RoadVitals

1995 Geo Tracker Electrical Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA

Data refreshed

Electrical reportsComplaints 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.
10
Latest Sep 30, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
16%
of 64 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
5
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

What this page shows

Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Geo Tracker submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.

Owner reports naming electrical

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Electrical
Filed Sep 30, 2002
Fire reported

PARKED VEHICLE IN PARKING LOT AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE. NLM....*AK

NHTSA ID
8019876
Incident
Sep 28, 2002
Electrical
Filed Jul 28, 2001
Fire reported

BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READING HOT ALL THE TIME, BUT CAR IS NOT OVERHEATING, WAS TOLD IT SOUNDS ELECTRICAL. THEN THE TURNING SIGNAL STARTED TO MAKE THE CLICLING NOISE EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED YOUR TURN, NO VISABLE LIGHTS FLASHING JUST THE CLICKING NOISE THEN DRIVING ALONG WITH WINDOWS ROLLED UP AND AC ON EYE'S STARTED BURNING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING WHEEL TURNING SIGNAL I WAS TOLD SHORTED OUT WHY??? HALLMANS STATES THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A GEO EVER, EVER HAVING A ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DID NOT PURCHASE FROM HALLMANS BUT THEY ARE A GEO DEALER AND THAT IS WHERE I WAS TOLD TO GO FOR SERVICE THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL WEBSITE FEEL LIKE THIS SHOULD HAVE NOT HAPPENED. *AK

NHTSA ID
749378
Incident
Jul 23, 2001
Electrical
Filed May 29, 2000

RADIO WAS INSTALLED WITH AN ANTI THEFT CODE, THE CARS BATTERY WENT DEAD, WHICH IN TURN ACTIVATED TH LOCK DEFENSE FOR THE RADIO. NLM

NHTSA ID
784663
Incident
May 22, 2000
Electrical
Filed May 16, 2000
Fire reported

SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED CHEVEROLET/GEO DEALER A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD WHICH TOTALLED THE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
861979
Incident
Apr 1, 2000
Electrical
Filed Jul 26, 1999
Fire reported

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER HEARD SOME NOISE WITHIN THE TIRE, AND THEN SOME CRACKING SOUND. CONSUMER DROVE 20 MINTUES UP THE ROAD AND THEN THE CONSUMER SAW SOME SMOKE. PULLED OVER AND SAW VEHICLE ENGULVED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAD TO GET THE STEERING COLUMN SHAFT REPAIRED. ALL THE WIRES GOT BURNED, AND THE MAIN WIRE HARNESS HAS TO BE REPAIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID
843290
Incident
Jan 12, 1998
Electrical
Filed Dec 10, 1996
Fire reported

VEHICLE PARKED, NEIGHBOR WOKE OWNER, CALLED 911, VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES, FIRE DEPT ARRIVED & PUT FLAMES OUT, WAS INFORMED IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *AK

NHTSA ID
806123
Incident
Nov 20, 1996
Electrical
Filed Oct 16, 1996

WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP THE TRUCK STALLS. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK

NHTSA ID
803579
Electrical
Filed Jul 23, 1996

INTEWRMITTENT STALLING (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *AK

NHTSA ID
506546
Incident
May 1, 1996
Electrical
Filed Jan 11, 1996

BATTERY LEAKS. *AW

NHTSA ID
600464
Incident
Aug 4, 1995
Electrical
Filed Aug 19, 1995

RADIO'S CLOCK AND STATION LIGHTS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. *SKD

NHTSA ID
600313
Incident
Aug 18, 1995

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.

Other components reported on this vehicle

Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own

Body & structure20Engine8

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .