GEO problems by model
Owners have filed 870 complaints with NHTSA about the 4 GEO models with enough data to profile here, covering 7 model years from 1991 through 1996. The Prizm draws the most at 303, 34.8% of the make's total.
Complaint volume tracks how many cars a make sold as much as how they held up, and NHTSA complaints are unverified owner reports rather than confirmed defects. Nothing on this page compares GEO against another manufacturer. Use it to find the model, then the model year, then read what owners of that year actually filed.
Every GEO model
| Model | Model years | Complaints | Most-reported year | Top system that year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prizm | 2 1994–1995 | 303 | 1994 173 | Air bags (32.4%) |
| Metro | 2 1995–1996 | 248 | 1995 132 | Air bags (24.2%) |
| Storm | 2 1991–1992 | 216 | 1991 109 | Electrical system (19.3%) |
| Tracker | 1 1996–1996 | 103 | 1996 103 | Engine and engine cooling (22.3%) |
Model years shown are those with at least 100 complaints on file, the gate every page on this site has to clear.
Reading the numbers
Across every GEO model year on the site, air bags are the system named most often: 194 complaints, 28.7% of those filed under a named system. Individual model years diverge from that sharply, which is the reason to read the year rather than the badge.
The three most-reported GEO models (Prizm, Metro and Storm) account for 88.2% of the make's complaint volume. That is a concentrated picture: most of what gets reported about GEO here comes from three nameplates. Bear in mind that a nameplate selling in the millions will out-file a niche one whatever its record.
Of the 870 complaints, 248 describe a crash, 16 describe a fire and 5 report a death.
Most-reported GEO model years
The single heaviest model year of each GEO nameplate, 1991–1996. Heaviest is not worst. Read it alongside the model page.