10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
46,500 miles

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problem #2

Jul 072008

9-3

  • 93,000 miles
While my wife was driving to work, the passenger side airbag deployed. There was no collision and only the side airbag deployed, none of the others did. This could have caused an accident if it had been any of the other airbags, particularly those on the left. As it was, the noxious fumes and dust from the air bag caused some respiratory distress and reduced the visibility inside the vehicle.

- Union Bridge, MD, USA

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problem #1

Jul 161999

9-3

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
When vehicle was involved in a front passenger side crash, there was no deployment of passenger's side air bag. Door and glove compartment cannot be opened. The impact blew out the glass on the side door and cracked the windsheld. Damages totalled $8,000 - $10,000. The vehicle is being repaired.

- Silver Spring, MD, USA

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