Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 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.

2
Open recalls
46
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

46 filed
3
Crashes
3
Fires
2
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    13
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL Pipe
    9
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    3
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    2
  • Tires
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
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.

90V191000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1990-11-09

LUG NUTS THAT RETAIN WHEELS AND WHEEL COVERS MAY HAVE BEEN TORQUED TO LOWER THAN RECOMMENDED SPECIFICATIONS.

RiskINSUFFICIENT CLAMPING OF LUG NUTS RETAINING THE WHEELCOVER AND WHEEL COULD RESULT IN A LOOSE WHEEL THAT COULD FALL OFF WITH POTENTIALFOR LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixREMOVE ORIGINAL WHEEL COVER, TORQUE LUG TO SPECIFICATION, AND INSTALL FULL WHEEL COVERS THAT ARE RETAINED BY SPRING CLIPS.

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