1995 GEO Tracker

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

• 12/18/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

• 12/16/1999· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH PEDAL WILL GET TIGHT UNTIL CONSUMER CAN NOT SHIFT GEARS. THEN BY KEEP APPLYING PRESSURE TO CLUTCH, IT WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK . LAST CLUTCH THAT WAS PUT IN, CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE WELDING DONE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE. LAST CLUTCH CAUSED DAMAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1800. TOOK TO DEALER ,AND THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH AND SOME OTHER PARTS THAT LED TO CLUTCH. *AK

• 12/10/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

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

• 11/19/2010· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PIPE THAT HOLDS THE GASOLINE TANK HAD DETERIORATED AND WAS HANGING OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 122,501. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,850.

• 11/12/2008· POWER TRAIN

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 15 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MOVED INTO FIRST GEAR, BUT FAILED TO GO INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE STOPPED MOVING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REACH SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO FAIL TO SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR. THE CONTACT MUST MANUALLY SHIFT BACK INTO FIRST GEAR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 170,000.

• 11/08/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EXPERIENCED THREE BRAKE FAILURES. ABS VALVE SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. TT

• 10/25/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED.

• 10/25/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  CONSUMER SON WAS DRIVING AND IN WET WEATHER TRY TO SLOW DOWN THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER TRUCK WAS TOTALED . TT

• 10/16/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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

• 10/14/2001· POWER TRAIN

  MAN. HAS NO RECALL, BUT 4 OTHER GEOS IN SHOP AT SAME TIME WITH SAME PROBLEM. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

• 10/13/2003· STRUCTURE

  DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HINGE SEPARATING FROM FRAME AND DOOR IS SAGGING, READY TO FALL OFF. REPAIR PERSON INFORMED ME TO FIX IT WOULD REQUIRE REMOVING THE DASHBOARD AND REPAIRING OR REWELDING THE POST. IT HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED, AS I CANT AFFORD WHAT IT WOULD COST. *LA

• 10/11/1999· STRUCTURE

  PASSANGER SIDE DOOR HINGE MOUNT IS SEPARATING FROM THE CAR THE REPAIR MAN SAID THE METAL WAS TO THIN THERE FOR THE DOOR. SAME PROBLEM ON THE DRIVER SIDE.

• 10/08/1999· STRUCTURE

  THE TOP HINGE OF THE DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF THE TRUCK THE REPAIR MAN SAID THE METAL WAS TO THIN FOR THE DOOR AND IT'S A DESIGN FLAW.

• 09/30/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

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

• 09/20/2011· SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE

  CRACKING ROT AND SEPARATING WHERE THE REAR SUSPENSION ATTACHES. *TR

• 09/19/2001· STRUCTURE

  MY DOOR FELL OFF IN MY HAND. BECAUSE THE SHEET METAL THAT HOLDS THE UPPER DOOR HINGE IS SO THIN THAT THE NUT HOLDING THE DOOR PULLED THROUGH THE SHEET METAL.*AK

• 09/15/1999· STRUCTURE

  THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGES CAME LOOSE CAUSING THE DOOR TO SEPARATE FROM VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

• 09/07/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THIS VEHICLE HAD AN UNNOTICEABLE OIL LEAK THAT CAUSED OIL TO LEAK COMPLETELY, AND ENGINE BLEW UP AND LOCKED UP. THE REASON IS UNKNOWN TO CONSUMER AND MECHANIC. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 09/05/2001· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS SEPARATED FROM DOOR FRAME. DOOR WILL NOT PROPERLY CLOSE. CONSUMER FEELS DOOR IS NOT SECURE AND COULD COME OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. *AK

• 09/03/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  INTERMITTENT STALLING AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS.

• 08/19/1995· EQUIPMENT

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

• 08/10/1995· SEAT BELTS

  THE DRIVERS SEATBELT LOCKS UP WHEN GOING AND WHEN STOPPING IT RELEASES AND LETS YOU GO FORWARD. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

• 08/08/1997· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER IN ACCIDENT.

• 08/07/2001· STEERING,SEAT BELTSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55-60MPH DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CAUSED IT TO FLIP FROM FRONT TO BACK. SHOULDER SEAT BELT WAS TORN, AND DID NOT HOLD CONSUMER IN VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS EJECTED FROM VEHICLE, AND DID NOT SURVIVE THE CRASH.*AK

• 07/30/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  WHILE DRIVING THE TRACKER ABOUT 5 OR 6 MPH IT JUST QUITS AND WOULD NOT START AGAIN. ON JULY 29TH OWNER DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE WIRES FROM THE FUEL PUMP IS TOUCHING THE FUEL TANK WHICH IS CAUSING THE WIRE TO SHORT OUT. DEALER WOULD NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. OWNER HAS ORDERED A FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND WILL BE REPLACING THE PUMP. *AK

• 07/28/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  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

• 07/26/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  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

• 07/23/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  INTEWRMITTENT STALLING (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *AK

• 07/14/1997· STRUCTURE

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE TOP HINGE. THE DOOR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

• 07/13/2000· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S DOORS SEPARATED FROM THE HINGES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

• 07/10/1996· STEERING

  STEERING PROBLEM CAUSES STEERING WHEEL TO JERK.

• 06/30/1997· VISIBILITY

  WHEN DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON USING THE DEFROSTER, THE WINDOW IN THE VEHICLE FOGS UP, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 06/21/1999· SEAT BELTSCrash

  SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD ME BACK, I HIT STEERING WHEEL BACK UP AND SLAMMED HEAD ON WINDOW

• 06/13/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  THIS CAR IS ALWAYS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND HAD NO PRIOR PROBLEMS UNTIL THE ENGINE JUST DECIDED TO THROW A ROD THROUGH THE ENGINE BLOCK. *AK

• 06/13/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  EXCESSIVE VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. *AK

• 05/29/2000· EQUIPMENT

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

• 05/18/1999· STRUCTURE

  FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR HINGE HAS SEPARATED (RUSTED) FROM THE BODY. *AK

• 05/16/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

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

• 05/12/1998· STRUCTURE

  FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SEPARATED FROM THE TOP HINGE, THE WELD CAME COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DOOR.

• 05/08/2014· POWER TRAIN

  TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 GEO TRACKER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD BEEN REPAIRED TWICE BY A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

• 05/06/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST, NOW IT STAY ON, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 05/04/1999· STRUCTURE

  DRIVER'S AND THE PASSENGER'S DOOR HINGES WHICH WERE WELDED BROKE OFF. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH. BOTH DOORS BEEN HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.

• 04/29/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE NOISE.

• 04/25/1996· SEAT BELTSCrash

  VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, SEATBACK AND SEAT BELTS BROKE, DRIVER THROWN OUT. *AK

• 04/15/1997· STRUCTURE

  GETTING INTO VEHICLE, HAD OPEN DOOR, DOOR FELL OFF FRAME W/HANDLE IN HAND; HELD AT BOTTOM W/HINGE & PIN; TOOK TO DEALER; WAS INFORMED BOLTS WERE TOO SMALL FOR FRAME. *AK

• 04/08/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE DRIVER'S SIDE TOP HINGE IS RUSTED THROUGH. THE BODY METAL WHERE THE HINGE IS SUPPOSED TO ATTACH IS TEARING OFF OR NOT THERE. THIS IS HAPPENING TO BOTH DOORS AND ALL HINGES BECAUSE OF A DEFECT IN THE METAL TO WHICH THE HINGES ARE ATTACHED. THE HINGES ALSO HAVE DEFECTIVE METAL. THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ASSEMBLY WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE AND WON'T WORK.

• 04/05/2000· STRUCTURE

  BOLTS ARE PULLING OUT OF THE METAL OF DOOR BEHIND THE HINGES ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE ONLY AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

• 04/01/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY BY THE MANUFACTURER. *JB

• 03/27/2000· STRUCTURE

  THE DRIVER'S DOOR HAD BEGUN SQUEAKING IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. AS I WAS DRIVING ON 03/26/2000 I HIT A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR POPPED OPEN AND SAGGED ONTO THE BOTTOM HINGE. I HAD TO STOP AND EXIT THE VEHICLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. I CAN'T CLOSE THE DOOR FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

• 03/27/1995· POWER TRAIN

  TRAVELING 40 MPH, VEHICLE JERKS WHILE DRIVING, LOOSES 1000 RPMS AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER KICKS OUT. TT