Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 GEO Prizm

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
37
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

37 filed
5
Crashes
1
Fires
6
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Exterior LIGHTING:BRAKE Lights
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION Components
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • SUSPENSION:REAR:SHOCK Absorber
    1
  • Wheels
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
10E002000·SUSPENSION2010-02-11

RIDE CONTROL IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT STRUT MOUNTS BRANDED AS GABRIEL RIDE CONTROL OR ARVINMERITOR, P/NOS. 142435, 142193, 142305, 142303, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE AFFECTED FRONT STRUT MOUNTS DID NOT CONTAIN A WELD JOINT BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE RATE PLATE.

RiskTHE ABSENCE OF THE WELD CAN ALLOW THE STRUT TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION UNDER CERTAIN EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING VEHICLE COMPONENTS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixRIDE CONTROL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RIDE CONTROL AT 1-248-458-1396.

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