10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
73,500 miles

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problem #2

Aug 122006

Cavalier 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 82,000 miles
No warning of anything wrong, had driven less than 1 mile when trunk caught on fire due to defective wiring.

- Carrollton, KY, USA

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problem #1

Sep 112006

Cavalier 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 65,000 miles
Wiring harness shorted out and started trunk fire.

- Carrollton, KY, USA

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