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: Feb 10, 2004
WHEN I BOUGHT FIRST BOUGHT MY 2004 FORD TAURUS IT WOULD SHIFT WITH A JERK AND MAKE A BRIEF NOISE. FORD SERVICED IT AND IT WAS BETTER. BUT IT STILL WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT HARD. ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT DID NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR, I WENT BACK TO PARK AND THEN SHIFTED TO DRIVE AGAIN AND IT DID NOT GO IN GEAR AGAIN. SO I SHIFTED TO LOW TO FINALLY GET IT GO. THE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2010
I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SL IN JANUARY 2010, SO ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. IT DROVE BEAUTIFULLY, IT WAS SMOOTH AND EVERYTHING. I CHANGED THE OIL, GOT A TRANSMISSION FLUSH, NEW TIRES, EVERYTHING. A FEW DAYS AFTER I GOT IT, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND AS I WAS DOING THAT IT STALLED, THEN JERKED AND HYDROPLANED AT THE INTERSECTION AN... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 28, 2010
MY 2010 FORD FUSION SEL IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE 4TH TIME DUE TO TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME WAS BASED ON MY OBSERVATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE REVERSE GEAR. THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING. THEN SEVERAL WEEKS LATER WE RECEIVED A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED TO FIX A REVERSE ISSUE--SURPRISE! 2ND VISIT TO SERVICE. SINCE THEN, THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD... Read more
Incident date: Sep 22, 2010
2003 HONDA PILOT EX-L: THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS AND HESITATES BETWEEN 35 - 50 MPH. I WAS TOLD BY A HONDA SERVICE DEPT. THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND 2 MOTOR MOUNTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $4162. THIS PROBLEM IS TOO COMMON TO NOT BE CONSIDERED AN IMMEDIATE SAFETY RECALL. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE. I HOPE NO MAJOR INJURIES ARE CAUSED FROM ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 18, 2010
I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. AFTER REVIEWING CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEB SITE SO DOES OVER 122,000 PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE WHICH IS A JERKING TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME $98 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR KNOWINGLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ALREADY. THIS IS JUST A RIP OFF. I FOUND OUT FROM CAR REPAIR SHOP IN MY TOWN ONLY NISSAN HAS ACCESS TO WORK ON MY TRANSMIS... Read more
Incident date: Jul 7, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. VAN IS STILL DRIVABLE, BUT IT HAS A VERY NOTICEABLE JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. *TR
Incident date: Mar 25, 2010
THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH MY 2003 FORD EXPLORER SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN AUGUST OF 2003. BUT IRONICALLY THEY HAVE ALL APPEARED AFTER THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. IN SEPTEMBER 2007 THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT NO LONGER WORKED. IT COST ME $2000 AND A WEEK WITHOUT A CAR, TO GET IT FIXED. IN AUGUST 2009 THE PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW WOULD NO LONGER WORK. IN SEPTEMBER 2009 MY SUV STARTED... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
CC
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 27, 2010
Incident date: Sep 26, 2006
I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE CAR , "WITH OUT WARNING"THE CAR DECELERATED AND STOPPED. IT WAS IN DRIVE, I HAD TO PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTART IT. I WAS VERY LUCKY NOT TO GET HIT. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I AM TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TODAY. 09/27/2010. *TR
Incident date: Sep 23, 2010
2001 HONDA ODYSSEY; TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BUCKS AND SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, D4 LIGHT BLINKS. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE, AS IT LURCHES FORWARD UNCONTROLLABLY. JUST STARTED WITH THIS PROBLEM LAST WEEK; CAR CURRENTLY HAS 95,000 MILES. ORIGINAL OWNER; MAINTAINED THE CAR PRIVATELY ONCE THE DEALER WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO BUCK WITH EXTREME HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION FACILITY WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 MODEL YEA... Read more
Incident date: Apr 16, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SANTA FE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO GRAB OR DROP. WHEN HE REVERSED AND THEN SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, HE NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. HE NOTICED THE FAILURE EVERYDAY WHEN HE FIRST DROVE FOR THAT DAY. THE CONTACT EXPLAINED THE FAILURE WHEN HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR RE... Read more
Incident date: May 11, 2010
2004 NISSAN TITAN REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKS LEFT AND RIGHT. *TR
Incident date: Sep 23, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 ACURA 3.2TL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE ANY FURTHER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO DISPLAY A HIGH LEVEL OF RPMS AND THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAIL... Read more
Incident date: Sep 27, 2010
THIS IS A 2007 HONDA CRV_EX-L. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED. THIS COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO THE DIFFERENTIAL PROBLEM WITH THE CRV. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 28,000 MILES ON IT BUT IS 3 1/2 YEARS OLD. STARTED HAVE A NOISE PROBLEM WHEN TURNING AT SLOW SPEEDS. BROUGHT INTO DEALER AND THEY TOLD US THE DIFFERENTIAL LUBRICANT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $125. DEALER WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND TH... Read more
Incident date: Sep 26, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD LOSE POWER SPORADICALLY AND WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE DEALER ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000.
Incident date: Mar 16, 2010
FOR AT LEAST 7 MONTH, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY ROUGH TRANSITIONS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS AND ALSO WHEN DECELERATING BETWEEN 3RD AND 2ND GEARS. THIS OCCURS DAILY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN 5 MINUTES OR SO. ADDITIONALLY, AT TIMES (DAILY BUT NOT EVERYTIME I START THE CAR) WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEAR, WHETHER IT IS DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION TAKES AS MUCH AS 20 SECONDS TO ENGAGE. I HAV... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
PASSAT
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 27, 2010
Incident date: Jan 11, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DISCOVERED WATER INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE SUNROOF WAS DISENGAGED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE VEHICLE UNDER AN UNKNOWN RECALL CAMPAIGN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN RPMS AND ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND WOULD THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO ABNORMALLY ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 4, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN JERKING ABNORMALLY WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHIN SECONDS. IN ADDITION, WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT THE SAME FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOR DIAGNOSTIC TE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 26, 2010
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 HONDA PILOT. I HAD THIS PROBLEM IN JUNE 2010. ON A MODERATE UPHILL CLIMB, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 35 MPH AND I FELT VIBRATION AND SHAKING. FROM A STANDING STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE 2ND GEAR, AND THEN AGAIN BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE 3RD GEAR. THE PROBLEM CAME OFF AND ON UNTIL YESTERDAY. I WAS AGAIN DRIVING ON A MODERATE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2009
OUR 2006 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVAN HAS BEEN TAKEN FOR REPAIRS NUMEROUS TIMES TO ADDRESS FRONT END SHUDDER THAT INCREASES WITH SPEED, BECOMING NOTICEABLE AT ~25MPH AND MOST PRONOUNCED AT 60-65MPH. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES LEFT-RIGHT AT A HIGH FREQUENCY AND INCREASING INTENSITY WHILE THIS SHUDDER IS HAPPENING. BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS IS MEASURABLE HAMPERED AND ONE CAN FEEL THE SHUDDER THROUGH THE BRA... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Aug 30, 2010
2010 HYUNDAI SANT FE, SE V6 3.5 AWD. THERE IS A GEAR CLANGING NOISE IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED UP. THIS OCCURS ABOUT EVERY THIRD TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. VEHICLE IS ROCKED BY THE MOVEMENT. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM ' NOTHING DONE. *TR
Incident date: Jun 7, 2010
2004 HONDA PILOT EX WITH 122,000 MILES THE PROBLEM FIRST BEGAN IN JUNE 2010 AND HAS PERSISTED EVER SINCE. WHILE DRIVING, MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION WILL "SHUDDER". IT TYPICALLY OCCURS BETWEEN 25-55 MPH. WHILE THE DURATION IS BRIEF (15 SECONDS OR LESS), IT HAS BECOME MORE FREQUENT, AT LEAST ONE TIME DURING EACH DRIVING OCCURRENCE. IN ADDITION TO THE SHUDDER, AT LOW RPMS THE CAR WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY SH... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2009
TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING SERIOUS SHUDDER AND POSSIBLE LOCK-UP. *TR
Incident date: Sep 26, 2010
MY 2000 FORD WINDSTAR JUST DIED AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY TODAY 9/26/2010. THE CAR WONT MOVE FORWARD IN DRIVE, BUT GOES BACKWARDS IN REVERSE. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS ITS BEEN JERKING AND RACING AND I CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM ABOUT IT. THEY SAID THE JERKING WHEN YOU SHIFT IS NORMAL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DALE JARRET FORD IN CHARLOTTE NC TO SERVICE ANOTHER RECALL AND I MENTIONED ABO... Read more
CHRYSLER
SEBRING CONV
(2008) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 26, 2010
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
MY WIFE DROVE HER 2008 CHRYSLER SEBRING TO WORK YESTERDAY, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK FINE. WHEN SHE TRIED TO DRIVE HOME THE CAR WAS STUCK IN PARK. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ONLINE I TOOK THE TRIM RING OFF OF THE SHIFTER AREA AND FOUND THE PINK PIECE OF PLASTIC ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SHIFTER. WITH A LONG SCREW DRIVER I WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE PINK PIECE OF PLASTIC BACKWARD AND COULD THEN MOVE T... Read more
Incident date: Sep 4, 2010
MY 2005 HONDA PILOT SHUDDERS AND VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING AROUND 35-40. ONCE I GET SLIGHTLY PAST THIS SPEED RANGE THE VIBRATION STOPS. *TR
Incident date: Aug 10, 2005
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY NEEDED NEW TRANSMISSION WELL BEFORE IT SHOULD HAVE. DEALER DID REPLACE AT NO COST DUE TO EXTENDED WARRANTY HOWEVER I'VE SEEN OTHER ISSUES WITH TRANSMISSIONS ON 2002 ODYSSEYS SO WANTED TO DOCUMENT THIS ISSUE WITH MINE. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 25, 2010
Incident date: Apr 12, 2010
OUR SON BEGAN HAVING TRANSMISSION JERKING ON HIS AUTOMATIC 2005 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE AROUND 75,000 MILES. THE SHIFTING CAN BE SO SEVERE AS IF THE CAR HAD BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND. WHEN TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NEVER CHECKED BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY ENCASED AND THE FLUID IS NEVER CHECKED WHEN SERVICED. WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE ABOUT $5000. TO REPAIR. *TR
JEEP
WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 25, 2010
Incident date: Sep 1, 2010
CHRYSLERS RECALL FOR THE TEMPERATURE WARNING ADDRESSED THE SYMPTOM NOT THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE STILL OVERHEATING IN THE WRANGLER. THE SOLUTION IS A $50 TRANSMISSION COOLER. THIS CAN HAPPEN BOTH WHEN OFF ROADING(WHICH THE WRANGLER IS BUILT FOR) BUT OTHERS IN OUR JEEP GROUP HAVE HAD THE SITUATION HAPPEN ON ROAD. MY SITUATION HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ON APPROXIMATELY A 20% GRADE ON A DIRT ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 23, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY IMPALA LT 3.9 WITH 55,000 MILES JUST HAD TO PUT WATER PUMP 2BY PASS HOSE AND BOTTOM HOSE BILL CAME TO AROUND $470. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BABIED EVER SINCE NEW AND WITH TOP NOTCH SERVICE PERFORMED REGULARLY. BESIDES THIS PROBLEM THE TIRE AIR SENSORS ARE ALSO A JOKE REPLACED TWO OF THEM AT AROUND $70.00 EACH. STILL DON'T WORK PROPERLY. WHILE I'M ON ROLL I SHOULD MENTION THE REMOTE S... Read more
Incident date: Jul 15, 2010
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. STOPPED AT AUTOZONE TO HAVE THEM READ THE CODE. THE CODE P0740, INDICATED A TCC FAILURE. UPON CONSULTING WITH THE HONDA DEALERSHIP ON MY 1998 HONDA ODYSSEY, AND CONSULTING THE INTERNET, DETERMINED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1998 - 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY'S. HONDA OFFERED NO HELP. THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 100,000 MILES ON AT THE TIME. *TR
Incident date: Jan 2, 2010
2002 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 WITH 60,000 MILES HAS DEFECTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY, MAKING MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY AND LOCAL ROADS CONTINUOUSLY HAZARDOUS. *TR
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
I WAS DRIVING MY 2004 FORD FREESTAR WITHOUT ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS, GOING ABOUT 40 MPH AND IT JUST STARTED REVVING UP AND LOST POWER. I WAS LUCKY IT WASN'T HIT FROM BEHIND AND WAS ABLE TO TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND PARK. IT HASN'T MOVED SINCE. WAITING FOR TRANSMISSION BUSINESS TO OPEN TO GET QUOTES. I KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THOUGH, THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR
Incident date: May 11, 2009
MY 2006 RAV4 SPORT THAT OCCASIONALLY HAS PROBLEMS WITH ACCELERATION, THIS USUALLY OCCURS RIGHT AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND CAN LAST UP TO 15 MIN INTO THE DRIVE. OCCURS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, YOU PRESS THE GAS PEDAL AND RECEIVE A VERY SLOW RESPONSE FROM THE VEHICLE; ALMOST AS IF TRYING TO DRIVE WITH THE E BRAKE ON. ONCE YOU HAVE REACHED 5-10MPH IT ENGAGES AND GOES, BUT UNTIL THEN IT IS ... Read more
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 1500
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 25, 2010
Incident date: May 5, 2010
2007 NEW BODY STYLE CHEVY SILVERADO JERKS / BANGS WHILE STOPPED AS IF I WAS REAR ENDED. THIS HAS HAPPENED EVER SINCE THE TRUCK WAS NEW. CURRENTLY HAS 30,000 MILES. THE DEALER OF COURSE COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Sep 22, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 20, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 2003 HONDA ACCORD V6. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO INDICATE THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT CHOKED LIKE A BAD STICK SHIFT DRIVER. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHIFTS FROM ONE GEAR RANGE TO ANOTHER AND IS INCREASINGLY GETTING WORST. THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE THAT OF ANOTHER VEHICLE HITTING MY VEHICLE IN THE REAR. IT'S AS IF IT MIGHT TEAR OUT FROM THE VEHICLE AT ANY TIME. THUS FAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL WHICH IS HARD TO DO BECAUSE THIS BURST OF TURBULENCE IS EXTREMELY DISCONCERTING SO MUCH SO THAT I AM AFRA... Read more
Incident date: Sep 25, 2010
1999 DODGE AVENGER AUTOMATIC: WONT SHIFT INTO DRIVE GEAR-RPMS REV UP AND DO NOT SHIFT IN NEXT GEAR ALSO ALARM SYSTEM -HORN, LIGHTS ALL GO ON FOR NO REASON. *TR
Incident date: Sep 23, 2010
2008 DODGE AVENGER WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. DROVE CAR IN MORNING TO WORK AND 8 HOURS LATER AFTER STARTING AND THEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SHIFT THE SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVER FROM PARK. BOUGHT THIS CAR NEW AND IT HAS ONLY 29,000 MILES AFTER 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. *TR
Incident date: Sep 24, 2010
MY VEHICLE IS A 2010 TOYOTA RAV4-V6 WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE COASTING OR MAINTAIN A LOW SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 5MPH, I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE HESITATES ABOUT 3-5 SECONDS. DURING THE HESITATION, THE ENGINE REVS HIGH AND THE CAR DOES NOT ACCELERATE. AT THE END OF THE HESITATION, THE TRANSMISSION GOES INTO GEAR WITH A THUD AND A JERK TO THE CAR. I WAS INVOLVED IN THREE NE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 20, 2010
2004 HONDA ACCORD TRASMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 21, 2010
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON 9/21/2010. TRAFFIC WAS COMING TO A STOP AND I BEGAN TO APPLY MY BRAKE. UPON APPLYING BRAKE MY VEHICLE ACCELERATED CAUSING ME TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT MY RATE OF SPEED WAS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO STOP WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED. MY FRONT END IS DAMAGED TO THE TUNE OF $4,886.08. AFTER MY ACCIDENT I WAS CONFUSED ABOUT HOW I... Read more
Crash
1 injured
VOLKSWAGEN
PASSAT
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 24, 2010
Incident date: Apr 5, 2010
VW, 2006 PASSAT, NOW HAS A "STEERING COLUMN DEFECT" WARNING, AND THE CAR DOESN'T START. THE CAR HAS 60,000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS STARTED JUST AFTER THE 50,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE CAR ALSO STALLS AT HIGH SPEED WHEN THIS LIGHT COMES ON WITHOUT WARNING, AND CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE CAR ALSO HAS A PROBLEM WITH DOWNSHIFTING WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY, AND SLAMS INTO LOW GEAR AS THOUGH THE C... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F250 SD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF WITH THE SHIFTER IN PARK WHEN THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF PARK AND INDEPENDENTLY BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY BACKWARD. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ENTER THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT BUT WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND ELBOW. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED WHEN THE FAILURE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
PUT VAN INTO REVERSE AND BACKED UP BUT THEN WHEN I PUT INTO DRIVE, IT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. TOOK VAN IN FOR REPAIR - REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REBUILDING. *TR
Incident date: Mar 12, 2010
2001 HONDA CIVIC LX TRANSMISSION FAILED ON THE HWY AT ABOUT 60MPH NO WARNING ENGINE JUST STARTING REVVING FROM WHAT I HEAR THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS YEAR OF HONDAS. *TR
Incident date: Jun 20, 2010
I HAVE A 2002 FORD TAURUS AND WAS DRIVING/ACCELERATING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. THE CAR WAS LIKE IN NEUTRAL EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN DRIVE. THE CAR ROLLED A BIT TO THE SIDE WITH THE IMPULSE IT HAD, BUT HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE SIDE. THE TRANSMISSION'S DRIVE AND REVERSE WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER OWNE... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2000) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 24, 2010
Incident date: Sep 22, 2010
I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON MY 2000 BEETLE. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT NEED REPLACED BUT I FEEL OTHERWISE. WHEN I AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE WILL PULL BACK VERY HARD AND THEN JUMP AND SHOOT ME FORWARD. I AM AFRAID THAT THIS WILL CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT. *TR