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Geo seat belts problems

Across all Geo models in NHTSA's complaint database, 228 complaints involve seat belts. The Prizm accounts for the largest share (47%). The single worst model year is the 1994 Prizm with 23 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
228 about seat belts, all Geo models
Most affected
Prizm 47% of these complaints
Typical mileage
109,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
45 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Geo models

ModelComplaintsShare
Prizm10747%
Metro7131%
Tracker3415%
Storm167%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 1994 Geo Prizm23 complaints
  2. 1995 Geo Prizm22 complaints
  3. 1997 Geo Prizm18 complaints
  4. 1994 Geo Metro17 complaints
  5. 1991 Geo Metro15 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Geo seat belts complaints by model year 0 23 45 1990: 35 '90 1991: 30 '91 1992: 20 '92 1993: 16 '93 1994: 44 '94 1995: 32 '95 1996: 23 '96 1997: 22 '97 1998: 2 '98 1999: 2 '99 2000: 1 '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
199035
199130
199220
199316
199444
199532
199623
199722
19982
19992
20001
20011

Among the 15 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 109,000 miles.

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