1996 Geo Metro Reviews - Page 6 of 17

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Great economic car, lacks any luxurious features, but seriously dependable.

I wish they'd manufacture new GEOs.

It didn't spend much time in shop except regular maintenance. Engine and road noise is bad but it runs great. 30 mpg on highway, 21 mpg in city. Never gave me any trouble except the first time I bought I had to replace a few parts, probably due to previous owner's carelessness.

I too have had problems with the exhaust system. I keep taking it back on one of those Lifetime Replacement guarantees - they hate me.

Recently I had to replace the pump on the windshield washer. It is pretty easy once you figure it is inside the fender behind the headlight on the bottom of the washer tank.

I had problems with a front brake overheating sporadically. Never would do it when I took it in, but it got hot enough to slow the car down - and too hot to touch.

Finally just had to replace the full rotor and brake assembly for about $200.

This was my daughters car and she left it here when she moved to Philly. I have so much fun driving it I can't sell it.

Is 40 mile per gallon the average?

My rear defrost button has never worked for some reason. A little bit of duct tape solved that really easy.

All of the belts stopped working on my car for some reason. I took it to the dealership and they explained that some bolts on my crankshaft were loose. They tightened the bolts and sent me on my way. $120 CDN total. Canadian Tire told me I was going to need a new engine...

Most recent thing is my transmission blew. First gear got stripped. Other than that everything has worked beautifully.

I love my little Metro. I actually call her the Mighty Metro because of how great she has preformed. This car has a small engine, but the way she is geared she keeps up with the best of them. I think I just got a lemon where my gear got stripped. Perfect student car where it is extremely cheap on gas.

CV joints went out at 102000. I replaced the struts and tires around 100000 miles. The former owner did very little in the line of routine service.

This little car gets between 46 and 56 miles per gallon, depending upon the type of driving that you are doing.

Front brakes at 90,000 miles.

Rear brakes at 100,000. Didn't really need to change the rear brakes yet, but I had bought the parts so it did them anyways.

Exhaust system from catalytic converter and back at 90,000.

Fan belt at 90,000, fairly easy to replace yourself.

Radiator at 125,000. Very easy to do yourself.

Heater fan now only works on last 2 settings. Car doesn't seem to have a resistor pack so the problem is probably the fan switch itself.

Started having rough idling at 130k which seems to be affecting gas mileage. Down to about 39 mpg. Haven't figured out this problem yet. Could be a simple tune up (I hope).

Great car. Very reliable. Great mileage (used to get between 48 and 52 mpg). Everything is easy to work on yourself.