Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 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 2,245,377 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 48,535 complaints - component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2006) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 1, 2010
Incident date: Nov 1, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO REVERSE; THE VEHICLE HAD A DSG TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF WHICH RESET THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SEALED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2010
2004 FORD FREESTAR LTD, TOOK POSSESSION ON 7/6/2004 AND NOW HAVE 70K MILES. ITS USED FOR MY THREE MILE COMMUTE TO/FROM WORK, SOME LONGER DRIVES TO RELATIVES EVERY OTHER MONTH. ON 10/30/2010 EXPERIENCED TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. $1200 TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTER OR $2500 FOR A REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
WE OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. AT 63,000 MILES, THIS VEHICLE JERKS AND SHIFTS ON ITS OWN. WE HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE FOR OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THESE TYPE OF PROBLEMS, AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS EXTREMELY DISTURBING. THERE ARE MANY FAMILIES OUT THERE EXPERIENCING THE SANE EXACT TYPE OF PROBLEMS! NISSAN IS UNWILLING TO HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT THEY WONT ADMIT THAT... Read more
DODGE
JOURNEY AWD
(2009) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Nov 1, 2010
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
2009 SXT AWD DODGE JOURNEY IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE INITIAL JOURNEY WE PURCHASED WHICH WAS A LEMON. WE PICKED UP THIS CAR 5/2009. IT HAD A STRANGE SMELL, MUCH LIKE PROPANE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS WARM. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY AFTER SEVERAL VISITS. WE GAVE UP. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED FOR THE LAST YEAR - PROGRESSIVELY THE SMELL WORSENED. ON THURSDAY, 10-28-10 WHILE ON INTERSTATE 270 I NOT... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Oct 31, 2010
TWICE IN THE LAST 3 DAYS, THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2003 ACURA MDX SPONTANEOUSLY SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL, I.E., DISENGAGED FROM DRIVE AND LEFT ME W/O POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE SHIFT LEVER REMAINED IN DRIVE AND HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED. THE LATTER OCCURRENCE STRANDED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT SHIFTING INTO PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE WERE REQUIRED BEFORE DR... Read more
Incident date: Dec 1, 2007
WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN (AT ANY SPEED) OR IN PARK, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE MAKES VERY HARD/JUMPY SHIFTS. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW AND THIS STARTED HAPPENING NO MORE THAN 4 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE. THOUGH I'VE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN NUMEROUS TIMES 2 "REPAIRS" HAVE BEEN MADE. I'VE KEPT SOME OF THE SERVICE ORDERS BUT I DO HAVE ALL WITH NOTED REPAIRS. *TR
Incident date: Jan 12, 2007
THERE IS A SHUDDER WHEN THE CAR IS TRAVELING BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH. THE SHUDDER SELF CORRECTS OR WILL CEASE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS DEPRESSED TO WITHDRAWN. *TR
Incident date: Oct 23, 2010
WE WERE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN WE WENT TO PRESS THE GAS PEDAL TO GO THE RPM'S REVVED FOR A SECOND AND THEN NOTHING. THE CAR WOULD NOT GO LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN TURNED IT ON AGAIN AND STILL NOTHING. THE CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. NOW WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT FIXED AND ARE GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW TO SEE IF THEY CAN HELP. WE HAVE ONL... Read more
Incident date: Jul 15, 2010
VAN STALLS AT LIGHTS. JUST CUTS OFF. MECHANIC SAID IT HAS SOME THING TO DO WITH THE PCM. TRANS HAS BEEN REPLACED. BUT STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT. REAR BRAKE CALIPERS CEASED UP . THIS VAN IS A ROAD HAZARD. NEVER KNOW WHAT IT IS GOING TO DO OR WHEN IT IS GOING TO FAIL . *TR
Incident date: Oct 30, 2010
MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX LOST SPEED RIGHT ON THE CROWDED FREEWAY. I MANAGED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO THE STOP. THE GEAR WAS NOT ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE CHECK LINE LIT UP. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. I NOW HAVE LEARNED THAT TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS COMMON ON THIS CAR MODEL BUT THERE IS NO RECALL. ANY THING THAT NHTSA WOULD DO TO HELP US CONSUMERS WITH THIS ISSUE? *TR
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
2002 ISUZU RODEO 2 WHEEL DRIVE, TRANSMISSION SELECTOR IS IN ONE GEAR AND SOMETIMES THE DASH INDICATOR IS IN ANOTHER GEAR. MUST STOP AND SHUT OFF ENGINE FOR AT LEAST 5 SECONDS TO RESET THIS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS....(6). *TR
Incident date: Sep 15, 2010
2003 HONDA ODYSSEY VAN, TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AT 72M.P.H. ON INTERSTATE .WENT TO TWO HONDA DEALERS 1ST. DEALER SAID TRANS. GONE REPLACE FOR $4,000 DEALER WHERE PURCHASED SAID TRANS. GONE WILL REPLACE FOR $6,000 CALLED HONDA CORP. THEY SAID TO BAD. BOUGHT VAN NEW SERVICED AT DEALERS 112,000 MILES. HONDA HAS BUILT A BAD PRODUCT AND WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT ! *TR
Incident date: Oct 2, 2010
OWNER OF A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX V6, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AT 65,000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE IT WAS DOWNSHIFTING VIOLENTLY. THE PROBLEM ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR WAS HOT (DRIVING MORE THAN 30-40 MINUTES); I EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM 3 TIMES. IT FELT LIKE SLAMMING ON BRAKES AND I WAS AFRAID THAT I WOULD GET REAR-ENDED SINCE THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO OCCUR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AFTER ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 5, 2010
WE OWN A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON IT AT 70000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED BY HONDA. THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT AGAIN AT 114000 MILES. ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE ON THE VEHICLE. HONDA SAYS THERE IS NO WARRANTY ON "GOOD WILL" REPLACEMENTS. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE AUTOMOBILE AND MUST BE ADDRESSED AND LABELED AS SUCH. *TR
Incident date: Oct 29, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SPORTS EDITION. I ALWAYS HEAR RATTLING NOISE WHEN I AM DRIVING 40 MPH. RECENTLY, I TOOK MY CAR TO TOYOTA TO HAVE THIS ISSUE SERVICED. THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE. I WAS GOING DRIVE IT OUT OF STATE WITH MY WIFE FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY, BUT THEY RECOMMENDED I NOT TO DRIVE IT. THEY REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE. IT WAS GOING TO COST ME OVER $1300, BUT LUCKILY I HAD PURCHA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA PILOT WITH 137,000 MILES ON IT AND IT VIBRATES SOMEWHERE AROUND 35-45 MPH. MY MECHANIC RECOMMENDED WE HAVE THE TRANSMISSION CHECKED AS HE HAS SEEN 3 OR 4 OTHER PILOTS DO THE SAME THING. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THOUSANDS OF MILES TO THE POINT WHERE I JUST GOT USED TO IT. WITH THE THOUGHT OF A NEW TRANSMISSION LOOMING, I DECIDED TO SEARCH IF OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE AND A... Read more
Incident date: Oct 29, 2010
2004 MERCURY MONTEREY 59,700 MILES AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT. THANKFULLY THE VEHICLE BROKE DOWN IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AFTER REVIEWING A BUNCH OF WEBSITES, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A FAMILY VEHICLE SOLD TO THE CONSUMERS AS SAFE. HARDLY, THE CASE! *TR
Incident date: Oct 29, 2000
2000 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS... WHEN CAR GOES FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT SLIPS REALLY BAD. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE WHEN I'M BEHIND SOMEONE AND HIT THE GAS IT REVS UP AND NOTHING HAPPENS AND THEN IT CATCHES AND THE TIRES SPIN. I ALMOST HIT SOMEONE TODAY WITH A CHILD IN THE CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED NOW! *TR
Incident date: Oct 29, 2010
PARKED CAR OVERNIGHT, STARTED NEXT MORNING- CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. PARK WORKED, ALL OTHER GEARS ACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 30, 2010
Incident date: Sep 23, 2010
AUTO TRANSMISSION ON 2005 VW BEETLE SLIPS AND LEAVES ME WITH NO POWER ON THE INTERSTATE AND HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN TOWN. *TR
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 95 AT 70 MPH, TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED LIKE PUTTING ON THE BRAKES THROWING PASSENGER FORWARD IN THE SEAT BUT NOT ACTIVATING THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINT. TRANSMISSION THEN SHIFTED NORMALLY FOR ANOTHER 20 MILES WHEN THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN. THIS TIME AT 50 MPH AS I HAD SLOWED AND MOVED TO INNER LANE BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS INCIDENT. CAR CURRENTLY AT HONDA GARAG... Read more
Incident date: Oct 5, 2010
ORIGINAL OWNER OF NISSAN MAXIMA SE. THE CAR DROVE LIKE A TRUCK WITHIN 10K MILES, WHEEL TORQUED AT ACCELERATION, CLUNK ON WELL-MAINTAINED ROADS FROM FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WELL. FRONT TIRES WORE OUT 30K AND CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT WHEEL WELL, CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER SAYS SPORTS TIRES SO LESS LIFE AND MORE ROAD FEEL/NOISE COMES THROUGH, PUT IN NEW TIRES IN BACK. ROTATED ORIGINAL REAR TIRES T... Read more
Incident date: Sep 16, 2010
2010 JEEP JK WRANGLER TRANSMISSION OIL OVERHEATS WHEN VEHICLE IS ENGAGED IN 4WD. THIS COULD CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE, PARTICULARLY ON MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WHERE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FATALITY COULD OCCUR. CHRYSLER HAS ISSUED A RECALL NOTING THAT THIS CONDITION COULD OCCUR. THE "FIX" IS AN AUDIBLE CHIME IN ADDITION TO THE WARNING LIGHT ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE ROOT OF THE P... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2010
TRANSMISSION IN 2004 FORD FREESTAR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC ENDANGERING MY SELF AND MY YOUNG GRANDCHILDREN. FORD IS AWARE OF TRANSMISSION DEFECTS AND IS CHOOSING NOT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THIS IS PRESENTING A DANGER TO THE DRIVER/PASSENGERS OF SAID VEHICLE AND THE OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE APRIL, 2010 PURCHASE DATE, WE NOTICED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN OUR 2010 FORD FUSION (6F35 TRANSMISSION) ON A COLD START, NAMELY ROUGH SHIFTING, TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, ENGINE REVVING EXCESSIVELY BUT THE CAR NOT ACCELERATING, AND THE VEHICLE LURCHING FORWARD BEFORE SLAMMING INTO GEAR. NORMALLY, AFTER THE ENGINE WARMS, THE TRANSMISSION SMOOTHES OUT AND WE DO NOT EXPERIENCE FU... Read more
FORD
F SUPER DUTY
(1999) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 30, 2010
Incident date: Feb 13, 2009
TORQUE CONVERTER WENT OUT AT 130,000 MILES. IT IS A 1999 F-250 SUPER DUTY XLT. TRUCK IS LOUDER WITH A RATTLE TO IT NOW. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND HE CONFIRMED IT IS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I AM CURRENTLY WAITING TO GET IT REPAIRED. *TR
Incident date: Jul 9, 2010
2004 ACURA MDX TRANSMISSION FAILURE . 81000 MILES WITH JERKY ACTION, SMOKE IN THE HOOD. SMELL OF BURNT OIL. METAL PART UNDER THE PART BURNT AS LIQUID. NO COVERAGE AND 7000 DOLLAR COSTLY REPLACEMENT. NO WARRANTY. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2004) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 29, 2010
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
I OWN A 04 BEETLE CONV. AND AT AROUND 78,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING SLUGGISH AND WOULD MAKE A LOUD POPPING SOUND AS IT SHIFTED INTO GEAR AND JOLTED U FORWARD, NOW IT IS AT AROUND 81,000 AND WILL ONLY SHIFT THROUGH FIRST AND SECOND GEARS SAFELY. WHEN IT HITS 35MPH THE RPM'S RAISE RAPIDLY AND THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY COME TO REST AT 25 MPH AND GO NO FASTER. IF I SLAM ON THE BREAKS IT G... Read more
Incident date: Aug 20, 2010
TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER OR VIBRATION BETWEEN 35-40 MPH. *TR
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD FIESTA. WHILE REVERSING OR ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE CONTACT NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY THE LOCAL DEALER BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200 AND THE CUR... Read more
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
2005 CHEVROLET IMPALA. S10 APPROPRIATE HANDLING- LETTER FROM REGARDING PROBLEMS WITH THE GM DEALERSHIP *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SOMETIMES SHIFT TOO SLOW OR TOO FAST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE CONSUMER THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AAMCO TRANSMISSION AND THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM WITHIN MINUTES. GM INFORME... Read more
Incident date: Oct 22, 2010
2002 HONDA ACCORD - TRANSMISSION JERKS WHILE STOPPED IN GEAR. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT I FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING AND JERKING. WHEN I TAKE OFF THE ENGINE REVS UP. CAR HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Incident date: Oct 29, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA TL. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED WHICH CAUSED BOTH FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK AND THE VEHICLE TO SKID. THE CONTACT MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE UNTIL IT RESET ITSELF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO... Read more
Incident date: Aug 16, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILED REQUIRING IT TO BE REBUILT. *TR
Incident date: Oct 13, 2010
AFTER DRIVING APPROX. 50 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65-70 MPH AND EXITING TO A FULL STOP, ENGINE WOULD REV UP AS USUAL BUT ONLY MOVE 1 MPH. TRANSMISSION NOT FULLY ENGAGED. THIS PUTS ONE IN HARMS WAY WITH NO ABILITY TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. OCCURRED IN ALL GEARS. ONLY WAY TO GET BACK TO NORMAL WAS TO SHUT OFF ENGINE AND RESTART. THIS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN A ROW ON SAME DAY (10/13/2010). DOES NOT... Read more
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
TRANSMISSION IS FAILING IN MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER 4X4. A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP CONFIRMED THAT MY FEAR THAT THE GEARS WERE NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILING. IT WILL COST $2400 TO $2800 TO REPAIR. BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION IS SEALED IT WILL COST EXTRA. ONLY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR OF 2002 WERE THE EXPLORERS MADE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AND MINE WAS MANUFACTURED... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 29, 2010
Incident date: Oct 30, 2009
SERVICE ENGINE LAMP LIT. TRANSMISSION FLUID'S RADIATOR COOLER FAILED ALLOWING COOLANT TO ENTER INTO TRANSMISSION RUINING TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Nov 24, 2009
THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE PERFORMANCE ISSUE/FAILURE. PURCHASE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. TRANSMISSION STARTED STICKING GOING INTO 2 ND GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES. PROBLEM ESCALATED- . TRANSMISSION BANGS WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. TRANSMISSION SURGES WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN. TRANSMISSION HESITATES AT LEAST 15 SECOND... Read more
Incident date: Nov 23, 2009
MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AFTER I ATTEMPTED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK. I FILED A COMPLAINT LAST YEAR WITH BBB AND WAS REJECTED. NOW I AM NOTIFIED BY HONDA ABOUT A RECALL THAT HAS A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO MY FAILED TRANSMISSION A SAFETY RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THIS EXACT POSSIBILITY THAT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Oct 27, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OWNER OF THE SAME VEHICLE AS WELL AS READ SEVERAL COMMENTS ONLINE THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION IN THE VEHICLE DOES SHIFT PROPERLY. WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THEN MOVE IT BACK IN DRIVE IT DOES A HARD JERK, BEFORE IT WILL MOVE. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 25, 2010
MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME ABOUT A "SILENT WARRANTY" THAT ACURA HAD ON '03 TL MODELS THAT WAS EXTENDED 7 YRS OR 100K MILES. WHEW! I'M IN LUCK, I THOUGHT, I'M IN THE 7TH YEAR AND I HAVE LESS THAN 100K MILES! I TOOK IT TO ACURA WHO SAID THAT MY VIN NUMBER WASN'T COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MY... Read more
Incident date: Aug 26, 2009
I PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA IN 2008, IN AUGUST 2009 MY VEHICLE QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY, SINCE THAT TIME I'VE TAKEN IT TO 3 MECHANICS INCLUDING 2 NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, THEY FINALLY GOT MY CAR RUNNING HOWEVER IT JERKS VIOLENTLY WHILE SHIFTING FROM 1-3RD GEARS. RECENTLY I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE REVVED THEN JERKED ALMOST CAUSING ME TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. I CANNOT BELIEVE ALL TH... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 28, 2010
Incident date: Oct 12, 2010
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2005 VW BEETLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 89,000 MILES I NOTICED A LURCHING BETWEEN GEARS. THIS WOULD OCCUR ONLY AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING. I AM NOT A MECHANIC BUT SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN MY CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A FEE OF $95.00 I WAS TOLD THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. SINCE THE 2005 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE WAS BUIL... Read more
Incident date: Oct 26, 2010
THE VEHICLE STALLS WHENEVER YOU STOP MOVING BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKS UP AND DOES NOT RELEASE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 28, 2010
2005 FORD FREESTAR. PULLING OUT INTO AN INTERSECTION AND VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. TRANSMISSION IS GONE. HAVE NOT GOTTEN REPAIR COSTS YET BUT I ANTICIPATE OVER $2000. I HAVE SEEN THAT THERE ARE OVER 1000 COMPLAINTS IN THE INTERNET FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE I HAD NO WARNING OF THIS HAPPENING AND THERE WAS ON COMING TRAFFIC APPROACHING ME. *TR
Incident date: Oct 27, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. HE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD ALTHOUGH THE RPMS INCREASED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION CENTER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT TH... Read more
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 27, 2010
Incident date: Sep 15, 2007
2007/ 30 000 MILES. SHIFTER MALFUNCTIONS INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES LOSS OF ACCELERATION BY GOING NEUTRAL OR STICKING IN 1ST GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. TYPICALLY, ALL THE LETTERS ARE LIFT PRND SIMULTANEOUSLY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. STOPPING AND RESTARTING (ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS IN HIGHWAY DRIVING) SEEMS TO RESET THE SHIFTER. DEALER SAYS ESM PART NO 52124138AD IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROBLEM. I BEL... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Oct 27, 2010
Incident date: Oct 15, 2010
I OWN A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER THAT RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT ON ME. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION MECHANIC, IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS RADIATOR LEAKING FLUID INTO THE TRANSMISSION. AN ONLINE SEARCH LED ME HUNDREDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE WITH NISSAN PATHFINDERS. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FIXING... Read more
Incident date: Jul 7, 2008
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE BACK BRAKES. HAD THOSE REPLACED JULY08. IN JULY09 I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST HITTING THE CAR BESIDE ME. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT A WEEK. THEN EVERY TIME I PUT IT IN REVERSE IT WOULD DIE THEN THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I... Read more
Incident date: Oct 20, 2010
TORQUE CONVERTOR FAILED AT 81,000. REPLACED AT DEALERSHIP, VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE AND NO GUARANTEE IT WON'T CAUSE PROBLEMS TO TRANSMISSION OR TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR