10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 1
Average Mileage:
4,000 miles

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problem #1

Jul 042004

Golf

  • Manual transmission
  • 4,000 miles
Owner was driving in the cruise control mode and the cruise control stayed engaged at 55 mph and vehicle went off the road into a ditch. Vehicle went through all kinds of debris, and hit a tree stump. Then, went airborne into a tree. The driver was killed instantly.

- Sewaren, NJ, USA

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