# Lada Niva Flaws: Safety, Trunk Access and Door Locks

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2119803072046366884
- Source account: [@bellendmusk](https://x.com/bellendmusk)
- Source language: Russian
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:07
- Published: 2026-11-10
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks) There, I shut it.

[0:03](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=3) How do you open it? But remember that handle in the back of the cabin?

[0:07](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=7) Yeah, it opens the trunk. So you have to climb into the car, fold the seat down and pull that handle properly.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=17) There, it's open. This is such a pain. And with that, let's move on to the five drawbacks of the Lada Niva.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=26) The car's design hasn't changed much since the seventies, and its safety level hasn't either.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=32) Exactly one airbag. Not here, not there.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=35) For some reason, there's just this one airbag right here.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=39) I don't even know why it's here. Basically, safety is so bad that the Russian equivalent of Euro NCAP crash tests gave the Niva a whopping zero points.

[0:48](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=48) Zero. The Russians rated their own car zero points.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=53) How depressing is that! This car doesn't have central locking, so you'll have to unlock every door with a key.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/joDSNpyXVqys/en/lada-niva-flaws-safety-trunk-access-and-door-locks?t=64) Now I'll go around to the other side. Awesome!