10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
27,500 miles

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problem #2

Oct 302004

Silhouette 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles
Drivers side seat heating pad malfunctioned by burning its wire, which is a heating component. Occurrence caused a fire inside a seat that have burned a part of heating pad itself (heating pad appears to be made out of flammable material) and some of the seat foam stuffing (again appears to be flammable as well).luckily the fire starved itself out of oxygen. The issue was previously corrected twice under the warranty by the dealership.

- St. Clair Shores, MI, USA

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problem #1

Mar 082001

Silhouette

  • miles
The ground wire and battery cables were loose causing the headlights to go out resulting in loss of visibility. Nlm

- Saint John, New Brunswick, CD, USA

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