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Geo air bags problems

Across all Geo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 342 complaints involve air bags. The Prizm accounts for the largest share (52%). The single worst model year is the 1994 Prizm with 56 air bags complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
342 about air bags, all Geo models
Most affected
Prizm 52% of these complaints
Typical mileage
120,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
258 and 5

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Geo models

ModelComplaintsShare
Prizm17752%
Metro9528%
Storm5115%
Tracker196%

Worst model years for air bags

  1. 1994 Geo Prizm56 complaints
  2. 1995 Geo Prizm34 complaints
  3. 1995 Geo Metro32 complaints
  4. 1996 Geo Metro29 complaints
  5. 1993 Geo Prizm29 complaints

Air bags complaints by model year

Geo air bags complaints by model year 0 35 70 1990: 12 '90 1991: 19 '91 1992: 22 '92 1993: 41 '93 1994: 56 '94 1995: 66 '95 1996: 62 '96 1997: 29 '97 1998: 5 '98 1999: 22 '99 2000: 7 '00 2001: 1 '01
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
View the numbers
Model yearComplaints
199012
199119
199222
199341
199456
199566
199662
199729
19985
199922
20007
20011

Among the 22 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 120,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.