10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
18,000 miles

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problem #1

Dec 162005

Optima 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 18,000 miles
Steering mechanism problem caused the contact's vehicle to veered to the right. This caused vehicle to collide with a fence. Updated 1/11/2006 -

- South Hampton , NJ, USA

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