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CarsLore / GEO / Metro / 1991

1991 GEO Metro

50 owner complaints — #6 of 13 Metro model years. 2 recalls, 2 service bulletins.

50complaints · 6 crashes, 1 fires
2recalls
2manufacturer bulletins
71,800 mimedian mileage at failure

Problems owners report

Complaints filed with NHTSA about the 1991 GEO Metro, by the system named in each complaint. One complaint can name several.

  • Latches/locks/linkages15
  • Seat belts15
  • Structure5
  • Seats4
  • Engine and engine cooling4
  • Electrical system4
  • Air bags3
  • Visibility3
  • Fuel system, gasoline2
  • Suspension2

NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026 · 12 injuries and 1 deaths reported

Compared with other years

’89’91’93’95’97’99’0150’89’91’92’95’98’0150
1989199019911992199319951997

NHTSA ODI complaints by model year

Fatal crashes in the US

From 2020 to 2023, 3 1991 Metro vehicles were involved in crashes on US public roads in which someone died; 3 people died inside them. This is a count, not a crash rate: it grows with the number of cars on the road.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), crash years 2020–2023 (public domain)

New York safety inspections

At its first New York inspection the 1991 GEO Metro failed the safety check 0.81% of the time — 28% less often than the average 1991 passenger car (1.13%). Median odometer at inspection: 60,236 miles.

123first inspections
0.81%failed on safety
60,236 mimedian odometer
0.0%1.2%2.5%’91’930.8%0.0%1.2%2.5%’91’930.8%

NY DMV Vehicle Inspections (vezn-fmmk), initial inspections since Aug 2021 · how we count

Recalls

95V103007 · Seat belts24 May 1995 · 466,902 vehicles

THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTONS CAN BREAK. THESE RED PLASTIC RELEASE BUTTONS ARE MARKED "PRESS." IF A BUTTON BREAKS, PIECES CAN FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.

93V189001 · Latches/locks/linkages23 Nov 1993 · 356,097 vehicles

MISLOCATED ATTACHING SPOT WELDS OF THE HOOD STRIKER ASSEMBLY CAUSE CRACKS TO START ON THE HOOD INNER PANEL. IF CRACKS OCCUR, THE HOOD STRIKER ASSEMBLY MAY NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE THE HOOD LATCH WHEN THE HOOD IS CLOSED.

Whether a recall was fixed on a particular car is known only to the manufacturer: check the VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

NHTSA recalls · summaries in NHTSA's own words

Service bulletins

What GEO told its dealers about the 1991 GEO Metro: known faults, fixes and updates.

BulletinSummary
43020UNKNOWN
10246631Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return (R&R) Electronic Control Modules

NHTSA manufacturer communications (public domain)

NHTSA investigations

EA95014 · Seat belts:front:buckle assemblyopened 25 Apr 1995 · closed 28 Jul 1995

SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILURE

PE94092 · Seat beltsopened 21 Dec 1994 · closed 25 Apr 1995

TAKATA SEAT BLT BCKLS FAIL

EA93006 · Structureopened 26 Feb 1993 · closed 26 Nov 1993

HOOD FLY-UPS

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation