10.0

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

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problem #2

Sep 152000

Sephia

  • miles
Fuel tank caught on fire while driving.

- Red Rock, TX, USA

problem #1

Feb 191999

Sephia

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Consumer was pumping gas at an amico station---2216 plank rd. Fredricksburg, va. When a fire ball shot out of gas tank and immediately began to burn. Consumer found a fire exstingusher and managed to put the fire out.

- Fredricksburg, VA, USA