Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.
What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?
A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.
The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.
How to interpret what you read
A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:
- One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
- Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
- Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
- Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.
If you've experienced a defect
File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.
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Showing 48,526 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Incident date: Dec 23, 2009
BROUGHT TO DEALER FOR LEAK. DEALER STATES TRANSMISSION PAN LEAKING DUE TO IMPROPER SEALING. SUPPOSED REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. BRING BACK DEALER SAY NOT LEAKING ANYMORE MUST BE RESIDUAL FLUID ON ENGINE. BROUGHT BACK AGAIN SAID NOW THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAKING. NOT COVERED PAID FOR NEW COOLER. BROUGHT HOME . NOTICED STILL HAVE A LEAK BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER. NOW THEY SAY IT IS A LEAK IN THE RADIA... Read more
Incident date: Nov 4, 2010
WE WENT TO THE MOVIES AND WHEN WE CAME OUT THE CAR WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. NO MATTER WHAT WE DID THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT MOVE. WE HAD TO GET A RIDE HOME. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHARGERS AND TOLD US HOW TO GET INTO THE GEAR SHIFT MECHANISM SO THAT WE COULD GET IT OUT OF PARK. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME IT IS PUT IN PARK WE HAVE TO TAKE IT APART. ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2010
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AROUND 90,000 MILES. CHANGING FROM 2ND TO 3RD WAS A PRESSURIZED BUILD UP RESULTING IN A LUNGE FORWARD OR BUCKING OF VEHICLE. SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET ACROSS TRAFFIC LANES ALMOST RESULTED IN NEAR CRASH DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT CHANGING GEAR. PUTTING CAR IN GEAR RESULTED IN A BUCKING FORWARD OR LUNGE. VOLVO ADVISED A NEW TRANSMISSION BUT ADVISED US OF A COMPUTER DOWNLOA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 19, 2010
WHEN IDLING THE VEHICLE IS IDLING VERY HIGH. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS COMING ON, AND WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS YOU START TO LET OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE VEHICLE JERKS YOU, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF GETTING WHIPLASH. WE HAVE HAD IN THE SHOP AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES AND LOTS OF TIMES FOR A WEEK AT A TIME. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS DUE TO THE GAS CAP, THEY REPLACED THAT, 2 DAYS LA... Read more
FORD
FIVE HUNDRED
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 28, 2010
Incident date: May 20, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 FORD FIVE HUNDRED AND THE PROBLEM IS WHEN I AM DRIVING AT A NORMAL SPEED AND HAVE TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN TAKE OFF THE CAR MAKE A STRONG BUCKING HIT, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A MOTOR MOUNT, THEY REPLACED THE MOUNT BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME THING, THE WARRANTY WAS JUST ABOUT TO RUN OUT WHEN I TOOK IT THE SECOND TIME AND THEY TOLD ... Read more
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 1500
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 28, 2010
Incident date: Nov 25, 2010
WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FROM A 60 MPH HIGHWAY IN MY 2006 CHEVROLET C1500 TRUCK MY RIGHT REAR AXLE CAME COMPLETELY OUT WITH TIRE STILL ATTACHED. THANK GOD I HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 20 MPH TO MAKE THE LEFT TURN WHEN IT HAPPENED OR A CRASH COULD HAVE RESULTED. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE AS I SAID I WAS ON A HIGHWAY GOING 60 MPH AND IF THE AXLE HAD COME OUT AT THAT SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN BAD. THE FAIL... Read more
Incident date: Aug 25, 2008
I HAVE A 2005 PILOT HONDA WITH ONGOING SHUDDERING BETWEEN 30-40 MPH. AT FIRST I THOUGH IT WAS THE AIR FLOW UNDER THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE PVC MOLDING. AFTER CHECKING I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM (TORQUE CONVERTER) THE SHUDDER BEGAN AT 75,000 AND THE VEHICLE NOW HAS125,000 MILES. TO MAKE THE SHUDDER STOP I PRESS OR RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR BRIEFLY. THE TRANSMISSION IS NOW START... Read more
Incident date: Nov 27, 2010
I HAVE A 2001 ACURA MDX AND IN RECENT DAYS HAVE EXPERIENCED A FLUTTERING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT SPEEDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH HESITATION IN ACCELERATION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. I HAVE DONE MUCH RESEARCH AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS ALARMINGLY COMMON AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THOUGH THE RISKS ARE S... Read more
Incident date: Nov 25, 2010
BMW 323I SPORTS WAGON IS NOT GOING TO REVERE.THIS CAR HAS INFAMOUS ZF5HP-19 TRANSMISSION FAIL ON THE WAY TO COLLEGE.THE CAR IS 2 MONTH OLD. *TR
Incident date: Nov 23, 2010
MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WAS SERVICED EVERY YEAR BY NISSAN FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR AND ON NOVEMBER 24, 2010 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH ONLY 103,000 MILES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. CONSTANT JERKING DURING SHIFT CHANGE PRIOR, BUT WAS CONSTANTLY TOLD NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND. CAR JERKS FORWARD INTO GEAR JUST AS BRAKES ARE APPLIED CAUSING CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD. *TR
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 27, 2010
Incident date: Nov 22, 2010
AUTO TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT NOT SHIFTING INTO GEARS CORRECTLY; LOSS POWER AROUND CURVES; SOMETIMES ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON; SOMETIMES ALL GEAR INDICATORS COME ON DASH; FEELS AS THOUGH CAN'T ACCELERATE WHEN ENTERING ONTO HIGHWAY OR PASSING. NOTHING DONE YET. CALLED DEALER, ONLINE SEARCHES. VERY VERY MANY SAME-SIMILAR ONLINE & VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR $700+. APPEARS TO BE DEFECTIVE PART & SHOU... Read more
Incident date: Aug 10, 2010
VOLVO XC-70 (2004) TRANSMISSION PROBLEM - JERKY GEAR TRANSMISSION AT SLOWER SPEEDS. *TR
Incident date: Apr 16, 2008
FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION, STEERING, BRAKES,BODY WORK, DRIVERS DOOR. HAD ISSUES RIGHT AFTER WIFE BOUGHT THE CAR SHE WENT WITHOUT ME BUT UPON LOOKING AT CAR AFTER SHE CAME HOME WITH IT DID THE CAR FAX ON IT ON THING WERE SOME ELECTRICAL CHECKS THAT'S IT NO ACCIDENTS. STEERING TIGHT WHEN I DROVE IT AND NOTICED NOISE FROM SUSPENSION WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AND DRIVER DOOR SAGGING. BROUGHT TO ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 30, 2010
LEXUS RX300 4-W-DRIVE [XXX] WITH 109,715 MILES EXPERIENCED A TRANSAXLE FAILURE. TRANSAXLE HAD BEEN FLUSHED AT 30,000, 60,000 AND 90,000 MILES. REPAIR BILL WAS $5233.16 AND THE REMAN PART WAS 3552.23 OF THE TOTAL PRICE. THIS PREMATURE FAILURE IS ACCOMPANIED BY MANY PREMATURE FAILURES AS REVEALED IN THE INTERNET TALK FORUMS AND APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN PROBLEM. LEXUS OFFERED $750 COMPENSATION. I QUEST... Read more
FORD
FIVE HUNDRED
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 27, 2010
Incident date: Nov 12, 2010
TRAVELING ON MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS TRACTOR TRAILER DEPRESSED THROTTLE AND TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED TO NEXT LOWER GEAR THAN SLAMMED INTO THE NEXT LOWER GEAR. LOSS OF ALL ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION ILLUMINATED. THAN TRANSMISSION APPEARS TO HAVE ELECTRONICALLY DISENGAGED FROM ENGINE (NO FORWARD MOVEMENT AT ALL, MIND YOU I WAS TRYING TO PASS) ENGINE REVOLUTIONS INCREASED TO OVER 7,0... Read more
Incident date: Nov 18, 2010
I DROVE MY CHRYSLER 300 HOME A PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE NEXT DAY I COULD NOT SHIFT IT OUT OF PARK. 11/18/10, I HAD IT TOWED TO A CHRYSLER DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE GEAR SHIFT ASSEMBLY. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER REPLACE FOUR TO FIVE PER WEEK AND THAT THE TOWN OF 7000 PEOPLE 12 CHRYSLER 300 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT ONE LADY WAS ON HER THIRD REPLACEMENT. THE CLOSEST DEALER IS 40 MILE... Read more
Incident date: Nov 24, 2010
MY TORQUE CONVERTER ON MY 2004 ACCORD IS NOT WORKING. THIS HAS CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. MY CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RPM WOULD REV UP BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT SPEED UP. *TR
Incident date: Nov 20, 2010
JUST PURCHASED A PRE-OWNED 2005 ACURA MDX ON NOV 3, 2010 WITH 67,500 MILES. AFTER 3 WEEKS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I STARTED EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY OWNERS HAVE REPORTED - ENGINE / TRANSMISSION MAKES SHUDDERING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 30 - 45 MPH. THE SAME NOISE OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE DOWN-SHIFTS OR CRUISE AT THE SAME SPEED. THE ODOMETER WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 68,000 MILES W... Read more
Incident date: Nov 27, 2010
I AM AN ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2004 HONDA PILOT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS HAD A SLIGHT SHUTTER SINCE NEW. I NEVER THOUGHT ANY THING OF IT UNTIL I STARTED COMMUTING WITH IT. IF I GIVE THE CAR MORE GAS THE SHUTTER WILL NOT HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THIS TRANSMISSION WILL SOON SELF DESTRUCT. THE "D" ON THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR STARTED BLINKING. I HAVE 86,000 MILES TO DATE. I AM CAUTIOUS I WILL HAVE TO REPLA... Read more
Incident date: Nov 22, 2010
2004 FREESTAR LOST ALL POWER DRIVING HOME FROM ERRANDS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THANK GOD TRAFFIC WAS ONLY GOING 35MPH. MY VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THE LOSS OF POWER CAME FROM TRANSMISSION FAILURE ACCORDING TO FORD DEALER SHIP. VEHICLE ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT. LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR T... Read more
Incident date: Oct 20, 2010
MY 06 MAXIMA TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AROUND 62,000. WHEN ITS GOING UP SHIFT AROUND 20-30 MPH IT STARTS TO JERK REALLY HARD. AND ALSO WHEN IM SLOWING DOWN. *TR
Incident date: Nov 25, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY AND WAS DRIVING ON THANKSGIVING EVENING ON AN INTERSTATE HWY. IN FLORIDA BACK TO MY HOME IN ORLANDO. DURING THIS TRIP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SUDDENLY...AND THEN MY TRANSMISSION HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. LEADING UP TO THIS THE MINIVAN WAS DRIVING NICELY. SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE SPEWED OUT TRANSMISSION FLUID ONTO THE ENGINE AND THERE WAS A HORRIBLE BURNING SMELL... Read more
Fire
VOLKSWAGEN
PASSAT
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 26, 2010
Incident date: Jun 6, 2010
I PURCHASED 2010 VW PASSAT IN JUNE 2010. THE CAR STARTED TO JUMP ON ACCELERATION FROM STOP, AUTO HOLD BUTTON DID NOT WORK, AND CAR WAS ROLLING BACK ON MILD SLOPE. I TOOK CAR TO THE VW DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAD TO WAIT FOR 2 WEEKS SINCE THE PART WAS COMING FROM GERMANY. THEY REPLACED THE MECHATRONIC UNIT AND AUTOHOLD BUTTON. THE CAR IS NOT JUMPING NOW BUT I ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2010
2005 JEEP LIBERTY SHIFT HEAD BUTTON BROKEN (50,000 MI) SHIFT IS MOVED BY SMALL FORCE BECAUSE SHIFT BUTTON IS STUCK IN PUSHED POSITION NOT COMING BCK TO LOCKING POSITION SO IT DANGEROUS GEARSHIFT CHANGE TO DIFFERENT POSITION UNEXPECTEDLY BY LITTLE FORCE WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Incident date: Nov 24, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 CHRYSLER 300 AND ON NOV 24 2010 MY TIE ROD END BROKE AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS, IT HAS BEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THESE TYPE OF CARS AND I THINK THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BY SOMEONE. *TR
Incident date: Nov 22, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS ENGAGED, THE RPMS INCREASED EXCESSIVELY BUT THE VEHICLE DID MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE TORQUE CONVERTER IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89000.
Incident date: Nov 23, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 64,000.
Incident date: Nov 26, 2010
I WAS DRIVING THIS 2002 CIVIC I BOUGHT WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT AND WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND NOT SHIFTING. AFTER STOPPING AND PRAYING THE CAR DID ENGAGE THE FIRST GEAR AND I BROUGHT IT HOME. *TR
Incident date: Jun 15, 2006
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THE SPEED WOULD NOT DECREASE. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE GEAR TO D3 IN ORDER TO LOWER THE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.
Incident date: Sep 22, 2010
2005 HONDA PILOT SHUDDERS WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 20 AND 50 MPH. PROBLEM CEASES IF ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED OR RELEASED. *TR
Incident date: Nov 26, 2010
THE ENGINE IN MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA (4WD) BEGAN MAKING A SLIGHT WHINING NOISE. I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE NOISE WAS A DRIVE BELT. AFTER REPLACING THAT ITEM, A SLIGHT KNOCKING COULD BE HEARD. AS I WAS TRAVELING ALONG A MAJOR HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND FORCED ME TO AVOID A COLLISION AND COAST OFF THE ROADWAY. I LEARNED THAT THE NOISE WAS FROM A TIMING CHAIN INSIDE MY ENGINE. THE MECHANIC ADVI... Read more
Incident date: Nov 24, 2010
MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR LOST POWER TO THE WHEELS WITHOUT WARNING. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 85,000 MILES ON IT. THERE WERE NO NOISES, LIGHTS, OR OTHER INDICATION OF A PROBLEM PRIOR TO FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Nov 23, 2010
NO REVERSE.. NOVEMBER 23,2010 WHILE TRYING PARK TO MY DRIVE WAY, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FIND OUT THAT NO REVERSE!!! AND WHILE TRYING TO AVOID GET HIT BY ANOTHER CAR, I HIT CURB END UP WITH DAMAGED SUSPENSION AND STILL NO REVERSE .. *TR
Incident date: Aug 20, 2010
I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO. WELL WHEN I BOUGHT IT I NOTICED THE NEXT DAY IT WAS JERKING TREMENDOUSLY SO I CALLED THE DEALER BACK AND TOLD HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON. WELL HE SAID TAKE IT TO HIS MECHANIC AND THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT TO BE FIXED. SO I DID AS HE SAID AND TOOK IT TO HIS MECHANIC. WELL HIS MECHANIC SAID IT WAS IT WAS THE REAR MOTOR MOUNT AND IT HAD BROKE BECAUSE OF... Read more
Incident date: Nov 2, 2010
2005 MAZDA 6S 3 LITER V6 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (AISIN WARNER). APPLICATION OF THROTTLE TO ACCELERATE IN 5TH OR 6TH GEAR CAUSES JERK, SELECTS NEUTRAL THEN EVENTUALLY SELECTS AN APPROPRIATE GEAR. VERY DANGEROUS ON UPHILL FREEWAYS DUE TO SUDDEN LOSS OF ANY POWER. MAZDA HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS # 05-016/06 THAT PROVES THIS CONDITION IS NOT ISOLATED. *TR
Incident date: Oct 17, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 JEEP COMMANDER. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE GEAR DOWNSHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BRAKE LIGHT AND ANOTHER UNIDENTIFIED LIGHT ALL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED RECALL 08V203000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:... Read more
Incident date: Nov 24, 2010
AUTO HAS FAULTY TRANSMISSION THAT CAUSES UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION FAILURES, ABRUPT ACCELERATIONS, AND JERKING. *TR
Incident date: Nov 13, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK CENTURY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A CLUNKING NOISE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED BY A DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 24, 2010
Incident date: Nov 15, 2010
MY 2004 VW NEW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE WITH TRIPTONIC TRANSMISSION, WITH ONLY 55,000 MILES, LURCHES IN THE LOWER GEARS AFTER THE CAR WARMS UP IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES. THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT SMOOTHLY BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS AND OFTEN REVS UP TO 5000 RPM BEFORE IT "CLUNKS" INTO HIGHER GEAR. THE VW DEALER MECHANIC WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, AT A COST TO ME OF $6800. MY RESEARCH HAS LEARNED T... Read more
Incident date: Nov 24, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING WHEN I DOWN SHIFT. AFTER LOOKING THIS PROBLEM UP IT SEEMS TO BE A EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE VIEWED COUNTLESS BOARD'S THAT HAVE EXPRESSED THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE EVEN TALKED TO MANY DEALERSHIPS THAT ALSO THAT HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I AM WONDERING WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON THESE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JERKS/LUNGES WHEN IT SHIFTS AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 50 KM/HR. *TR
Incident date: Oct 16, 2010
VEHICLE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER WAS PUT IN PARK AND COULD MOVE TO REVERSE WITHOUT PRESSING THE RELEASE BUTTON ON SHIFTER. THE KEY DID NOT RELEASE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN, SO THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER WAS REPLACED AT DEALER. APPROX 47,000 MILEAGE ON VEHICLE AT A COST OF 200 DOLLARS. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE ME BACK THE OLD PART. *TR
Incident date: Oct 23, 2010
POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION-I HAVE OWNED THIS TOYOTA CAMRY FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN. OCCASIONALLY IT SLIPS INTO THE WRONG GEAR. THE WORSE PROBLEM I ENCOUNTERED WAS FIVE WEEKS AGO WHEN I PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND THE VEHICLE WANTED TO GO FORWARD. I NEARLY HIT THE CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME. I AM GLAD NOBODY WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF T... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WAS STUCK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO OFFERED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WITH A DISCOUNTED PRICE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 104,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000.
SAAB
9-3 CONVERTIBLE
(2001) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 24, 2010
Incident date: Nov 20, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SAAB 9-3 CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 65 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED; THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPRO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 23, 2010
AUTO TRANSMISSION SHIFT MALFUNCTION WITH ONLY 120,000 MILES. *TR
Incident date: Nov 20, 2010
MY 2005 FORD 350 4X4 CRACKED THE TRANS CASE BECAUSE OR THE LOW/REVERSE SNAP RING CAME LOOSE & BROKE THE TRANS CASE AT 55000 MI. TALKED TO FORD ABOUT THIS & THEY SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY COULD DO &THERE HAS NOT BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS, BUT I FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAVE HAD A PROBLEM & HAD A RECALL ON THIS (RECALL #05B27). FORD DEALER SAID THAT THIS WOULD COST ME $4622.00. THEY FIXED THIS PROBLEM ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE CONTACT'S PERSONAL MECHANIC; THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,100. THE FAILURE MILEAGE W... Read more
Incident date: Nov 23, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILED ON 2001 HONDA CIVIC AT 109,000 MILES. ESTIMATED COST FROM HONDA DEALERSHIP TO PUT IN A REBUILT TRANSMISSION . . .$3, 900. WENT ONLINE, AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. NO RECALL ISSUED BY HONDA ! *TR
Incident date: Nov 19, 2010
WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE TCS AND ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMPS CAME ON. WE PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE, PARKED, TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND READ THE OWNERS MANUAL TO SEE WHAT IT SAID ABOUT THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION LAMP. IT SAID THAT IT COULD BE FROM A LOOSE GAS CAP SO WE TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP AS IS STATED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. WE THEN C... Read more