GOD THERE WAS...

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE IS A FAULT IN ECU. CONSUMER IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY WHILE DRIVING.*AK

CAR IS STALLING AND CUTTING OUT AND LEAVING ME STRANDED, WILL NOT START UP AGAIN UNTIL CAR COOLS DOWN. THE ARE NO TROUBLE CODES FOUND BY THE DEALER OR OTHER MECHANICS BUT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. CAR LOSES POWER AND THE RPM JUMP UP AND THEN DROPPED BACK DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ...

CAR IS STALLING AND CUTTING OUT AND LEAVING ME STRANDED, WILL NOT START UP AGAIN UNTIL CAR COOLS DOWN. THE ARE NO TROUBLE CODES FOUND BY THE DEALER OR OTHER MECHANICS BUT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. CAR LOSES POWER AND THE RPM JUMP UP AND THEN DROPPED BACK DOWN AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES ...

VEHICLE LOSE POWER ON WARM WEATHER AND SOMETIMES STALLS. *AK

THIS CAR HAS HAD A HABIT OF STALLING WHILE GOIN DOWN THE ROAD, AT ANY SPEED( ONCE WHILE IN A SIX LANE HIGHWAY, CROSSING THE MERRIMACK RIVER, IN ST. LOUIS, MO. I HAVE HAD IT TO LEE KINSTLE CHEVROLET/GM, VAN WERT, OH, WINKLE CHEVROLET, PAULDING, OH, AND A CHEVROLET/GEO DEALER, IN BALWIN, MO. I CAN'T R...

THE ECU SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED, IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, IDLE STAYED AT 2000RPM, NORMAL IDLE IS 800-1000. KEPT DRIVING. ON WAY HOME FROM ERRANDS CAR STALLED ONCE AT A LIGHT, TRIED TO STALL SEVERAL OTHER TIMES (ALL WHILE IDLING) WITH ENGI...

THE ECU SEEMS TO HAVE FAILED, IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN AND CAME TO A STOP LIGHT, IDLE STAYED AT 2000RPM, NORMAL IDLE IS 800-1000. KEPT DRIVING. ON WAY HOME FROM ERRANDS CAR STALLED ONCE AT A LIGHT, TRIED TO STALL SEVERAL OTHER TIMES (ALL WHILE IDLING) WITH ENGI...

MY FAMILY AND MYSELF WERE LEFT STRANDED, WHEN MY CAR JUST STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, 40 MILES FROM OUR HOUSE. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS "MYSTERIOUS" PROBLEM. LUCKILY FOR ME, THERE WERE CITIZENS WHO RUSHED TO MY AID TO HELP PUSH MY CAR OUT O...

THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET; THE RPM IS ALSO ON 1000-1500 EVEN WHEN CAR IS STOPPED OR PARKED. IT GETS HARDER AND HARDER TO KEEP IT STOPPED.

THE CAR HAS BEEN OVERHEATING EVER SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. I HAD TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALER AFTER A WEEK OF PURCHASING IT BECAUSE IT WAS OVERHEATING. ALTHOUGH HE WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO REAPIR IT BECAUSE IT WAS BOUGHT AS IS HE STILL REPLACED THE RADIATOR, BUT THAT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I HA...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON, AND CAR DIES IMMEDIATELY. AFTER AN HOUR, CAR MAY START AGAIN. CONSUMER INSISTS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE DRIVER CAN BE LEFT STRANDED. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON, AND CAR DIES IMMEDIATELY. AFTER AN HOUR, CAR MAY START AGAIN. CONSUMER INSISTS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE DRIVER CAN BE LEFT STRANDED. *AK *SLC

MY CAR HAS HAD AT LEAST 11 FAILURES DUE TO MALFUNCTIONING OF THE ECU IT'S BECOMING UNUSABLE THE ECU SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER AT NO COST FOR ME.*AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS HIT IN REAR END AT 35-40 MPH. SEATBACK COLLAPSED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS HIT IN REAR END AT 35-40 MPH. SEATBACK COLLAPSED, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

I'VE HAD THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE REPLACED THREE TIMES WITH A REBUILT ONE IN THE LAST YEAR BY AUBURN CHEVROLET OF AUBURN, WA. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHERE THE RPMS CHANGE UP AND DOWN ON THERE OWN AND THE ENGINE USUALLY SHUTS DOWN. NO FAULT INDICATIONS ARE DISPLAYED. IT SEEMS TO HAPP...

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING , CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK

IDLE REMAINS AT 1500-2000 RPM; SPEED OF CAR WILL NOT DECREASE UNLESS ACCELERATOR IS RELEASED.

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES RPM'S REVING IRADICALLY. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. I WAS LUCKY I DID NOT WREAK. A CAR STALLING ON THE FREEWAY IS NO FUN. WHEN I STALLED THE LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING SHUT DOWN. I COULDN'T EVEN PUT ON MY ...

EACH INCIDENT HAS BEEN FIXED AT LEAST FOUR (4) TIMES (STRUTS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR), WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIR BAG (THANKFULLY). I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER OF ANY KNOW RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS BUT HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK. THE REAR STRUT FAILURE CAUSES THE CAR TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AT HIGHWAY SP...

EACH INCIDENT HAS BEEN FIXED AT LEAST FOUR (4) TIMES (STRUTS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR), WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIR BAG (THANKFULLY). I HAVE ASKED THE DEALER OF ANY KNOW RECALLS AND COMPLAINTS BUT HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK. THE REAR STRUT FAILURE CAUSES THE CAR TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE AT HIGHWAY SP...

HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF INCIDENTS MUST OCCUR BEFORE YOU PEOPLE TAKE ACTION.THIS SEEMS TO BE A WELL DOCUMENTED MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHICH CAUSES THE CAR TO RANDOMELY NOT START. PERHAPS THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION INTO YOUR INVESTIGATION OF THIS MATTER, OR LACKK THEREOF. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF D...

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PULLED INTO A CONVENIENT STORE, WENT IN AND CAME OUT. WENT TO START VEHICLE, PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH, AND IT MADE A LOUD NOISE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WASHER PULLED THROUGH THE FIREWALL AND BROKE THE METAL ON THE FIREWALL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PULLED INTO A CONVENIENT STORE, WENT IN AND CAME OUT. WENT TO START VEHICLE, PUSHED IN THE CLUTCH, AND IT MADE A LOUD NOISE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WASHER PULLED THROUGH THE FIREWALL AND BROKE THE METAL ON THE FIREWALL. *AK

HI, MY NAME IS JUSTIN AND I OWN A1993 GEO STORM. I READ ON YOUR SITE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RECALL MY CAR BECUASE OF BAD INSILATION SPRAY ON THE ECU OR ECM CHIP. MY CAR IDLES BELOW 1000 RPM AND SHAKES LIKE IT IS GOING TO STALL. *AK

IDLE BOUNCES AT 2000RPM. TPS AND IAC ALREADY CHECKED. SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY FAULTY ECU AS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.ISUZUPERFORMANCE.COM/ISUZUWEB/RECALL.HTML

IDLE BOUNCES AT 2000RPM. TPS AND IAC ALREADY CHECKED. SYMPTOMS APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY FAULTY ECU AS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.ISUZUPERFORMANCE.COM/ISUZUWEB/RECALL.HTML

THE VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT AND MAKING LOUD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED.ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES WERE ENTERING INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS DUE TO A CRACKED MANIFOLD. DEALER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY. *AK

THE VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT AND MAKING LOUD NOISE WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED.ALSO, EXHAUST FUMES WERE ENTERING INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. THIS WAS DUE TO A CRACKED MANIFOLD. DEALER HAS VEHICLE CURRENTLY. *AK

THE ECU KEEPS MALFUNCIONING IN WARM WEATHER AS AS THE CAR GETS WARM FROM LONG DRIVES. THE CAR WILL NOT START AND HAS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE VERY LUCKY OUR STEERING WHEEL LOCK DID NOT LOCK AS WE STEERED OFF THE ROAD AND TO A STOP. *AK

CAR IDLES SURGES FROM 500~1250 WHEN AT REST. I.E. STOP LIGHTS, PARKED, ETC. NOBODY CAN SEEM TO FIX IT PROPERLY AND THOUGHT THIS MAY HELP GET THE DEALER TO FIX IT RIGHT!

MY CAR HAS AN ERRATIC IDLE - WHEN STOPPED, SOMETIMES IT WILL BE IDLING AT AROUND 2,200-2,700 RPM AND TO KEEP IT STOPPED, I HAVE TO KEEP MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. IF MY BRAKES WERE TO FAIL, I FEAR INJURY TO MYSELF OR OTHERS IF THE CAR WERE TO LEAP FORWARD INTO A CROSSWALK (WITH PEDESTRIANS)...

VEHICLE REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROX. 25 MPH, DRIVER AIR BAG FAIL TO DEPLOYED. MFR. NOTIFIED

WHILE DRIVING ON ICY ROAD HIT A PATCH OF ICE & LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAD HIT A TELEPHONE POLE. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER HAD SEAT BELT ON AT THE TIME. VEHICLE AT THE BODY SHOP. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 35 TO 40 MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. ALSO, FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. INSURANCE COMPANY NOTED CAUSE OF FIRE WAS DUE TO A WIRING HARNESS WHICH CONNECTS TO BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LURCHES AND LOSES POWER AND STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACE ROTOR CAP/IGNITION WIRE/COMPUTER CHIP AND COIL, BUT CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM. BEEN TO DLR 6 TIMES. *AK

THE RIGHT REAR STRUT SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT MOUNT, CAUSING THE RIGHT WHEEL TO COLLASPE. THE DRIVER LOSTED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND DRIVER WAS EJECTED AND KILLED IMMEDIATELY.

OWNER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE LEFT REAR AXLE BREAKING WHICH RESULTED IN THE WHEEL SNAPPING OFF WHILE DRIVING AT 55 TO 60 MPH. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

AIRBAG POPPED OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, NO IMPACT. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AND HOOD FLEW OPEN INTO THE WINDSHIELD. DEALER SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE LATCHES. *AK

FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WILL JUST CUT OFF. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER AT LEAST (2) TIMES, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING (65) MPH THE HOOD FELL OPEN. THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE HOOD DOWN BROKE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, HAVE COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. *AK

DRIVER WAS NOT HELD BACK BY THE SHOULDER BELT AND ALSO FEELS THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT PREVENT THE PASSENGER'S HEAD FROM SLAMMING INTO THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

DRIVER WAS NOT HELD BACK BY THE SHOULDER BELT AND ALSO FEELS THAT THE AIRBAG DID NOT PREVENT THE PASSENGER'S HEAD FROM SLAMMING INTO THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD OF THE CAR FFLEW UP HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKING IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD OF THE CAR FFLEW UP HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKING IT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD OF THE CAR FLEW UP HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKING IT. *AK

VERY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO THE FOGGING UP OF WINDOWS, APPERANTLY HEATER/DEFFOGGER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

VERY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO THE FOGGING UP OF WINDOWS, APPERANTLY HEATER/DEFFOGGER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

VEHICLE MAKES JERKING MOTION PREMATURE STALLING. CONCLUSION FUEL PUMP. TT

SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILURE, MACPHERSON STRUTS FAILED. TT DEALER REPLACED STRUTS UNDER WARRANTY. *SLC

IN A HIGH SPEED COLLISION THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK, AND THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

IN A HIGH SPEED COLLISION THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK, AND THE DRIVERS AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

THE CRANK BOLT THAT HOLDS THE CRANKCASE SHEARED OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND CRANK PULLEY CAME OFF. TT TT

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND MAKES NOISE. *AK

REPLACED CRANKSHAFT. *AK

DURING A REAR END COLLISION FRONT SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK, AND DRIVERS SEAT COLLAPSED. TT