Lately the Geo Prizm has been very slow to accelerate, and all mashing the gas does is cause the engine to make a lotta noise

So here we were, last Monday, and my girlfriend and I were driving home from paying a bill. We're about a mile from home, and at a stop light. All of a sudden we both smell something burning, when the light turns green she tries to go but the car hardly moves. I tell her to pull into the nearest parking lot, and we do going like 5 mph. We pull in, I pop the hood, and there's some smoke coming from the tranny. I figure the clutch went. So in hundred+ heat we walk about halfway home until her aunt comes by and pics us up, and the car is towed to a shop. Sure enough, the clutch had gone out, and the timing belt had to be replaced too. $1200 bucks later it's fixed, but we still only have 1st, 2nd, 5th, and Reverse...it needs a new tranny still...

I swear I'll never buy a Toyota, they aren't reliable for $h!!

Must be the GM influence .

Honestly Im J/king, but I've seriously seen people on Toyota boards try to blame GM for any problems with the Prizm or the old Novas... lol.

Edited August 11, 200619 yr by Whistler

Must be the GM influence .

Honestly Im J/king, but I've seriously seen people on Toyota boards try to blame GM for any problems with the Prizm or the old Novas... lol.

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Because they are 99% toyota 1% GM. The only part GM plays is the plant, possibly the stereo.

As far as I can tell, the only thing that is GM influenced is the center stack, the tail lights, the grill, and a slightly different rear door trim around teh window.

The rest is all Corolla, especially the $h!-ass transmission, clutch, broken window regulator, broken rear-view mirror, broken interior and exterior door handles, and jammed cupholders.

On stupid thing GM did was put the sterior right where the cupholders are, it's not like that on the Corolla. So I blame GM's stupidity on that.