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Geo electrical system problems

Across all Geo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 202 complaints involve electrical system. The Storm accounts for the largest share (37%). The single worst model year is the 1992 Storm with 24 electrical system complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
202 about electrical system, all Geo models
Most affected
Storm 37% of these complaints
Typical mileage
105,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
12 and 27

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Geo models

ModelComplaintsShare
Storm7537%
Prizm5226%
Metro4120%
Tracker3417%

Worst model years for electrical system

  1. 1992 Geo Storm24 complaints
  2. 1991 Geo Storm21 complaints
  3. 1993 Geo Storm19 complaints
  4. 1996 Geo Metro14 complaints
  5. 1994 Geo Prizm11 complaints

Electrical system complaints by model year

Geo electrical system complaints by model year 0 20 40 1990: 14 '90 1991: 38 '91 1992: 36 '92 1993: 33 '93 1994: 17 '94 1995: 19 '95 1996: 21 '96 1997: 8 '97 1998: 3 '98 1999: 8 '99 2000: 4 '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
199014
199138
199236
199333
199417
199519
199621
19978
19983
19998
20004
20011

Among the 16 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 105,000 miles.

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