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GEM E4

Every GEM E4 model year on file, 2002 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years52 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years172002 to 2025
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins118Summed across model years
By model year

The 2002 model year drew the most complaints, 2, 40% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.511.522002220102012201520172019202120232025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the GEM E4 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
4
Brakes
3
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each GEM E4 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

GEM E4 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Not decoded0NoneNone200
2024Not decoded0NoneNone200
2023Not decoded0NoneNone100
2022Not decoded0NoneNone100
2021Not decoded0NoneNone014
2020Not decoded0NoneNone014
2019Not decoded0NoneNone017
2018Not decoded0NoneNone0129
2017Not decoded0NoneNone3128
2016Other10.01003124
2015Not decoded10.0100113
2013Not decoded0NoneNone113
2012Not decoded0NoneNone113
2011Not decoded0NoneNone113
2010Other1100.0100115
2009Not decoded0NoneNone115
2002Other250.0100000
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the GEM E4

  • 25V-380 Jun 23, 2025
    Retaining fasteners between the ball joint and the hub strut may have been improperly tightened, which can result in ball joint separation from…
    Suspension · 5,353 vehicles
  • 24V-971 Dec 26, 2024
    Mounting screws between the ball joint and the hub strut may have been improperly tightened, resulting in ball joint separation from the wheel
    Suspension · 243 vehicles
  • 18V-484 Jul 19, 2018
    Drive mode switch can send an incorrect signal, causing the vehicle to become inoperative or go in the opposite direction than intended
    Electrical system · 2,110 vehicles
  • 17V-279 Apr 26, 2017
    Lug nuts on the front wheels may loosen, potentially resulting in a front wheel detaching from the vehicle
    Wheels · 1,254 vehicles
  • 16V-884 Dec 8, 2016
    Drive mode switch can send an incorrect signal, causing the vehicle to go in the opposite direction than intended
    Electrical system · 1,644 vehicles
  • 15V-820 Dec 7, 2015
    Seat belts in the affected vehicles have retractor mechanisms that may fail, causing the seat belt to be stuck in one position
    Seat belts · 1,364 vehicles
  • 13V-003 Jan 4, 2013
    Parking brake has mechanical components which may wear prematurely and prevent the brake from engaging
    Brakes · 4,394 vehicles
  • 10V-080 Mar 4, 2010
    Parking brake cable may have been improperly crimped
    Brakes · 142 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.