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23% of Recalls Are Fixed by Somebody Looking at the Car
14% of Parking Brake Complaints End in a Crash
703 Seat Complaints Involved a Fire. The Seat Wasn't the Problem.
Rust Complaints Fell 41%. The Ones Left Are Structural.
1,930 Complaints Describe a Door Opening While Driving
One Petrol System Complaint in 23 Involves a Fire
Airbag Complaints Carry 28,165 Injuries. Nothing Else Is Close.
One Recall Covered 71 Different Models at Once
July Breaks More Cars Than April. By 25%.
Sudden Acceleration Reports Tripled in 2010. Then They Faded.
Every 250kg Cuts Injury Claims by About 9%. Someone Pays.
25 Cars Lost a Crash Star Between Model Years
Even the Sticker Recalls Say "Risk of a Crash"
Rollover Stars Fall a Full Point for Every 50cm of Height
A Mirage Injures Its Driver 6x More Often Than an F-450
Houston Asks $10,761. El Paso Asks $14,948. Same State.
Five Years of Fuel Costs More Than the Explorer Itself
Pontiac Died in 2010. It Still Sells 42% Below a Chevrolet.
Tyre Complaints Carry 15 Deaths per 1,000. Nothing Else Comes Close.
Sixteen Cities Hold Half the Used Market. 190 Share the Rest.
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