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: Nov 14, 2009
THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2004 IMPALA HAS SLIP SO BAD THAT I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND. IT KICKED SO HARD IN RAINING WEATHER THE CAR SWERVE ON THE ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Sep 9, 2010
WHILE DRIVING OVER A BRIDGE AT NIGHT WITH MY TWO KIDS IN MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT ANY WARNING, RENDERING MY VEHICLE POWERLESS AND IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR
Incident date: Jul 19, 2010
OUR 2009 KIA BORREGO HAS HAD SEVERAL ISSUES. WORST ARE 1) WE PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND BACKED OUT OF GARAGE, WENT TO PUT IN DRIVE AND STARTED DOWN DRIVEWAY. WE FORGOT SOMETHING SO STOPPED AND BACKED UP, UPON PUTTING BACK TO DRIVE WE GOT LOCKED IN NEUTRAL. WE COULD NOT GET CAR INTO REVERSE OR PARK. WE PUSHED THE ENGINE OFF BUTTON WHICH SHUT CAR OFF, BUT STILL WERE STUCK IN NEUTRAL. CAR WOULD ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2009
LETTER REGARDING PROBLEMS HE HAVING WITH 2009 TOYOTA TUNDRA (SINCE MARCH 2009 TO NOW), HE HAS TAKEN IT TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS 3 TIMES AND IS STILL HAVING PROBLEMS *TGW THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO SEARCH FOR THE PROPER GEAR AND WAS SLIPPING AT LOW SPEEDS. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER IT WAS NORMAL. *JB THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRA... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
EOS
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 8, 2010
Incident date: Nov 29, 2007
ATTORNEY WRITES IN REGARDS TO LEMON LAW ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT *TGW THE VEHICLE WAS BURNING OIL AND IT WAS DETERMINED IT WAS NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE O RINGS. AFTER A WEEK AT THE DEALERSHIP, THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE CONSUMER. THE VERY NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING GAS. IT APPEARED THE O RING WAS TORN AND ALL FOUR O RINGS WERE R... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE 3.5L V6 TRANSMISSIONS- JERKING, KNOCKING AND STICKING IN GEAR. MANY DEALERS ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. INTERNET SEARCHES HAVE SHOWN THE SAME RESULTS OF CONSUMERS HAVING ISSUES. THE NORMAL COST FOR REPLACEMENT IS ALMOST 50% OF THE CAR VALUE. DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM ONLY SUGGEST FOR THE PLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION $3800! IF THE CAR IS ENGAGED IN 5T... Read more
Incident date: Sep 7, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HUMMER H2. THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIFT LINKAGE FELL OFF CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE GEAR SHIFT WAS IN DRIVE AND SHIFTED ON ITS OWN INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE FRONT PUMP TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING AND FAILED TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONT... Read more
Incident date: May 28, 2010
THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY FAILED AT 87,861 MILES IN MAY OF 2010. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR PROBLEMS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BY US. HONDA WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE COST BECAUSE IT WAS PAST THE TIME LIMIT ON THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, DESPITE BEING WELL UNDER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. *TR
Incident date: Jul 31, 2010
THE PROBLEM IS WITH NISSAN CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION (CVT), IN PARTICULAR MY 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHEN THE CAR IS DRIVEN IN HOT WEATHER FOR MORE THAN 200 MILES IN HEAVY STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. NO MATTER HOW FAR THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THE CAR WILL SLOWLY ACCELERATE FROM 0 TO 15 MI/HR IN EXCESS OF 10 SECONDS! ONCE THE CAR IS MOVING ABOVE 15 MI/SEC, NORMAL ACCEL... Read more
Incident date: Dec 25, 2009
1. NORMAL DRIVING. CAR STOPPED MOVING. STRANDED XMAS EVENING IN RAIN STORM. 2. RT. FROND AXLE CAME OUT OF TRANS-AXLE TOWED TO DEALER. 3. FOUND DEFECTIVE MIDSHIP BEARING HAD TO CUT DUE TO EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON AXLE. PER DEALER INVOICE. *TR
Incident date: Aug 4, 2010
BATTERY DIED. AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS "STUCK" IN 4TH GEAR. HAD TO HAVE THE VALVE BODY REPLACED. THE VEHICLE IS 31/2 YEARS OLD AND THE VALVE BODY WAS CORRODED. HAD TO BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE PART FROM THE DEALERSHIP. THERE HAS TO BE MANY OF THESE CARS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IF THERE IS A WAITING LIST FOR THE PART. *TR
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
DRIVING MY 2007 GMC ACADIA. WENT TO PASS A SLOWER VEHICLE, PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT HAYWIRE AND THE ACCELERATOR STUCK. I HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET IT STOPPED. THE RPMS WERE IN THE 4000S. THEN THE ACCELERATION WOULD STOP AND START AGAIN OVER TO 4000. LUCKILY WHEN I PASSED THE VEHICLE THERE WERE NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME OR I WOULD HAVE HAD A MAJOR ACCI... Read more
Incident date: Jul 10, 2010
TRANSMISSION FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND TO 1ST GEAR, SOMETIMES WON'T CHANGE AND THAN SLAMS INTO 2ND GEAR OR WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR TO EARLY . THIS CAUSES NO ACCELERATION OR STOPPING SHORT. HAVE NOW READ MANY COMPLAINTS DESCRIBING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Sep 7, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FREESTAR. AFTER STARTING HER VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INFORM HER THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL BODY SHOP WHERE IT WAS INSPECTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FORD MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THAT... Read more
Incident date: Aug 18, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD WINDSTAR. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130000.
Incident date: Jul 23, 2010
MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHEN YOU CHANGE FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT JUMP INTO GEAR HARD. WILE DRIVING IT SHIFT HARD FROM 1 GEAR TO 2 . I TAKE IT TO THE AUTO SHOP THEY SAY IT'S MY TRANSMISSION. IT COST ME $1900.00 TO REPLACE IT.I SEE ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *TR
FORD
EXPLORER SPORT
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 8, 2010
Incident date: Sep 4, 2010
2002 FORD EXPLORER. O/D LIGHT BLINKING. SLOW GEAR SHIFTING. RANDOM JERKING OF CAR. HAVE READ THIS ON MANY WEBSITES AND EVEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD A REBUILD OR SOLENOID REPLACED, JUST HAPPENS AGAIN. IS ALSO DANGEROUS, BECAUSE ONCE CHANGES GEARS, MPH JUMPS VERY HIGH, VERY QUICKLY WITH NO CONTROL OVER IT. *TR
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
03 HONDA ODYSSEY WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO LOWER GEAR AND BACK. THEN CONTINUED TO DROP DOWN A GEAR OR 2 AND GO BACK UP. I STOPPED THE CAR AND STARTED UP AGAIN, IT CONTINUED, THEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. I WAS ABOUT 5 MILES FROM A HONDA DEALER AND DECIDED I BETTER DRIVE THERE. ON THE WAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON PLUS ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS, IT WOULDN'... Read more
Incident date: Aug 27, 2010
2010 SUBARU OUTBACK AUTOMATIC,2.5I, IN FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP NOTICED VEHICLE WANTED TO STALL WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED. HAVE HAD FOR 4 MONTHS VEHICLE IS WORSE, RPM'S DROP TO NEAR ZERO, CAR WILL THEN IDLE FAST TO COMPENSATE...IN THE LAST MONTH VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE SHUDDER, ON TOP OF THE NEAR STALLING...WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT SUBARU HAS FIXED PROBLEM ON MANUALS BUT IS STILL WAITING FOR SOFTW... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 8, 2010
Incident date: Oct 20, 2009
I BOUGHT MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER NEW FROM THE DEALER. AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN HAD A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE RADIATOR LEAKING INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND RUINING IT. I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AT A COST OF ABOUT $600.00. I BELIEVE THAT NISSAN SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL SINCE THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDELY DOCUMENTED. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLA... Read more
Incident date: Sep 2, 2010
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. 1 TO 2 GEAR AND 2 TO 3 GEAR SHIFTS ABRUPTLY, SLIPS, JERKS, ON BOTH UPSHIFTS AND DOWNSHIFTS. TRANSMISSION BANGS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND THE CAR HESITATES OFF THE LINE. OFF THE LINE, THE CAR REVS FREELY BEFORE IT'S ABLE TO CATCH A GEAR YOU GET A WHIPLASH SENSATION BETWEEN SHIFTS. COMING TO A STOP AT A SIGNAL THE 3RD TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 1ST GEAR DOWNSHIFTS... Read more
Incident date: Sep 7, 2010
2005 ACURA MDX. A SHUDDERING NOISE IS HEARD BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MILES PER HOUR AND THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASES BY A FEW HUNDRED RPM. MOST OFTEN OCCURS WHILE HOLDING THIS SPEED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE OR LEVEL. TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED AT 78,209 MILES ON 11/18/2009. THIS TEMPORARILY RESOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS AGAIN REPLACED AT 89,370 MILES. THIS FAI... Read more
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
1. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE OF A TRANSMISSION. 2. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE DURING TRAFFIC INSTANTANEOUSLY. THIS EVENT LED TO A NON RESPONSIVE THROTTLE AND ONCE RESPONSIVE WOULD LED TO A JOLT OF ENORMOUS WHIPLASH. THIS LED ME TO A DEPOSITION OF TRYING NOT TO GET HIT FROM CARS BEHIND FOR NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY AND HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 8, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Sep 4, 2010
VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKS AS THOUGH YOU'RE HITTING THE BRAKES AND THEN ACCELERATES, THEN THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO FAIL. INCIDENT OCCURRED AS I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH. SUDDEN JERKING OF THE VEHICLE AS IF I HAD SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND THEN ACCELERATED AS IF I HAD SLAMMED ON THE ACCELERATOR. THEN BACK TO THE JERKING SENSATION UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE CURB AND COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I STRO... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
MY 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA'S TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THEY TELL ME IT IS A SENSOR AND IT WILL BE 400 TO FIX. IT ALSO HAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT GETTING STUCK AND OR NOT LATCHING, IT ALSO IS HAVING ISSUE WITH SUSPENSION ISSUES AS WELL AS( POWER TRAIN)EX.THROTTLE BODY, FRONT STRUTS, SPEEDOMETER, SEAT BELT, DOOR HANDLE SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS MY CAR HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES ON IT AND IT ... Read more
Incident date: Oct 26, 2009
IN OCTOBER OF 2009 I NOTICED THE SHIFTING OF VEHICLE WAS ERRATIC AND IMPROPER. CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OR IF IT DID WAS REALLY LABORED. NOVEMBER OF 2009 AS I PULLED INTO WORK TRANSMISSION EXPLODED. HAD TOWED TO DEALER SAID REPAIRED/ REPLACED/REBUILT, WAS BACK WITH MORE PROBLEMS ONLY TO FIND OUT PARTS WERE REPLACED BACKWARDS ONTO TRANSMISSION FIXED THAT ONLY FOR ME TO RETURN AGAIN FOR... Read more
Incident date: Jan 5, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA MDX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH HE COULD HEAR A RUMBLING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE. ONCE THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH IT BEGAN TO DRIVE AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE BUT HE WAS INFORMED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT HE NEEDS TO REPLACE THE TRANS... Read more
Incident date: Aug 15, 2010
TRANSMISSION "INTERNAL FAILURE" AS STATED BY HONDA DEALER. SYMPTOMS: HARD SHIFTING BETWEEN 1 AND 2 GEARS. PRONOUNCED STUTTER/STALL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 30 MPH TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS - SAFETY CONCERN WHEN ENTERING HIGHWAY AND CAR STALLS/STUTTERS. *TR
Incident date: Aug 12, 2010
4 YEAR OLD CHILD IN CAR RAN TO GET KEYS DIDN'T KNOW WAS IN SWITCH. CHILD TURNED KEY ON DID NOT START. BUMPED SHIFTER RAN OVER BANK IN TO HIGHWAY OVER ANOTHER BANK. CHILD WAS VERY LUCKY HAD MASHED THUMB. CAR WAS NOT FIXABLE. OWNER MANUAL STATES YOU MOST APPLY BRAKE BEFORE PUTTING IN GEAR. THIS NEEDS FIX BEFORE MORE HAPPEN THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. *TR
Crash
Incident date: Sep 4, 2010
2005 MERCURY MONTEREY VAN...TRANSMISSION FAILED DRIVING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN, NO POWER TO WHEELS. THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED 6 WEEKS AGO DURING NORMAL FLUID MAINTENANCE. MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES SINCE TAKING OWNERSHIP. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO FORD DEALER. THEY HAVE JUST CALLED AND SAID TRANSMISSION HAS NO PRESSURE & NEEDS A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER & SEAL KIT. BOUGHT THIS CAR W/ 8400 MILES AND... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
2005 NISSAN MAXIMA HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH ONLY 67 THOUSAND MILES, CAR JERKS FORWARD WHEN STOPPED, STALLS, AND JERKS WHEN TRYING TO REVERSE, I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER REPORTS AND THIS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN, DEALERSHIP SAYS MY TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 3 TO 4000! I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF CASH. AND AM IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE WITH NO CAR. *TR
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
2003 FORD WINDSTAR' TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT ANY WARNING. CAR ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Incident date: Apr 12, 2010
FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Feb 15, 2010
2010 FORD FUSION SE, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS JERKING SLIPPING THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE SHOP. FIRST TIME THEY PUT A NEW PART ON WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON NOW. I BOUGHT A NEW CAR NOT A CAR WITH REBUILT ITEMS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND UNFAIR. FORD DID WELL THIS YEAR OFF THE HARD EARNED MONEY OF AMERICANS AND THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED FOR THE UNPROFESSIONAL AND DOWN RIGHT NASTY ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 6, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SATURN AURA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO THE GEAR SHIFT THAT WAS STUCK IN REVERSE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK INTO PARK OR DRIVE IT REMAINED IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WERE RESEARCHING THE WARRANTY WITH THE GENERAL MOTORS MANUFACTURER TO CONFIRM IF... Read more
DODGE
CHALLENGER
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 7, 2010
Incident date: Aug 25, 2010
2010 DODGE CHALLENGER SRT8 AUTOMATIC. TRAVELING TO WORK ON FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC AROUND 15-20 MPH. MY CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE. 20 MINUTES LATER I STARTED THE CAR AND CONTINUED TO WORK. I THEN HAD CAR TOWED TO MAK HAIK DODGE ON 1-45 NORTH IN HOUSTON, TEXAS. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AFTER KEEPING MY CAR FOR 24 HOURS. THE STALLING CONDITION HAS N... Read more
Incident date: Aug 31, 2010
I OWN A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA, THE CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, NUMEROUS TRIPS BACK TO THE EXPENSIVE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS THAT JUST SO HAPPEN TO NOT BE UNDER WARRANTY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND THE CAR JUST STOP GOING, SHE SAID IT FELT LIKE THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. AFTER PULLING OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, MIND YOU NOW WE HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN, SHE CALL... Read more
Incident date: Jul 31, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN SENTRA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGIN JERKING ABNORMALLY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 20 MPH. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO TRANSMISSION FLUID IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ADDED AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID YET THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT TO THE CONTACT ATT... Read more
Incident date: Aug 27, 2010
WHEN I EXIT THE 87 FREEWAY SAN JOSE CA AND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE OVER THE BRIDGE ON CURTNER STREET MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND STOP MOVING FORWARD. THEN MY CAR SLIP BACK A FEW FOOT BECAUSE OF THE ANGLE IT WAS ON. LUCKILY THE CAR BEHIND ME STOP OR ELSE I WOULD OF HIT THEM. THE END RESULT HONDA WOULD NOT COVER SOMETHING THAT THEY KNOW IS COMMON WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND THAT IS TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA TL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN 2005 FOR THE ACURA TRANSMISSION RECALL AND ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PLACE THE GEAR IN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE THE VEHICLE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE VEHICLE WASN'T REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 79,000.
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 7, 2010
Incident date: Aug 28, 2010
1. THE DSG TRANSMISSION IN MY JETTA SPORT WAGON WAS UN SAFELY LURCHING FORWARD AND SHIFTING HARSHLY FROM DAY ONE. 2. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO THE FREEWAY AND IT WOULD NOT SHIFT AND WAS SLOWING AS IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG. AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE, I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN HOPING IT WOULD RESET. THE TRANSMISSION WAS LOCKED AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. 3. I AM WAITIN... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 7, 2010
Incident date: Aug 28, 2010
LURCHING IN SHIFT OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WE BOUGHT AN OFF LEASE CONVERTIBLE 05 NEW BEETLE. IT DROVE FINE AT FIRST BUT WE CONTINUALLY NOTICED A LURCHING OR BUCKING SHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND. THIS OCCURRED AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING. AFTER LOOKING UP THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET WE FOUND IT TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. WE WERE JUST OUT OF THE MONTHLY WARRANTY BUT UNDER THE MILEAGE WARRA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2007
BOUGHT A 2004 FORD FREESTAR WITH 25,000 MILES ON IT. DROVE FINE UNTIL 86,000 MILES WHEN WITHOUT WARNING AND AT 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT AND HAD TO COAST TO THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWAY. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND PAID 1,800.00 TO HAVE IT OVERHAULED. THEN 70,000 MILES LATER IT WENT OUT AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME IT WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERT... Read more
Incident date: Aug 25, 2009
2009 FORD ESCAPE XLT V6. TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MERGING INTO INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. SPEEDOMETER READ 60MPH YET NO RPMS. COULD HAVE PROVEN FATAL. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR 1 RECALL REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION FAILED ANYHOW. ALOT OF OTHER 2009 ESCAPES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Sep 2, 2010
ITS SEEMS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 05 MAXIMA IS GOING. *TR
Incident date: Sep 3, 2010
WE WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR DIED. FORTUNATLEY WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BEFORE THE CAR STOPPED COASTING, BUT MY WIFE AND I AND OU4 4 YOUNG CHILDREN WERE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY FOR 45 MINUTES. I WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND IT WOULD COST 3,000 TO REPAIR. MYU BROTHER-IN-LAW IS A MECAHNIC AND SAID THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 17, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA AND HE IT JERKING WHEN I PUT IT IN "D" AND I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS AND THIS CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. WE SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY ON THESE CARS AND THEY ARE NOT SAFE. *TR
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER EXT
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Sep 6, 2010
Incident date: Aug 30, 2010
2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT, FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING LINES DUE TO CORROSION. LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO LOSS. REPLACE ALL TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES (4 SECTIONS). *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2010
I HAD MY TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY FIX THE GAS PEDAL WHICH HAS MADE IT WORSE. THE TRUCK HESITATES THEN LURCHES AHEAD. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION IS MAKING A BANGING NOISE AND DOESN'T SHIFT RIGHT. IT BANGS ON ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION HAVE HAD IT TO THE DEALERS SHOP AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM BUT WON'T FIX IT. *TR