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GEO PRIZM at salvage auctions

GEO PRIZM: model passport

Everything our database knows about the GEO PRIZM: salvage auction lots, owner complaints to NHTSA, recalls, crash-test stars and real sale prices.

At salvage auctions

Cars13
Median retail value$2,939
Median repair cost, % of value111%
Median odometer168,877 mi
Run and drive75%
Primary damage
  1. Front End 6 46%
  2. Rear End 5 38%
  3. Mechanical 1 7.7%
  4. Side 1 7.7%
Yard state
  1. IL3 23%
  2. IA2 15%
  3. GA1 7.7%
  4. KY1 7.7%
  5. MO1 7.7%
  6. NV1 7.7%
  7. OR1 7.7%
  8. SC1 7.7%
  9. TN1 7.7%
  10. UT1 7.7%

Median is the middle: half the cars are below it, half above. Retail value (Copart's Est. Retail Value) and repair cost are the auction's estimates, not sale prices. Odometer median counts only readings marked actual.

Owner complaints to NHTSA

800 complaints about the GEO PRIZM (all model years) sent by owners to the US road safety regulator.

Complaints800
With a crash197
With a fire25
Injured180
Deaths2
What fails: complaints by system
  1. Airbags
    median 125,000 mi at failure
    177 22%
  2. Seats and seat belts
    median 102,566 mi at failure
    122 15%
  3. Engine and cooling
    median 95,500 mi at failure
    66 8%
  4. Body and structure
    median 78,000 mi at failure
    66 8%
  5. Brakes
    median 90,100 mi at failure
    60 8%
  6. Electrical system
    median 100,331 mi at failure
    54 7%
  7. Visibility, wipers, sunroof 44 6%
  8. Transmission and drivetrain
    median 84,000 mi at failure
    38 5%
  9. Suspension
    median 135,000 mi at failure
    36 4%
  10. Exterior lighting
    median 170,000 mi at failure
    27 3%
Complaints by model year
1990
173
1995
2000
2002

Recalls

6 recall campaigns for the GEO PRIZM.

Recall campaigns by model year
1990
3
31995
1997

Real sale prices

28 sales of the GEO PRIZM at US government auctions, median price $312. All real prices →

Sources: our Copart lot database; NHTSA owner complaints, recalls and NCAP; open sale records of US cities and the US Treasury. Complaints are reports from owners, not confirmed defects; more popular models get more of them. Median: half are below, half above.