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1995 GEO Metro

Safety ratings

1995 Geo Metro 4-DR.

Not ratedOverall
Not ratedFrontal crash
Not ratedSide crash
Not ratedSide pole
Not ratedRollover
Frontal, driver: 4★Frontal, passenger: 4★Rollover risk: 0.0%
  • Lane departure warningNo
  • Forward collision warningNo
  • Electronic stability controlNo

Crash test videos & photos

No public crash-test footage is available for this vehicle.

Recalls (1)

  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUMCampaign 94V213000 · 26/10/1994

    THE REAR BRAKE DRUMS WERE NOT CORRECTLY MACHINED. AS THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN, LOSS OF WHEEL CLAMP LOAD CAN RESULT FROM THIS CONDITION. ONCE CLAMP LOAD IS LOST, ALL TIRE LOADS ARE DIRECTLY TAKEN BY THE WHEEL STUDS. THIS LOADING CAN CAUSE FATIGUE FAILURE OF THE WHEEL STUDS.

    Risk: IF THIS OCCURS, A WHEEL COULD SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE, AND A CRASH COULD OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

    Fix: REPLACE REAR BRAKE DRUMS.

Owner complaints

109
Complaints
44
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
37
Injuries
0
Deaths

Most-reported areas

  • AIR BAGS29
  • STRUCTURE14
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES10
  • SERVICE BRAKES9
  • HYDRAULIC9
  • SEATS7
  • STEERING7
  • SUSPENSION6
Read individual complaints (50 most recent)

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

  • 12/23/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    CATALYTIC COVERTER RUSTED IN TWO PLACES. BELIEVED THIS PROBLEM WAS DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

  • 12/23/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    THE VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD-ON AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. DID NOT TAKE VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

  • 12/17/1998· STRUCTURE

    PASSENGER FRONT DOOR LOCK MECHANISM NOT WORKING, UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF CAR

  • 12/06/1995· SEATSCrash

    THE PASSENGER SEAT SLIDES FORWARD IN AN ACCIDENT OCCURED JULY 22,1995. TT

  • 11/21/1995· SUSPENSION

    CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO FIRESTONE FOR AN ALIGNMENT THEN CALLED GEO ,THEY SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ALIGNMEMT GEO DID NOT HELP HER. TT

  • 11/09/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

    THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN IN ACCIDENT. TT

  • 11/06/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    THE BRAKES START TO MAKE A NOISE ALL AROUND THE CAR. *AK

  • 11/02/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

    THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

  • 11/01/2004· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    BACK DOORS W/CHILD SECURITY LOCKS FAIL TO UNLOCK ONCE PLACED INTO CHILD PROTECTION MODE. DOORS TAKEN APART AND "REPAIRED" HOWEVER CHEVY DEALER ONLY SPRAYED WD-40 INTO LOCKS. DOORS OPENED ONCE AND HAVE NOT OPENED FOR THE LAST 4 MONTHES.*AK

  • 11/01/1995· STEERING

    CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWN STREET SHE LOST CONTROL OF CAR,THE FRONT WHEELS WERE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ,CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH GEO. TT\

  • 11/01/1995· SEATSCrash

    THE CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE SEAT SPLIT AT THE RAIL. TT CONSUMER STATES ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT AND THAT VEHICLE DID NOT SEE HER AND THAT VEHICLE SPUN AROUND THREE TIMES AND EACH TIME CONSUMER TRIED TO AVOID THAT VEHICLE JUST GOT CLOSER TO HER VEHICLE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF HER VEHICLE AND SPUN AROUND AND SLID BACKWARDS INTO GUARD RAIL, CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIED, ALSO PASSENGER SEAT BELT BROKE FROM RAIL PASSENGER SUFFERED INJURIES IN WHICH THE SEAT BELT BROKE.*JB

  • 11/01/1995· SEATSCrash

    PHONE EXT 5465: UPON IMPACT, FRONT PASSENGER BUCKET SEAT BACK REST COLLAPSED DOWN FLAT; VEHICLE SKIDDED IN CIRCLE; HIT GUARDRAIL. TT

  • 10/30/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    ALL FOUR DOORS ARE UNABLE TO OPEN FROM BOTH SIDES, INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WILL NOT STAY ON TRACK. BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK DUE TO A SHORT IN THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. *JB

  • 10/28/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    DURING FRONTAL IMPACT THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

  • 10/24/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

  • 10/23/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

    CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

  • 10/19/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

    CONSUMER WAS STARTING UP THE VEHICLE WHEN HE SMELLED EXHAUST FUMES COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD . CONSUMER LOOK UNDER THE VEHICLE, WHERE THERE WAS A CRACK IN MANIFOLD, AND FUMES WAS GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THERE IS'NT ANYTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK

  • 10/05/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

    UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, PASSENGERS AIRBAG FAIL TO DEPLOY. TT

  • 10/05/1995· SEAT BELTSCrash

    UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 20MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DRIVER/PASS. SHOULDER/LAP BELTS FAILED TO RETRACT, RESULT DRIVER/PASS HIT WINDSHIELD.

  • 10/03/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    DURING A REAR COLLISION, WAS FORCED INTO VEHICLE IN FRONT, 40MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER, DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK*JB

  • 09/28/1999· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEAT TO GET OUT THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. *AK

  • 09/28/1999· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    REAR DOOR LATCHES DON'T WORK AT ALL. PASSENGER HAS TO CLIMB OVER INTO THE FRONT SEATS TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

  • 09/23/2003· AIR BAGSCrash

    WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

  • 09/19/1996· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

    PLATE UNDER DASH BOARD IS VERY SHARP AND HAS CAUSED INJURY TO CONSUMER SEVERAL TIMES.

  • 09/18/1995· SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,STRUCTURE,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    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

  • 09/18/1995· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    REAR CHILD SAFETY LATCH, ONCE APPLIED WON'T OPEN FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE, WHILE ENGINE'S ON OR OFF. TT

  • 09/09/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A FOUR CAR ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR WAS TOTALED. *AK

  • 09/07/1995· STRUCTURE

    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

  • 09/03/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

  • 09/01/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

    PRESSED ON BRAKES, THEY DID NOT STOP VEHICLE, HAD AN ACCIDENT. *AK

  • 08/28/1995· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

    CRUISE CONTROL STUCK, SET AT 60, ACCELERATED TO 75, DEALER SAID PEDAL STUCK. TT

  • 08/27/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

    LAST YEAR THE HEADLIGHT ON THE RIGHT SIDE WAS DIM. THE HEADLIGHT ON LEFT SIDE WAS NORMAL THE HEADLIGHTS ARE SCREWED AROUND, WHEN TURNING ON HIGH BEAM, THE LEFT SIDE GOES OFF, AND THE RIGHT SIDE BECOMES TOTALLY BRIGHT. *AK

  • 08/24/1995· STRUCTURE

    REAR PASSENGER COMPARTMENT DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE FAILS TO OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. PROBLEM REOCCURED AFTER HERITAGE AUTO REPLACED LATCH. KT

  • 08/21/2000· VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE

    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

  • 08/21/1995· STRUCTURE

    REAR PASSENGER DOOR, THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE. TT

  • 08/19/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    CORRODED BRAKE ROTORS. *AK

  • 08/15/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH, AT APPROX. 35MPH, 12:00 ON FRONT BUMPER DUAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

  • 08/15/1995· STEERING

    DRIVER SIDE WHERE BALL JOINT SCREW IN THE KNUCKLE FELL OUT, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. TT

  • 08/15/1995· STEERING

    BOLT CAME OUT OF THE STEERING KNUCKLE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE BALL JOINT TO COME OUT. TT

  • 08/14/1995· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    THE BACK DOORS WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE DEALER REPLACED THE LOCK FOUR TIMES. TT

  • 08/12/1996· STRUCTURE

    PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR JAMS INTERMITTENTLY. *DH

  • 08/11/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

    HEADLIGHTS GO OUT. WIRING HARNESS FOR HEADLIGHTS PLUGGED IN THE HEAD DUE TO PIN CONNECTORS BEING TOO SMALL TO HANDLE THE CONNECTION AND STARTED BURNING. COMBINATION SWITCH HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

  • 08/09/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

    FAILURE ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS, CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

  • 08/06/1996· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

    NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT/HEADREST FAILED TO SECURE NECK, CAUSING INJURY. *SD

  • 08/04/1995· STEERINGCrash

    OUTER TIE ROD BECAME DISCONNECTED FROM THE STEERING ARM. TT

  • 08/03/1999· SEATSCrash

    I WAS STOPED AT A RED LIGHT AND STRUCK FROM BEHIND. THE SEAT BROKE BACKWARDS UPON IMPACT VIOLENTLY AND CONTRIBUTED TO MY INJURIES. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT EVEN GO OFF WHEN I WAS PUSHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME SENDING ME FORWARD FROM AN ALMOST HOROZANTAL P

  • 08/03/1995· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

    BOTH REAR DOORS WILL FAIL TO OPEN WHEN VEHICLE IS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE HEAT TEMPERATURES. DEALERS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE LOCK MECHANISM. TT

  • 07/31/1995· STRUCTURE

    REAR DOOR HANDLES CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. TT

  • 07/29/1998· WHEELS

    WHEELS AND LUG NUTS ARE RUSTING. (QC-AW)

  • 07/29/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

    BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES VERY HARD UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL DUE TO THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKING UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE /BRAKES FADE AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FRONT CALIPERS. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK