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1999 Chevrolet Metro Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Feb 14, 2015
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Aug 2, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1999 Chevrolet Metro. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Feb 14, 2015
Fire reported

AS I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY I-15 SOUTHBOUND, IN SAN DIEGO, CA, ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2015 AT 4.40 PM, I HEARD A PUTTERING / CLINKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. I SENSED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I COULD NOT INCREASE THE SPEED. I DECREASED THE SPEED, CAME ON THE LAST (4TH LANE), TOWARD THE SHOULDER, PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON. I COULD SEE SOME SMOKE COMING POUT FROM BENEATH THE HOOD OF THE CAR. SO, I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE CAR, OPENED THE HOOD. SAW THE SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE AREA. OF COURSE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (SERVICE ENGINE SOON) CAME ON THE DISPLAY TOO. I FINALLY GOT IT TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE ENGINE IS DEAD. NOW I AM FINDING OUT THAT THE ENGINE IN 1999 CHEVY METRO'S DID HAVE A PROBLEM. *TR

NHTSA ID
10683422
Incident
Feb 9, 2015
Mileage
188,000 mi
Engine
Filed Apr 22, 2013

1999 CHEVY METRO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE PRODUCES DANGEROUSLY HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE IS DISABLED WITH EHS(ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY) AND THE DANGEROUS HIGH LEVELS OF RADIATION CAUSES DAMAGE TO HER BODY. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WOULD LOOSE HER BALANCE, DUE TO THE RADIATION FROM THE VEHICLE MAKING HER SICK. ALSO, THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE ENGINE BLOCK.

NHTSA ID
10509038
Incident
Apr 1, 2013
Fuel system
Filed Aug 2, 2011

CORROSION OF FUEL INLET PIPE ON 1999 CHEVY METRO ISL 2 DOOR,MUST BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AS IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THEM IN JUNK YARDS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS FUEL LEAKS OUT OF FUEL TANK AND ALSO CAUSES THE COMPUTER TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *KB

NHTSA ID
10416643
Incident
Feb 2, 2011
Mileage
120,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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