1997 Geo Prizm air bags problems
16 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1997 Geo Prizm, which is 25% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 25% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 12 crashes, 11 injuries.
What owners wrote
During an accident the air bags did not deploy and the seat belt equipment failed to lock. Everyone inside the vehicle sustained some type of injury (geo prizm). Updated 12/22/05
While driving down major highway, rearended another vehicle at about 25MPH. Resulting in major damage to front end, and no airbags deployed!
Other problems reported for the 1997 Geo Prizm
- Seat belts 18 complaints