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Metros, Prizms and Trackers were built to be simple. Three decades later, that simplicity is exactly why they are still worth fixing.
Geo was General Motors' answer to the imports, and the answer was largely to sell the imports with a GM badge on them. Between 1989 and the late 1990s the Metro, Prizm, Tracker and Storm came out of partnerships with Suzuki, Toyota and Isuzu, which is why a car that says Geo on the back often carries engineering from somewhere else entirely. That one detail changes everything about how parts get sourced.
Bell Road Automotive has been open on N 19th Ave since 1968 and has been owned by Andy and Reinette Remillard since 2008. Our ASE Certified Technicians are comfortable with older, simpler vehicles, and repairs carry a 3 year, 36,000 mile nationwide warranty through NAPA AutoCare. If you have a Geo that is still earning its keep, we will tell you straight whether it is worth putting money into.
The Geo badge is no longer sold new, and hunting parts takes more work than it does for a current model. The saving grace is those partnerships. A Prizm shares most of its mechanical design with a Toyota Corolla of the same era, the Metro and Tracker come from Suzuki, and the Storm traces back to Isuzu. Once you know which family a car belongs to, availability improves dramatically.
These are also genuinely simple machines. Fewer modules, light weight and small engines mean lower parts costs and less that can go wrong, which is a big part of why so many are still running around the valley.
We are honest about the ceiling too. On a car in this value range there is a point where a major repair costs more than the vehicle is worth, and we would rather tell you that before the work than after it.
Recognise any of that on your own vehicle? Bring it in and we will measure before we quote.
Book An AppointmentSmall displacement engines carry very little thermal reserve, so a cooling fault that would be a slow annoyance in a mild climate turns into an overheated engine here within minutes. Original radiators, hoses and thermostats on a car this old are well past their design life, and replacing them before they fail is the single best thing a Geo owner in Phoenix can do for the car.
Air conditioning is the other honest conversation. Many of these are on their second or third system repair, and components for the smallest models can take time to locate. Plenty of our customers use a Geo exactly the way it was designed to be used: short runs along Thunderbird Rd, a trip down 35th Ave, dropping teenagers near Castles N' Coasters on a Saturday afternoon. For that kind of driving these cars are still very hard to beat on running cost.
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