Comments: 1-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-55
To the person with the stuck steering wheel.
If you are parked on a hill or have your wheel turned in the locked position, just grasp the wheel and turn it the opposite direction while turning the key. It may be an extreme turn, but 9 out of 10 times that will work.
Also check your keys. If they are really worn out they might not be activating the tumblers correctly. If that is the case take your VIN number to a GM dealer and have a new set made, rather than taking your worn key and having a new one made. If you have a copy of a worn key made you are not getting a precise key.
Good Luck.
Key will not turn in lock of your metro? Steering locked?
My guess is the steering wheel actually CAN move a very
SMALL amount. Sit in your Metro and turn the wheel a bit
to the left until you feel the wheel stop. Try to turn the
ignition key (gently). It should turn as you have taken the
pressure off the steering lock mechanicals.Fails? Try turning the wheel in other direction. Works on my 97 Metro!
Regards
db.
Hey, I think geo's are great... but let's not forget...these cars are suzuki's...it's written all over the place if you look properly...
I have a 1996 geo metro.. and until yesterday it was running great.. then I lost my timing belt.. I had a friend.. who happens to be a mechanic, look at it and he said to buy a belt.. he'd put it on, and it would run good as new.. I love my little car.. great on gas mileage and its just my little love.. lol.. so asking all you geo owners.. nill any other problems persist after I have the timing belt replaced? because other than that.. that's the only thing that has ever been wrong with it..
You can catch me at
x_mysticangel_x@hotmail.com.
Thanx..
JoAnna.
I have a 1995 Geo Metro hatch back and I absolutely love it. I have had minimal repair since I bought it for my 16 year old brand new. She bought a "new" car after she graduated from college and I took this to drive, best decision I ever made. Now the problem, my right headlight went dim, I changed the bulb, rewired and still no deal. Now my left headlight has dimmed, and when I put my brights on the lefthand light is bright enough, but the righthand goes out completely! And to add to this, when I park and turn the switch to turn the lights off the switch handle vibrates and makes a little buzzing noise, then the dash light indicating brights slowly fads out. Any help would be greatly appreciated, if you have had this or similiar problem. email: tootsforever@charter.net.
I have a 1991 metro I purchased last summer for $500. It is fairly onrey to start cold, once it starts, it runs fine. My problem is, when you accelerate, it wants to fall on it's face, no power. I have dumped a bit of money into it, replacing: fuel filter, plugs, wires, cap, rotor, 0-2 sensor, oil change, distributor, injector, injector resistor, and the ECM. I had the head completely rebuilt. I have done a compression test, fuel pressure drop test, leakdown test, and it is well within the perameters. I also replaced the timing belt and made sure twice that it was in time. The TPS has good power. Any ideas what it may be?? thanks much!!
When you change your timing belt, be sure to change the water pump at the same time; they are only about $20, and you have to do all the labor over again (and replace the timing belt again too) if the water pump goes out.
I am the proud owner of a 1994 Metro 3 door 1.0 3 cylinder, 5 speed with a/c, which I purchased over 5 years ago for $1,100.00. I drove the vehicle daily with a heavy foot until 2 weeks ago. At this time the vehicle has logged over 208,000 + miles (the speedo cable was broken when I purchased the car, original owner stated that is was broken over 6 months and I had a speedo cable break and stay broken for over 3 months). I finally damaged the engine by running low on oil and spun the #3 crank bearing. I decided to rebuild the engine and took the block, head and other associated parts to a local machine shop and the owner was amazed as to the minimal amount of wear to the non-damaged parts. A quick rebuild (2 hours) and $900.00 and I am ready to go again. The best car I have ever owned (I have owned over 100 vehicles). The MOST IMPORTANT item for longevity is proper maintenance IE: oil changes, timing belt, tune ups, running belts, hoses and change your coolant annually. Also keep the engine compartment, engine and transmission clean so that any leaks, bad hoses, belts and wiring is visible. It goes to show you how car companies can build a reliable gas efficient (50+ mpg) a low cost if they wanted to and that there was no need to cancel the 3 cylinder option in small cars. I LOVE MY GEO METRO...
I have a '96 Geo Metro 1.3 litre and 120k miles--the problem is: I go to put it in drive and I rev the engine and the car moves about a 1/2mph. I go into reverse and it goes very slowly with high engine rpm. The engine works fine--no dash indicators to tell there is a problem. Trans. fluid does not smell burnt. No leaks from tyranny. Any thoughts?
To the one with the "buzzing" vibrating headlight switch, I think that it may be shorting in the switch. This sounds like a good possibility to me. You should have the switch replaced A.S.A.P.
I have a 1991 Metro LSI (Convertible) purchased in '04 for 2,400 with supposedly 34,000 miles, at least on the body and mechanicals. It did Look like low mileage, with no rust etc. The original engine, however, had been replaced with a used engine so Maybe the car actually had 134,000 miles on it. The dealer replaced Many parts before I bought it (vinyl top, timing belt, water pump, front brakes/rotors, tires etc) I have put about 17,000 miles on it, and have had to replace the valves/lifters, oil pan gasket/crank gasket, exhaust system, alternator, one brake cylinder-about the cost of the car originally. However, even at $4,000 plus I LIKE this car.. cruising with the top down and 39 mpg... It has it's own crude, slow character that fits my style... So far it has never left me totally stranded, which is all I ask of Any car.. The automatic transmission Very rarely sticks in 3rd gear like others have mentioned, but simply shifting to reverse and back cures that. I'll have to start watch a little bit of rust, but for a 16 year old car, who doesn't?
My family loves metros! We have 8 of them, including turbos,3, and 4 cyl.,but no automatics. We have put on almost a million miles, from coast to coast, without ever being stranded on the side of the road. I regularly pull a trailer, and still get in the high 30's for mpg. when doing so. The best mpg is out of a 1993 which usually gets 49, but in one period, based on 1300 miles, I got 53 mpg. My friend has 250,000 miles on his 1999. We did replace the motor and tranny at 210,000, but these are very easy cars to work on. He averages 46 mpg.
I am having a problem with a 1996, 4 cyl.,5speed. It starts and runs, but will not accelerate unless you constantly pump the gas pedal. Has anybody had the same problem, and found a cure?
We have had such good luck with metros that I have had request by friends and neighbors to find one for them. I have filled 4 such request, so far.
I need help I have a 1990 geo metro and it won't turn over
some one told me it was the igntion module, I have already changed the coil and spark plugs if it is that were is that located on the car as I'm a women and try to fix it my self.
The ignition module would not keep the engine from turning over when you turn the key, but it could keep it from starting.
If the engine will not turn over when you turn the key, you need to check the battery/cables/starter/ignition switch, in that order.
Also, do not take any more advice from whoever told you it was the ignition module!
1997 metro lsi 1.3, 4 cyl I bought new off the showroom
floor For my mother. It has 71,000 miles on it as of this date it is now in my possesion. heater core leaks and will have to pull dash to get at it. front crank seal leaks, but do not put a repair seal on it, they do not last. timing belt needs to be changed and will be. advice on changing out heater core greatly accepted.