Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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
61
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
16
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

61 filed
22
Crashes
2
Fires
22
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    20
  • Seat Belts
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    4
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    3
  • Wheels
    2
  • AIR Bags
    2
  • Seat BELTS:REAR/OTHER
    2

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.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA97015·EXTERIOR LIGHTING1997-07-22 → 1998-09-21

TURN SIGNAL FAILURES

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