Is This A Lemon?

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1996 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.

1
Open recalls
71
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
18
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

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

Consumer complaints

71 filed
15
Crashes
1
Fires
10
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    16
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    9
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    4
  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    4
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND Attachments
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT
    3
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    3

Recalls

1 campaign
96V121001·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1996-07-01

THE FUEL TANK ON THESE VEHICLES CAN BECOME PUNCTURED BY A FUEL TANK FLANGE ATTACHMENT REINFORCEMENT DURING REAR-END COLLISIONS. THIS DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 301, "FUEL TANK INTEGRITY."

RiskCONSEQUENCE OF NON-COMPLIANCE: IF AN IGNITION SOURCE WAS PRESENT, FUEL LEAKAGE RESULTING FROM THIS PUNCTURE COULD RESULT IN A POST-CRASH FIRE.

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL TWO NEW SHIELD GUSSETS BETWEEN THE FUEL TANK AND ATTACHMENT BRACKETS TO PREVENT THE REINFORCEMENT FROM PUNCTURING THE FUEL TANK WALL.

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