1999 Geo Prizm problems
Owners have filed 33 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Geo Prizm. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 45% of complaints. Next are brakes (12%) and electrical system (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 46% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 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: 14 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 10 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 99% 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 1999 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 9 model years of the Geo Prizm with enough data (24 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.
I was rearended in an accident on 10-11-00 at a stop light, which in turn pushed me into the car in front of me, I was hit at 45 miles an hour, my trunk was compacted to 6 inches. The front right side has a 2 foot area that is missing and then caught on fire, and yet my air bags didn't deploy. Either the passenger or drivers. The car was still under warranty and had no problems with the air bags that could be seen or checked. This is very trubbling to me.
I was rearended in an accident on 10-11-00 at a stop light, which in turn pushed me into the car in front of me, I was hit at 45 miles an hour, my trunk was compacted to 6 inches. The front right side has a 2 foot area that is missing and then cought on fire, and yet my air bags didn't deploy. Either the passenger or drivers. The car was still under warrenty and had no problems with the air bags that could be seen or checked. This is very trubbling to me.
Tl* the contact owns a 1999 chevrolet prizm. The contact was driving 30 MPH and became involved in a crash. The air bags failed to deploy. The driver's seat was pushed backward, causing the contact to sustain injuries to the back. The contact was wearing the seatbelt at the time of the seat failure. A police report was not available. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was destroyed. The failure mileage was 125,000. The VIN was not available.