10.0

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

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problem #2

Aug 012002

Prelude

  • miles
Honda stated that this really wasn't a safety issue it was a bolt failure! no safety defect listed.

- Mequon, WI, USA

problem #1

Jun 262001

Prelude

  • miles
While traveling 15-20 mph on a neighborhood street with windows up consumer and passenger began to smell something like gas. A few moments later, driver's side and passenger's side airbags deployed without prior warning from airbag light. Consumer depressed brake pedal, causing a frontal collision with a parked car. Driver received burns, and sprained wrist and neck. Passenger sustained burns. Consumer stated that airbags were replacememt equipment from a previous accident. Dealer did not reinstall airbags. Oliver's auto body of holyoke did.

- Holyoke, MA, USA