FaultScore

Worst years for a GEO Metro

Owners have filed 805 complaints about the GEO Metro with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 2001. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

1995 GEO Metro

132 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2000 GEO Metro

23 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every GEO Metro year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2001 7 2 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
2000 C 23 3 1 Airbags
1999 C 36 6 0 69,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
1998 C 39 7 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1997 D 90 14 3 30,925 Engine & Cooling
1996 D 116 34 5 128,842 Airbags
1995 F 132 54 0 120,500 Airbags
1994 D 91 9 2 97,000 Seat Belts
1993 D 54 6 0 Body & Structure
1992 78 8 0 Suspension
1991 65 7 1 Doors, Latches & Locks
1990 45 5 0 Doors, Latches & Locks
1989 29 5 0 Body & Structure

What breaks on a GEO Metro

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 95 11.8%

Worst in 1995

Seat Belts 75 9.3%

Worst in 1994

Worst in 1991

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1997

Brakes 66 8.2%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1996

Seats 37 4.6%

Worst in 1996

Suspension 36 4.5%

Worst in 1992

Lights 26 3.2%

Worst in 1996

Acceleration & Cruise Control 20 2.5%

Worst in 1996

Fuel & Propulsion 20 2.5%

Worst in 1997

Exactly what failed on a GEO Metro

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Frontal 72 25.2%
Latch 50 17.5%
Buckle Assembly 28 9.8%
Gasoline 26 9.1%
Door 25 8.7%
Engine 18 6.3%
Latch 17 5.9%
Recliner 17 5.9%
Foundation Components 17 5.9%
Retractor 16 5.6%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every GEO Metro, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 23 Nov 2013

GEO Metro problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the GEO Metro

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.