2.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
54,530 miles

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problem #2

May 222019

525

  • 60 miles
The service engine light is on and off many times. There are several times after I exit the highway car shaked and almost cannot drive. But after several hours or park one day, it can drive again, when it can drive, it runs excellent. I do not know what happened. If I drive a long distance, the light turn on again. It even slow down on the highway. Currently it cannot drive. It ever stopped on the highway 60th nogales exit. Temperature light is on. I drive it of the highway. After I exit highway, the steering is locked.

- Rowland Heights, CA, USA

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problem #1

Feb 132009

525

  • 109,000 miles
ABS / dsc control unit failure. Traction control light on all the time, stability control is inoperable.

- Sacramento, CA, USA

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