Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1994 GEO Tracker

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.

3
Open recalls
48
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
12
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

48 filed
9
Crashes
3
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND Attachments
    9
  • Structure
    3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    3
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2
  • Seats
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND Pillars
    2
  • SUSPENSION:REAR
    2

Recalls

3 campaigns
96V118000·STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR1996-07-01

THE STEERING WHEEL CENTER HUB TO SPOKE WELD CAN FRACTURE.

RiskTHIS CONDITION WILL ALLOW THE STEERING WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE STEERING WHEEL FOR THE SUSPECT STEERING WHEEL LOT DATE CODE AND REPLACE ANY FOUND TO HAVE THIS SUSPECT DATE.

94V073001·SUSPENSION:REAR1994-04-16

THE RIGHT REAR AND LEFT AXLE SHAFT HOUSING TUBES WERE INCORRECTLY WELDED AND CAN FRACTURE. FRACTURE OF THE REAR AXLE SHAFT HOUSING CAN RESULT IN SEPARATION OF THE AFFECTED WHEEL ASSEMBLY AND SEPARATION OF THE BRAKE LINE.

RiskSEPARATION OF THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAN CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND SEPARATION OF THE BRAKE LINE RESULTS IN LOSS OF ONE-HALF OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM, INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE. IN EITHER CASE, AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE WELDS OF THE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLIES ON INVOLVED VEHICLES AND, IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THE COMPLETE REAR AXLE ASSEMBLY.

94V016000·STEERING:RACK AND PINION1994-01-21

THESE VEHICLES WERE ASSEMBLED WITH A LOWER STEERING SHAFT THAT CAN SEPARATE DUE TO A MISLOCATED WELD.

RiskIF THE SEPARATION OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL CAN RESULT AND AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE STEERING SHAFT AND REPLACE IT IF NECESSARY.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE94011·SUSPENSION1994-02-03 → 1994-04-20

REAR AXLE HOUSING FAILURE

Led to recall94V073001

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