1990 Geo Tracker problems
Owners have filed 27 complaints with NHTSA about the 1990 Geo Tracker. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 44% of complaints. After that come brakes (19%) and body & structure (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 44% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 1
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: 3 complaints mention a crash; 1 injury reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 80% 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 1990 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the Geo Tracker with enough data (9 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.
Wife involved in a rear end collision. Her vehicle was stopped. Upon inpact the drivers seat back fell all the way back, she suffered a concussion and whip lash injury and was transported to chelsea community hospital. The seat being in the downward position was pointed out to the state police and ems person by my wife. The vehicle was towed to my home, seat photographed in downward position.
Pe00 020 ;was traveling about 61MPH on highway and heard a noise vehicle started to vibrate and she lost control. Vehicle rolled over four times and when down into an enbankment. Flipped upside down. There were two tires that exploded; driver's front tire and the passenger rear tire. Tire were firestone, and vehicle was totaled.
Front passenger seatbelt does not latch and the drivers seatbelt does latch but does not release easily. Please explain. Tt