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1992 Geo Prizm engine problems

17 complaints about engine have been filed for the 1992 Geo Prizm, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
17 23% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

On june 4th, 2001 vehicle accelerated rapidly for approximately 10 feet, causing it to run head-on into a tree after the consumer had just slowed vehicle down to 2 to 5 MPH. Body shop is in possession of the vehicle and has not been examined by an insurance adjuster. Independent adjuster examined vehicle and informed consumer that the insurance company would most likely not undertake an examination as it would not be cost effective.

May 1999 Crash

Other problems reported for the 1992 Geo Prizm

Engine problems in other years

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Engine problems across all Geo models