Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Geo Metro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 15 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE DASH IN MY 1995 GEO METRO IS DISINTEGRATING IN SMALL PARTICLES THAT BLOW INTO MY FACE WHILE DRIVING AND IS PARTICULARLY AGGRAVATING WHEN THE HEATER OR AIR CONDITION ARE ON. I COMPLAINED AS EARLY AS 1998 TO NO AVAIL. I CAN FURNISH PICTURES SHOWING HOW SERIOUS THIS IS. EVERYONE SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. CAN YOU HELP! DATES ARE APPROXIMATE.*JB
DURING BRAKE REPAIR MECHANIC NOTICED THAT FRAME WAS RUSTING BEHIND FRONT WHEELS.*AK
WHILE ROLLING UP DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW GLASS WILL COME OUT OF TRACK. ALSO, INSIDE HANDLE WILL NOT OPEN THE DOOR. *AK BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE BACK DOOR HANDLES ARE DEFECTIVE. *YH
BOTH REAR DOORS FAIL TO OPEN FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. *AK
PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LOCK MECHANISM NOT WORKING, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF CAR
PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR JAMS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH
THE DOOR LATCHES WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. YOU HAVE TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO OPEN THE DOOR. CONSUMER STATES VENT WAS BROKEN, BROKEN STRUT ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE, VEHICLE STALLS BUT NOT ALL THE TIME WHEN AT A STOP AND TRYING TO TURN LEFTWAS ADVISED BY DEALER THAT PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, AND ALSO BACK DOOR WILL NOT OPEN.*JB
REAR SECOND SET OF DOORS FAIL TO OPEN CONTINUOUSLY. WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER PARTS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. PARTS USED FROM OTHER METRO FAILED ALSO. TT
REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE FAILS TO OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. PROBLEM REOCCURED AFTER HERITAGE AUTO REPLACED LATCH. KT
REAR PASSENGER DOOR, THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. TT
REAR DOOR HANDLES CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. TT
THE BOTH REAR BACK DOOR DON'T OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE CONSUMER WENT BACK TO DEALER ABOUT FIVE TIME WITH PROBLEM PURCHASE CAR TWO MONTH AGO . TT
IN LESS THAN 30 DAYS THE DOORS HAVE LOCKED UP ON TWO OCASSIONS AND THE STEERING LOCKED UP. TT
REAR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE WILL NOT UNLATCH IF SHUT CAN NOT OPEN. TT
RIGHT REAR SIDE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FOR ENTERING OR EXITING. REPAIRED 3 TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
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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