1991 Geo Metro problems
Owners have filed 65 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Geo Metro. Latches & locks is the most reported problem area, at 25% of complaints. After that come seat belts (23%) and electrical system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 65 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Latches & locks 25% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 13 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 13 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Geo Metro with enough data (26 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The vehicle was involved in a single car collision where both the driver and passenger seat belts became un-buckled, which resulted in the passenger being ejected from the vehicle and killed. Related recall 95v103007, manufacturer advised the consumer's vehicle identification number was not included.
While driving less than 10 MPH, vehicle was hit right front by another moving vehicle, speed unknown, driver's side airbag deployed, driver's dress caught on fire, causing 4 inch hole, driver received facial burns; incident reported by chris killam, fire marshall.
Driving vehicle on I-90, road under construction, vehicle hit rocks in road/flipped over, driver thrown from vehicle, seat belt did not restrain driver.