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10.0

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

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1997 Ford Explorer seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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1997 Ford Explorer Owner Comments

problem #1

Mar 132000

Explorer 4WD

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When truck crashed into a horse head-on, traveling about 38 mph, there was no deployment of the driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Driver was injured. Damages estimated at $10,000 dollars.

- Roanoke Rapids, NC, USA

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