1994 Geo Metro problems
Owners have filed 91 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Geo Metro. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 19% of complaints. After that come brakes (14%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 91 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 19% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 0
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: 9 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 17 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% 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 1994 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Geo Metro with enough data (66 complaints in that window).
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.
Applied brakes, pedal went to floor, vehicle started spinning, eventually hit divider; vehicle extremely light in weight, does not hold to road. Tt
Vehicle was involved in a collision. The seat belt buckle popped open, and the driver was not restrained in the seat because of the seat belt came undone.
Both front seat shoulder belts fail to restrain occupants. Childs' head hit windshield while owner was backing out. GM states to put child in rear. Tt
Ltr FM susan leblanc (wi) re her 1994 GM geo metro hatchback, the frame of the car broke away from the body of the car, reply to the janesville district office, all attachments not imaged FWD to nvs200.
Severe corrosion of body frame hard point to rear of lower control arm of front suspension caused both front wheels to splay out with uncontrollable camber and steering. Both front tires wore on inner half of tires only and vehicle required hard left force on steering wheel to control.