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Seat belt retractor lockup and jammingSEAT BELTS13 complaints1998-10 → 2004-06prizm-1997-seat-belt-retractor-lockup
10028651 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCKS UP MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN TRYING TO PULL IT OUT TO LOCK IN PLACE FOR SAFE DRIVING
10021849 DRIVER'S SEAT BELT HAS GOTTEN STUCK IN THE RETRACTOR AND HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASE
886267 DRIVER'S/ PASSENGER'S AND REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE ALL BECOME JAMMED IN RETRACTING MECHANISM, AND WILL NOT RELEASE, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO BECOME INOPERABLE
785991 THE BRAKES ENGAGED WOULD ENGAGE AND THEN DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING, AND AT ONE PINT WOULD NOT RELEASE, THE DEALER THEN REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER,
8011211 BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED TO FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED
715560 THE ABS AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS COME ON RANDOMLY
Power steering pump, rack and steering control faultsSTEERING4 complaints1999-04 → 2000-09prizm-1997-steering-component-faults
720986 THE STEERING BECAME HEAVY WHILE MAKING A SLOW SPEED (25 MPH) TURN AND EVENTUALLY LOCK (WOULD NOT TURN FURTHER) AND POWER ASSISTING AGAINST MY TURN (DIRECTION)
837034 WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT THE VEHICLE MAKES NOISES. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE POWER STEERING PUMP TWICE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS
870647 FRONT LEFT TIE ROD IS DEFECTIVE DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION
Air bags not deploying in collisionsAIR BAGS11 complaints1997-10 → 2006-07prizm-1997-air-bag-non-deployment
10144524 UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
887522 A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A PONTIAC VEHICLE IN WHICH BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
835416 DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT
RIDE CONTROL IS RECALLING CERTAIN FRONT STRUT MOUNTS BRANDED AS GABRIEL RIDE CONTROL OR ARVINMERITOR, P/NOS. 142435, 142193, 142305, 142303, SOLD AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE AFFECTED FRONT STRUT MOUNTS DID NOT CONTAIN A WELD JOINT BETWEEN THE BEARING HOUSING AND THE RATE PLATE.
THE ABSENCE OF THE WELD CAN ALLOW THE STRUT TO COME OUT OF ITS MOUNTING POSITION UNDER CERTAIN EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING VEHICLE COMPONENTS INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
RIDE CONTROL WILL NOTIFY OWNERS OF RECORD AND REPLACE THE AFFECTED PARTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2010. OWNERS MAY CONTACT RIDE CONTROL AT 1-248-458-1396.
97V043002
20/03/1997
AIR BAGS
IF THE AIR BAG COMPUTER IN A SUBJECT VEHICLE EXPERIENCES A MECHANICAL SHOCK (I.E., RAPIDLY MOVING THE FRONT SEAT BACK AGAINST THE STOPS OR A SUDDEN RELEASE OF THE PARKING BRAKE) WITHIN A VERY SHORT TIME AFTER THE ENGINE IS STARTED, THE AIR BAG CAN DEPLOY INADVERTENTLY.
UNEXPECTED AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT CAN RESULT IN OCCUPANT INJURY.
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 1997 Geo Prizm vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/geo/prizm
@misc{wrenchpro_1997_geo_prizm_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 1997 Geo Prizm},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/1997/geo/prizm}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
