Geo Prizm by model year

795 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Geo Prizm across 9 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Geo Prizm

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1990	54
1991	72
1992	75
1993	95
1994	173
1995	130
1996	68
1997	63
1999	33

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
1999	33	Air bags (46%)
1997	63	Seat belts (29%)	1	24 to 28
1996	68	Air bags (32%)		25 to 29
1995	130	Air bags (26%)	2	25 to 27
1994	173	Air bags (32%)	1	24 to 27
1993	95	Air bags (31%)	1	24 to 27
1992	75	Engine (23%)		23 to 26
1991	72	Body & structure (19%)	1	23 to 27
1990	54	Seat belts (13%)		23 to 27