1992 Geo Storm problems
NHTSA has received 107 complaints about the 1992 Geo Storm, and 22% of them involve electrical system. After that come engine (18%) and air bags (15%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 107 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 19 and 2
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: 19 complaints mention a crash; 19 injuries reported; 2 deaths reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 1992 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 4 model years of the Geo Storm with enough data (41 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
While driving vehicle lost control and hit a telephone pole. Driver's air bag deployed, but did not prevent contact with steering wheel. Both driver and passenger sustained fatal injuries.
Consumer was involved in a 20 MPH head-on collision in which the air bags did not deploy. Consumer and passenger suffered injuries.
While driving an accident occurred. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. They did not have any air in them. Injuries occurred. Please provide any further information.
Car idles erratically, it also idles above 2000 RPM sometimes it lacks power and sometime it does not. The car stalls while at idle, or sometimes it pumps gas irregularly causing a pulsing.....
I have a 1992 geo storm 2+2 with a 12 valve motor and a 5 speed manual transmission the car constantly overheats even after entire cooling system was replace. Car stalls, idles eratically due to gm's faulty ECM insulative spray. And just recently loss of rear tail lamps and dash lamps. Brake turning and hazard lamps still work. All fuses and relays are good.