10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
118,000 miles

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problem #1

Jan 192005

Firebird 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 118,000 miles
At 118,000 miles I had my front brakes changed for the third time. I asked the person changing the brakes to check the rear brakes since they have never been changed. I had asked previous people to look at them when inspecting brakes and I was always told they were fine. This time the person really looked at them and informed me that the brakes had never touched the drums (ever). My rear brakes were showroom new and so were the rear drums. I had had an sccident a few years ago and had those brakes been working I guarantee I would have gotten stopped in time to have prevented the accident and my injuries. The dat of inciden will be the date of this discovery.

- Ennis, TX, USA