1997 Geo Tracker Owner Complaints

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TEMPERATURE REACHES ABOVE 90 DEGREES. DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG OUTER SHELL BECOMES VERY SOFT. *TR

NHTSA ID

10229058

Incident

May 10, 2008

Mileage

36,000 mi

HAD PREVIOUS DIAGNOSIS ON EGR VALVE. HAD REPLACED ON 1/19 AFTER SES CODE CLEARED ANOTHER CODE POPPED UP FOR PRE-CAT O2 SENSOR. UPON FIXING THAT PROBLEM ON 1/28 YET ANOTHER EGR CODE CAME UP AND WAS DIAGNOSED ON 1/30 FOR THE EGR TRANSDUCER WHICH CONTROLS THE EGR VALVE I JUST HAD REPLACED! REPLACED TRANSDUCER ON 1/31. BETWEEN LABOR, PARTS & DIAGNOSTICS I SHELLED OUT $530.00. PLUS I HAD A EGR SOLENOID REPLACED ON 7/23/02. THIS IS CRAZY, ALL THIS STUFF WENT ONE AFTER ANOTHER SOMETHING HAS TO BEEN WRONG RELATED EITHER TO THE FUEL SYSTEM OF SAID VEHICLE OR TO EGR SYSTEM OF SAID VEHICLE! *JB

NHTSA ID

10056276

Incident

Jan 19, 2003

Mileage

134,259 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IT FELT LIKE MY TRANSMISSION HAD WENT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL BOTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO NH CHEVY CAR DEALER, FOUND NOTHING WRONG ON 3 OCCASIONS. PERSONAL NY CHEVY DEALER FOUND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER HAD BLOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK ON THEIR OWN, WHILE ALSO CAUSING BRAKES TO SEVERELY SMOKE. TOOK OVER 2 WEEKS TO FIND PROBLEM & CORRECT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10056272

Incident

Jul 4, 2003

Mileage

119,672 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, IT FELT LIKE MY TRANSMISSION HAD WENT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FURTHER AFTER GOING THROUGH A TOLL BOTH. HAD CAR TOWED TO NH CHEVY CAR DEALER, FOUND NOTHING WRONG ON 3 OCCASIONS. PERSONAL NY CHEVY DEALER FOUND MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER HAD BLOWN CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK ON THEIR OWN, WHILE ALSO CAUSING BRAKES TO SEVERELY SMOKE. TOOK OVER 2 WEEKS TO FIND PROBLEM & CORRECT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10056271

Incident

Jul 4, 2003

Mileage

119,672 mi

VEHICLE STALLS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEMS. THE WIPERS, TURN SIGNALS AND INTERIOR LIGHTING MAY ALSO BE EFFECTED BY THE ELECTRICAL FUSE PROBLEM. THE AIR CONDITIONER FAILED AND THE EXHAUST FELL OFF THE CAR. *AK *CB *NLM

NHTSA ID

10022837

Mileage

65,000 mi

CANNOT SEEM TO KEEP CAR OUT OF SHOP DUE TO NO AIR. I AM AN ELDERLY LADY AND CANNOT KEEP ON NOT KNOWING IF MY CAR IS GOING TO KEEP ME COOL.*AK

NHTSA ID

765228

Incident

May 3, 2000

MY WIFE WAS TRAVELING 5-7 MPH ON ICE, THE CAR SPUN AND HIT THE CURB (IT DID NOT GO OVER THE CURB, JUST HIT IT). NO DAMAGE WAS INITIALLY DONE TO THE VEHICLE, OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT STALLED. WHEN SHE TRIED TO RESTART IT, IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER 5 MINUTES, SHE GOT OUT, WALKED AWAY, AND THE VEHICLE EXPLODED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN! IF SHE WERE TRAVELING ANY FASTER, SHE MAY BE DEAD.

NHTSA ID

758757

WHEN DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE, ALSO WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THERE WAS A BIG THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END, CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKES, ROTORS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER WERE REPLACED, BUT THE NOISE CONTINUED, THE DEALER DETEMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE RIGHT HUB ASSEMBLY.*JB

NHTSA ID

894896

Incident

Jan 1, 2001

THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE LIKE WHEN PUTTING FLAPPING CARDS ON A BICYCLE, AND WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES, THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP.*AK THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE BECAUSE IT GRINDES THE GEARS( SOUNDED LIKE MARBLES WERE ROLLING IN THE HUB). *YH

NHTSA ID

879582

Incident

Jan 15, 2001

4 WHEEL AUTO LOCKING HUBS FAILED, DEALER STATED THAT BOTH SIDES NEED REPAIRED EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY THE LEFT SIDE THAT IS DEFECTIVE. *SLC

NHTSA ID

785153

Incident

Dec 14, 2000

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHILE CHANGING GEARS. RPMS WOULD REV UP EXCESSIVELY HIGH. WOULD JERK INTO GEAR. FILTER WAS CHANGED TWICE/OIL PAN HAD METAL CHAFINGS IN IT/ABS BRAKES MAKE NOISES & HAD ROTORS TURNED.*AK

NHTSA ID

872165

Incident

Jan 5, 1999

CONSUMER'S DAUGTHER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH AND SHE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE THAT WAS IN FRONT OF HER, BUT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

856096

Incident

Sep 29, 1999

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS VERY LOOSE DUE TO MISSING HINGES ON THE DRIVER'S DOOR, ALSO, THERE IS ONE HINGE HOLDING THE DOOR IN PLACE,THE LOWER HINGE, THERE IS A TSB LISTED FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM, DEALER REFUSES TO CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

852055

BRAKES ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES THEY AR EON, AND OTHER TIMES THEY ARE OFF. ALSO, WHILE GOIN G DOWN A GRADE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THERE WEREN'T ANY BRAKES. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND IT OVERTURNED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

NHTSA ID

849230

Incident

Jun 21, 1997

AIR CONDITIONER--LOSS OF GAS.

NHTSA ID

609774

WHEN DRIVING IN WINDY WEATHER CONDITIONS VEHICLE IS VERY DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

843152

Incident

Jun 5, 1998

PROBLEMS WITH EGR VALVES BLOWING OUT. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE HEAD GASKETS TO ALSO BLOW. BEEN TO MECHANIC & HAD 4 EGR VALVES REPLACED & EACH TIME THEY BLEW OUT. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER IT WAS POOR DESIGN. DEALERSHIP & ZONE REPRESENTATIVE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. VEHICLE & PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

NHTSA ID

837333

Incident

Mar 19, 1997

THE FREE WHEEL LOCKING HUB WAS NOT UNLOCKING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE, WHICH CAUSED A SHRILL GRINDING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE HUB. THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD A RASH OF THESE COMPLAINTS LATELY.

NHTSA ID

704635

Incident

Mar 6, 1999

CONSUMER HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY,NO INJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

829804

Incident

Oct 3, 1998

VEHICLE STALLS. AT STOPS AND YIELDS OR ANY OTHER TIME WHEN DRIVER IS SLOWING DOWN. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED RECENTLY WITH OTHER VEHICLE, HONDA CRX WHICHESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED TOTALED TWO AND TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES

NHTSA ID

781364

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON SIDE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITION, ALL OF SUDDEN BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REFUSED TO BELIEVE THA T AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

828444

Incident

Sep 19, 1998

WATER LEAKS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. LEAKING WATER COLLECTS IN THE HEATER SYSTEM AND CAUSES THE WINDOWS TO FOG ; OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

826838

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

819577

EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE FAILED 5 TIMES, ONCE CAUSING A COLLISION.

NHTSA ID

521766

Incident

Apr 1, 1997

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED EXCESSIVE FUSE BLOWING, CAUSING THE TURN SIGNAL TO BECOME INOPERATIVE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUSE. CONSUMER HAD THE FUSE REPLACED ON A NUMBER OF TIMES. *AK

NHTSA ID

815277

Incident

Aug 1, 1997