2001 Geo Prizm

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › rear. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Rear1
100
Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments1
000
Structure1
000
Power Train › Manual Transmission1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body › Hood › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Mar 23, 200663,000 milesMI

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY THE HOOD ON THE VEHICLE BLEW UP AND BUSTED THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE HOOD WAS TIED DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE HINGES ON THE HOOD WERE RUSTED. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 22, 2004PA

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR FOR REPAIRS. EACH TIME A REPAIR WAS DONE. A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REAPPEARED, AND CAME ON AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *AK

Structure
Filed Apr 5, 2004MN

INTERIOR- FRONT DRIVER SIDE, SIDE OF DASHBOARD PANEL AND DOOR FRAME PANEL RUBBING TOGETHER THAT CAUSES INTERIOR PAINT TO DETERIORATE. *NM

Electrical System › Wiring › Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Filed Jul 11, 2003OH

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN GEAR, THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED AFTER THE FUSE WAS REPLACED. *AK *CB *JB

Power Train › Manual Transmission
Filed Jun 20, 2002CA

THE TRANSMISSION IS A MANUAL TRANSMISION. ONCE AWHILE, WHEN THE GEAR IS SHIFT TO REAR GEAR WHILE THE CAR IS IN COMPLETE STOPPED. THE CAR MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD BACKWARD. IT HAPPEN MANY TIMES SINCE I PURCHASED NEW 10 MONTHS AGO.

Suspension › RearCrash
Filed Feb 19, 2002WI

THE DEALER DID NOT REPAIR THE CAR THE RIGHT WAY . AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO? NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

6 of 6 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1994
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20023000Routine
2001 — this page6000Routine
20007000Routine
199924010Routine
199811000Routine
199750220Routine
199661120Routine
199596310Routine
1994134362Fatalities reported
199377220Routine
199250100Routine
199146230Routine
199037110Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.