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: Mar 14, 2008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW 325XI. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE IN COLD TEMPERATURES. WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE WAS A MOMENTARY DELAY AND THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY JERK FORWARD BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY FOR DIAG... Read more
Incident date: Jul 9, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MURANO. WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WITHIN SECONDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY VIBRATE. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE VALVE BODY WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 6,900.
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 5, 2010
Incident date: Jul 16, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA GLS TDI. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND AS HE BEGAN TO PROCEED, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE REVERSE GEAR BARRING HAD FAILED. THERE WERE SHARDS OF METAL FROM THE BARRING FOUND IN THE TRANSMISSION SCREEN, CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 27, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NOTICED A SLIGHT SHIFTING PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMA... Read more
Incident date: Aug 2, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 VOLVO XC90. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN DRAGGING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS A SMALL LEAK FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 39,000.
Incident date: May 8, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP LIBERTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT REAR WINDOW FELL AJAR AND WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE CLOSED POSITION. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL INTO THE DOOR PANEL. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE WINDOWS WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A NEWLY DESIGNED WINDOW ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS A RESULT OF SEVERAL ISSUES WITH THE OLDER DESIGN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5... Read more
Incident date: Jul 27, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY WHILE SWITCHING GEARS. THE VEHICLE THEN INDEPENDENTLY SURGED FORWARD. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR WHENEVER SWITCHING GEARS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 62,000. ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 3, 2010
MY 2006 CHRYSLER 300 STUCK IN PARK IN A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT. WAITED 2 HRS FOR A TOW TRUCK IN THE HOT AZ HEAT. TRUCK DRIVER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR CHRYSLER AND WHAT HE GETS THE MOST CALLS FOR. DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I WAS THE 3RD CAR THAT DAY COMING INTO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. CASHIER STATED IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY AND CHRYSLER SHOULD RECALL. IT... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 5, 2010
Incident date: Jun 14, 2010
2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER DEFECTED RADIATORS LEAKING INTO TRANSMISSION, RUSTING COMPONENTS LEADING TO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND FAILURE, I WAS ON THE MASS PIKE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 60 WHEN MY PATHFINDER JUST PULL BACK LIKE YOU DROPPED IT IN LOW, 18 WHEELER ALMOST DROVE RIGHT THREW MY BACK OF PATHFINDER, THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THEN ONE TIME, SOMETIMES WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC IT FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMIS... Read more
Incident date: Jul 10, 2010
MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION DIED AT 93000 MILES. I SPEND $2500 TO HAVE IT REBUILT. I WANT HONDA TO PAY FOR IT SINCE THEY HAVE A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION BASED ON THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I READ ON THE SUBJECT. *TR
Incident date: Aug 3, 2010
NO WARNING WAS GIVEN. I WAS LEAVING WORK ON AUGUST 3RD, THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE OUT OF PARK. IT WAS STUCK IN "PARK". I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HE SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM IN CHRYSLER CARS. MY CAR IS A 2007 CHRYSLER 300. 52,000 MILES...WE HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE CAR AND THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE COVERED. WHEN I CALLED CHRYSLER, THEY SAID THE "GEAR SHIFT" WAS NOT COVERED UNDER TH... Read more
Incident date: Aug 3, 2010
DURING ACCELERATION TOYOTA RAV4 WOULD SHIFT HARD, AND SLIP BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW GEARS RAPIDLY CAUSE CAR TO BUCK AND SLOW ABRUPTLY. ISSUE BEGAN ALL AT ONCE AND HAS CONTINUED. CAR IS UNDRIVABLE. *TR
Incident date: Aug 5, 2006
2006 CHEVY COBALT KEY COMES OUT OF IGNITION AND IT STILL RUNS. KEY GETS LOCKED IN STEERING COLUMN AND WILL NOT RELEASE. HAVE TO WAIT ANYWHERE FROM 1 MINUTE TO 3 HOURS. RADIO SHORTED. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE (THIS HAPPENS WHILE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN). CAR WILL NOT START INDICATING A "LOCK KEY", HAVE TO CYCLE AUTOMATIC SHIFTER THROUGH GEARS BEFORE IT WILL START. CAR WI... Read more
Incident date: Aug 5, 2010
TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER OR VIBRATION BETWEEN 35-40 MPH. *TR
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
LONG LIST OF REPAIRS MADE THIS SUMMER INCLUDING COMPUTER, AIRBAG SENSORS, A/C WHOLE SYSTEM, MAIN WINDOW CONTROLS AND NOW MY TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Jun 18, 2009
TRANSMISSION BANGS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND OVERDRIVE LIGHT COMES ON SAYING OD IS OFF. THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT IN LATE 2001;IT WAS FIXED BY THE DEALER. IT STARTED AGAIN IN EARLY 2006. MILLER FORD REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT WAS JUST OUT SIDE OF MY 4 YEAR WARRANTY BUT STILL WITHIN THE MILEAGE. (79,000). I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN IN 2008. THEY STILL WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING F... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE TRANSMISSION SLIP WHEN PUTTING VEH INTO GEAR FROM P TO R OR P TO DRIVE, ETC... ALSO WHEN COMING TO DECELERATION, THE VEH SLAMS INTO LOWER GEAR JERKING VEH EXCESSIVELY. POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE IF VEH CANNOT ENGAGE INTO LOWER GEAR WHEN COMING TO STOP IN TRAFFIC OR IN FRONT OF PEDESTRIANS! THOUSANDS OF BLOGS WITH CUSTOMERS HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES ON CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM AND EDMUNDS.C... Read more
Incident date: Jul 29, 2010
UNDER NORMAL CITY & HIGHWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS, 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY EXL-RES TRANSMISSION BEGAN HARD-SHIFTING, DISCONNECTING AND SLIPPING GEARS. DEALER CLAIMS REPAIRS MUST INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION CONTROL COMPUTER. ALL TRANSMISSION SPECIALTY SHOPS DO NOT UNDERSTAND AND CANNOT PROVIDE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. FAILURE IS CONSTANT WHILE DRIVING. REPAIR/REBUILD/REPLAC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
I JUST RECENTLY (IN NOVEMBER) PURCHASED A 2004 HONDA PILOT. THE TRANSMISSION STARTING CAUSING SHIFTING PROBLEMS. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS LIKE I SLAMMED THE BRAKES ON BUT THANKFULLY I WAS JUST GOING UP OUR DRIVE WAY AND NOT DRIVING FAST. I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN AND IT KEPT MESSING UP. THEN THE GREEN LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON THE D WHEN I WAS DRIVING AND PARKED. I TOOK IT IN AND THEY PLUGGED IT INTO T... Read more
Incident date: Aug 2, 2010
THE BUTTON ON THE SHIFT LEVER ON THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF MY 2006 CHEVY HHR STICKS IN THE IN POSITION ALLOWING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE SHIFTED INTO ANY GEAR INCLUDING PARK AND REVERSE AS I AM DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT RECURS FROM TIME TO TIME, VERY UNPREDICTABLE. AT THIS TIME I HAVE NOT FIXED IT BECAUSE I WAS DEBATING TRADING THE CAR IN. *TR
Incident date: Mar 12, 2010
MY LETTER TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS AS FOLLOWS: FORD MOTOR COMPANYMAIN TOPIC: VEHICLESERVICEISSUESYOUR INQUIRY: MY 2005 EDDIE BAUER EDITION FORD EXPLORER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT SLAMS INTO REVERSE AND SLIPS GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEARS. I GOT ON THE INTERNET TO RESEARCH WHAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS AND WAS APPALLED BY THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF OWNERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM.... Read more
Incident date: Jul 21, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE AND VSC SERVICE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER REPAIRS WHILE BRAKING FROM SPEEDS OF 50 MPH, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE CONTA... Read more
Incident date: Aug 3, 2010
NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN SLIPPING FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT TO TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALER ON 8/3/2010. I HAD MY 3 YEAR OLD AND 5 MONTH OLD INFANT IN CAR WITH ME WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALERSHIP TO DROP OFF MY CAR. WAS ON A SHORT STRIP OF THE FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR BEGAN TO SOUND AS IF IT WAS STRUGGLING TO SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. IT A... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Jul 20, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH CAUTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY DETECTED FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTO TRANSMISSION SHOP FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS. THE TECHNICIAN IN... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Aug 4, 2010
PURCHASED 2006 FORD FUSION SEL 6 CYL., WITH ROUGHLY 48K ON IT AND CURRENTLY HAVE 62K ON IT NOW, IN/AROUND OCTOBER OF 2009, AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO STARTING HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. UPON ACCELERATING BETWEEN 25-40, THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR, OFTEN MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND TAKING AWAY ALL ACCELERATION. IN ORDER FOR IT TO GET BACK INTO GEAR, YOU HAVE TO COMPLETELY LET OF ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2010
THROTTLE SURGES WHEN IN REVERSE. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF OFF AND ON. NOW STARTING TO SURGE A LITTLE WHEN IN DRIVE. WHEN YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE AND NOT ON THE GAS, THE CAR TRIES TO ACCELERATE. *TR
Incident date: Jul 11, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 LINCOLN LS. THE CONTACT WAS PARKING ON AN INCLINE. AS HE SHIFTED INTO PARK AND REMOVED HIS FOOT FORM THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY ROLL BACKWARD. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. WITHIN 300 MILES, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 74,000.
Incident date: Apr 15, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP INTO NEUTRAL. THE CONTACT WOULD ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS RESISTANT. WHEN REMOVING HIS FOOT FROM THE BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY ROLL BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE FAIL... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 4, 2010
Incident date: Feb 17, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED SHE WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH WHEN THE HEATER AND DEFROSTER FAILED. THE WINDOWS HAD TO REMAIN OPEN IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WINDOWS FROM FOGGING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT RADIATOR FLUID LEAKED I... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. *TR
Incident date: Sep 1, 2008
I PURCHASED MY USED 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 ON 12/10/05 FROM SOUTH COAST TOYOTA OF COSTA MESA. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING IT, I RECEIVED SOME KIND OF "ADJUSTMENT NOTICE" ASKING ME TO BRING THE CAR IN, WHICH I DID. I ASKED WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO THE CAR, THEY WOULD NOT DIRECTLY ANSWER MY QUESTION AND SAID IT "WAS NOTHING, JUST A MINOR ADJUSTMENT." IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008, SHORTLY AFTER MY WARRANTY HAD ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 4, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: Jul 30, 2010
TRAVELING WITH MY 3 CHILDREN IN MY FORD FREESTAR 2004 MINIVAN (~70K MILES ON IT) AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND LOST ALL MOTIVE POWER TO THE WHEELS. ENGINE RUNNING FINE, BUT NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO THE WHEELS- AS IF ENGINE POWER BECAME UNPLUGGED FROM WHEELS. WAS ABLE TO COAST TO SHOULDER AND STOP VEHICLE. TESTED ALL GEARS, NO FORWARD OR REVERSE GEARS TESTED WOULD MOVE THE VEHICLE. NEEDED TO CALL FOR T... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2010
MY HONDA CIVIC 2001, STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUPER BUSY STREET. MY CAR BEGAN TO REV UP EVERYTIME I NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD. AND THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT GO PASS 40 KM/HR AND THEN I STOPPED FOR A BIT AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I STARTED MOVE OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE AND THEN THE CAR WOULD NOT GO PASS 20 KM/HR AND 2 MINUTES LATER, MY CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY. MY CA... Read more
Incident date: Aug 4, 2010
CAR LOOSES POWER NUMEROUS TIMES IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, ALMOST CAUSED ME AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO TURN LEFT WITH AN ONCOMING CAR. TOOK IT TO NISSAN, THEY SAID IT'S BECAUSE OIL LEVEL WAS LOW. AFTER OIL CHANGE SERVICE, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. LOOKS LIKE IT IS A TRANSMISSION FAILURE BUT NISSAN DENIES IT. *TR
Incident date: Jul 15, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE REVERSE GEAR AT 115K MILES IN JULY 2010. *TR
MERCURY
MOUNTAINEER
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 3, 2010
Incident date: Jul 29, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. THE TRANSMISSION FAILED OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HEAVILY TRAVELED INTERSTATE 295 IN NJ. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITH NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. AFTER TAKING THE CAR TO MULTIPLE REPAIR SHOPS WHICH INCLUDED A FORD DEALER, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLES AND ALSO THE FORD EXPLORER. I DEPEND ON MY C... Read more
Incident date: Jul 27, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 PONTIAC MONTANA. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO ANY DESIRED GEAR. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AT THE FAILURE LOCATION. THE GEAR CABLE WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 122,000. UPDATED 11/03/10. *LJ
Incident date: Aug 3, 2010
IT WOULD SEEM THAT I HAVE TWO OF THE ISSUES I'VE SEEN HERE WITH MY 2003 AUDI A4 CONVERTIBLE. I HAVE OWNED IT SINCE 2008 AND HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION MODULE TWICE. AS DESCRIBED BY OTHERS, IT WOULDN'T ENGAGE REVERSE, OR GO INTO STANDARD MODE... BLINKING DASH LIGHTS, ETC... THE OTHER COMMON ISSUE IS MY REAR WINDOW. IT IS HOLDING ON BY LESS THAT TWO INCHES OF GLUE. THE REST JUST HANGS... Read more
Incident date: Jul 28, 2010
I HAVE A 2008 DODGE AVENGER AND JUST THE OTHER DAY A LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC IN THE GEAR SHIFTER BROKE, LUCKILY IT WAS IN PARK AND NO ONE WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN IT BROKE. I SPOKE TO DODGE AND THE EXPLAINED TO ME BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECTIVE PART BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET THE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. SO EITHER THIS PLASTIC PIECE IS DEFECTIVE OR DODGE MAKES PART... Read more
Incident date: Apr 8, 2009
MY 2004 HONDA PILOT MAKES A LOUD RATTLING OR VIBRATING NOISE THAT I CAN FEEL WHEN THE CAR IS GOING ABOUT 35 - 60 MPH. I NOTICE IT DAILY ON MY WAY TO AND FROM WORK. SINCE I LIVE WHERE THERE IS NO HONDA DEALER NEARER THAN 150 MILES, I'VE ASKED LOCAL MECHANICS TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE VIBRATION. I'VE FOUND OUT THAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER, AND WILL BE QUITE COSTLY TO... Read more
Incident date: Jul 7, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. THE VEHICLE WAS INTERMITTENTLY EXPERIENCING TROUBLE ACCELERATING IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD MOMENTARILY PAUSE BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER WERE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ALSO ADVISED HAVING THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) REPLACED THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR INTERMITTENTL... Read more
Incident date: Jul 1, 2010
THIS VEHICLE IS A BMW X3 3.0SI. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN FIRST GEAR, THERE IS A SEVERE HESITATION IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN YOU TRY TO ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION "THINKS" ABOUT WHAT GEAR IT SHOULD BE IN. THE VEHICLE HESITATES, STALLS SLIGHTLY, AND CREEPS ALONG SLOWLY BEFORE SECOND GEAR CATCHES. THE RPMS ARE ERRATIC WHEN ACCELERATING. VERY UNPREDICTABLE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THE HESITATI... Read more
Incident date: Jul 28, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO FOURTH GEAR AND THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO TRAVEL OVER 40 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED FOR THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 146,000.
Incident date: Jul 31, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE TRAVELING AT 15 MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 117,000.
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 3, 2010
Incident date: Jul 13, 2010
TRANSMISSION "STRUGGLES" AT 40 MPG AND THEN AGAIN AT 75 MPH. TOLD I NEED A COMPLETE TRANSMISSION $4,500.00! USED ONES CAN'T BE FOUND IN THE JUNK YARDS BECAUSE THE DEMAND IS HIGH! *TR
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Aug 3, 2010
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER - BOUGHT AT 11,000 MILES IN MARCH 2007. NOW, AT 46,000 MILES, JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, I HAVE FUEL GAUGE FAILURE; AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS; 4WD PROBLEMS. *TR
Incident date: Jun 6, 2010
I JUST BOUGHT A 2005 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4.0L V-6 4X4 WITH 45,000 MILES, AND WITHIN ONE MONTH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO ROB SIGHT FORD IN KANSAS CITY, MO AND THEY CHARGED ME $1,200 TO FIX THE VALVE CASING, BUT THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL SLIPPING. A WEEK LATER, THE DEFROSTER QUIT WORKING, AND NOW ONLY BLOWS OUT OF THE FRONT VENTS. I CHECKED WITH SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS ... Read more
Incident date: Jul 11, 2010
I OWN A 2005 ACURA MDX TOURING, JUST PURCHASED 3 WEEKS AGO. 2 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE A HEARD A GRUMBLING/SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA, AND OVER THE PAST 3 WEEKS THE NOISE HAS GRADUALLY STARTED OCCURRING MORE OFTEN. AFTER GETTING AN AAMCO TECHNICIAN TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM HE STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING AT A COST OF $2,700. AF... Read more
Incident date: Apr 4, 2010
NEW 2010 HYUNDAI SANTA FE--AFTER APPROX 3 WEEKS OWNERSHIP, CAR TRIES TO GO INTO REVERSE, MAKES LOUD NOISE, WHEN STARTED. DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME, MAYBE 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. ALSO HAVE "MISS" /"JERK" WHEN CAR SHIFTS AT SLOW SPEED FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR-VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES FOR PROBLEMS--FIRST TWO TRIPS DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE-TRANS SHIFTER CABLE ADJUSTED LAST TRIP TO DEALE... Read more