Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||||
| 030601020 | 11/01/2005 | 030601020A | 10012558 | Avoiding oil baffle damage during oil fill process. *eh | 03/07/2005 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 10/01/1996 | 3 | 09/08/1993 | |
| While driving the oil cap exploded and the engine started smoking; on 2 separate occasions th window regulators failed, sending the windows into the doors and engine would seize intermittently. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL | |||
| 02/17/1997 | 01/27/1995 | ||
| Mass air flow control failure causes vehicle to stall out or jerk. vehicle has to be shifted to park in order to restart. | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | |||
| 11/22/2003 | 95000 | 2 | 09/01/1993 |
| Dangerous levels of carbon monoxide leaking into passenger compartment due to cracked exhaust manifold. replaced cracked manifold two times, the second one lasted 16 months. this is a safety issue due to the carbon monoxide!! exhaust repair shops told me that this is a very common problem with geo prizm and toyota corolla models. at over $300 to replace each time, i can not afford to keep replacing. the main concern i have though is with the carbon monoxide issue. is this being investigated? *la | |||
| 10/17/2003 | 1 | ||
| While driving car home from work i noticed engine noise getting louder. upon closer inspection the following morning i found that the exhaust manifold was cracked completely into two seperate pieces.also noticed odor from exhaust leaking into pasenger compartment.aparently i am not the only one with this problem and would think that exhaust fumes are a large problem for my eighteen month old son.i want to know if anyone has or is investigating this and what if anything was or will be done about it. *la | |||
| 3 | |||
| Dear sir or madam: i own a 1993 geo prizm. twice, i have had the exhaust manifold repaired by a welder because it was cracked and leaking exhaust fumes into the vehicle. despite the welder's best efforts, the manifold keeps developing more cracks. i wanted to replace it with a used manifold. however, a call to several salvage yards revealed that it's very hard to obtain a good, used manifold for that vehicle. the reason is that so many of the 1993 prizms that are in salvage yards already have cracked manifolds. it seems to be common among that make and model. shouldn't your organization be concerned with what may be a serious safety issue in these vehicles? i thought so, and that's why i'm writing, today.*ak | |||
| 07/28/1999 | 2 | 07/01/1993 | |
| The engine exhaust manifold cracked due to a manufacturer design defect for the second time at the same place. i have owned severeal vehicles during my life and this is the only one that has had a cracked manifold. the first time it broke it was replaced by the dealer. the second time they refused to replace it because out of warranty. esitmated cost to repair the defective part over $300.00. *ak | |||
| A crack developed within exhaust manifold at 90,000 miles. *ak | |||
| 11/28/1997 | 1 | 11/24/1997 | |
| Weather had been cold; vehicle was running; had noticed vehicle was leaking exhaust. checked under the hood & noticed that exhaust manifold was cracked. *ak | |||