10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
39,000 miles

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problem #2

Apr 182003

Prelude 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 78,000 miles
SRS airbag warning light illuminated on the dashboard after less than six years of ownership (owner's manual indicates airbag maintenance at ten years). Dealer says the SRS unit must be replaced.

- Darnestown, MD, USA

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problem #1

Nov 081997

Prelude

  • miles
While driving vehicle between 40 and 50 mph the owner's daughter was driving vehicle on a wet road. When she tried to stop she couldn't, losing control and having an accident, hitting front where the air bags (driver and passenger) did not deploy, causing injuries to both driver and passenger. They were taken to hospital.

- Fairview, WV, USA

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