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
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
AFTER RESEARCH, THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED AS EARLY AS JULY OF 2008. THEN VERY AGGRESSIVELY WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. WENT TO LEAVE A PARK WITH MY 2 DAUGHTERS FRIDAY AND COULD NOT BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT DUE TO SHIFTER LOCKING UP. SEARCHED MANUAL FOR ANSWER AND TRIED THE OVER-RIDE SWITCH TO NO AVAIL. TOW DRIVER TOLD ME HE HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM JUST DAYS BEFORE WITH A DODGE. INFORMED ME OF THE ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 3, 2010
AT 74,000 MY HONDA ODYSSEY'S TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2007 AS A CERTIFIED HONDA VEHICLE AT A FLORIDA HONDA DEALERSHIP. WE HAD THEN MOVE TO MASSACHUSETTS WHERE I BEGAN TAKING MY VAN TO ANOTHER HONDA DEALERSHIP CLOSE BY. IT WAS THERE AT THE END OF 2008 I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE COMPLAINING THAT IT SEEMED JUMPY, ESPECIALLY WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. I TOLD THEM I WAS ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 18, 2010
2002 HONDA ACCORD: 2 CODES WERE PULLED P0700 & PO740....... AMERICAN HONDA NON RESPONSIVE WITH MYSELF OR HONDA DEALER. VEHICLE HAS 76474 MILES. *TR
Incident date: Jun 20, 2005
HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE AWD MALFUNCTION MESSAGE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMING ON. HAD IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT. DEALER REPLACED THE PUMP PRESSURE SENSOR. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A FEW MONTHS BUT HAS RETURNED. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED THE PUMP PRESSURE SENSOR. MY WIFE GOT 5 MINUTES FROM THE DEALER AND THE MESSAGES REAPPEARED. DEALER NOW SAYS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL OIL PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 13, 2008
BEEN HAVING NUMEROUS TRANSMISSIONS ISSUES WITH THE CAR OVER THE PAST 2 TO 3 YEARS. ALREADY TO HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION ONCE, NOW STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AGAIN. LOTS OF JERKING FROM GEAR TO GEAR, LOTS OF DIFFICULTY GETTING THE CAR TO UP SHIFT OR DOWN SHIFT; CAR LOCKING IN 4TH OR 5TH GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF THAT GEAR. CAN NOT BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL BASED ON... Read more
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
WE WERE ON OUR FIRST DAY OF VACATION. WE ORDERED SOME TAKE OUT AND WERE GOING TO PICK IT UP. WE PULLED OVER INTO A PARKING LOT TO GRAB OUR DEBIT CARD OUT OF OUR CONSOLE. WE PUT IT IN PARK AND THEN TRIED TO CONTINUE ON OUR WAY WHEN IT WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PARK. THE CAR NO WARNINGS THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. WE ENDED UP HAVING TO CALL OUR SISTER AND BROTH IN LAW TO HELP US. OUR TWO YEAR OLD WAS I... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2007
JUST OUT OF THE BLUE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND TRANSMISSION MAKING VERY ROUGH SHIFTS INTO 4TH. THIS HAPPENED 3 YEARS AGO AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AS IS AS CAN'T AFFORD A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR HAD 70,000 MILES ROUGHLY WHEN PROBLEM OCCURRED. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 27, 2010
Incident date: Jun 21, 2010
I HAVE LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON MY 2005 VW CONVERTIBLE BEETLE AND WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION COSTING $6000. WHEN RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS MODEL IS RIDDLED WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES. *TR
Incident date: May 15, 2010
APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. IT WOULD ALSO SLIP WHEN DOWN-SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED AND HAVE THEM CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT AS SOON AS I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2010
CVT ( TRANSMISSION) IS FAILING IN MY 2006 FORD FREESTYLE FORD KNOWS OFF THIS ! AND NO RECALL TOO FIX IT !!! *TR
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
2008 DODGE AVENGER STUCK IN PARK AND WILL NOT SHIFT. CAR DROVE FINE TO WORK AND WHEN I MOVED IT AT LUNCHTIME, BUT WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE WORK IT WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. *TR
Incident date: Jun 18, 2009
1. BRAKES SQUEAK AND ARE NOT AS RESPONSIVE AS THEY SHOULD BE A. THE DEALER HAS CHECKED THEM SEVERAL TIMES AND SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM 2. ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN TRAVELING BETWEEN 50-75 M.P.H, THE CAR HAS NOT ACCELERATED PROPERLY AND HAS MADE STRANGE GRINDING NOISE A. DEALER INDICATED THAT ANOTHER OWNER OF THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE EXPRESSED THE SAME COMPLAINT B. DEALER SAID COMPUTER DID NOT S... Read more
Incident date: Jun 6, 2010
OUR XC70 BEGAN OVERHEATING AND WAS TAKEN IN FOR DIAG. IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION AND RADIATOR BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION COOLER IS BUILT INTO THE RADIATOR AND IT BEGAN EXCHANGING ENGINE COOLANT WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS IS A HORRIBLE DESIGN. WHY WOULD THEY NOT BE SEPARATE LIKE MY VW TOUAREG. THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE AND NOW I AM LOOKING AT A $7000 REPAIR. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AFTER TALKING ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2010
I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FREESTAR(FORD) ON THE BELTWAY AT 55MPH WHEN SUDDENLY IT STOPPED MOVING. THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING BUT IT WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SHIFTING HARDWARE- IT SEEMS TO BE A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING, NO SLIPPING, NO NOISE AND NO WARNING LIGHT. VERY FRIGHTENING SINCE I HAD TO BE TOWED FROM THE BELTWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jun 26, 2010
2002 TOYOTA RAV4 TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED EXCELLENTLY WITH ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES PERFORMED AT TOYOTA DEALERS OR AUTHORIZED FACILITIES. IN 2009, TOYOTA SENT A RECALL NOTICE ABOUT A "FAULTY ECM" (ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE) AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN AND THE ECM WAS REPROGRAMMED. AFTER THIS SERVICE, THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING ERRATICALLY AND AS OF JUNE 26, 2010, THE T... Read more
Incident date: Jun 26, 2010
I HAD MY 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA IN PARK AND RUNNING TO COOL THE CAR'S INTERIOR WITH THE AIR CONDITION ON. I WAS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. I DECIDED TO TURN THE CAR OFF ( I WAS STANDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND REACHED IN AND TURNED THE KEY OFF. INSTANTLY MY CAR WENT INTO A ROLL. I JUMPED IN AND HIT THE BRAKE AND STOPPED THE CAR (SETTING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE) THE GEAR SHIFT WAS STILL IN THE PARK POSIT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 18, 2010
2002 HONDA ACCORD SE JUST STARTED HAVING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD WHILE STOPPED, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE CAR WHILE DRIVING WOULD SURGE AND JUMP OUT OF GEAR, WHICH COULD ALSO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. SECOND TRANSMISSION IN 70,000 MILES. AFTER READING ON THE INTERNET, THERE HAS SEEMS TO BE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS TRANSMISSION. HONDA NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THER... Read more
Incident date: May 30, 2010
2008 DODGE AVENGER SXT SHIFT MODULE LOCKS UP STUCK IN PARK. MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS PROBLEM. AVERAGE REPAIR BY DODGE, PARTS + LABOR = ABOUT $360. ANNOYING AND DANGEROUS. *TR
Incident date: Jun 9, 2010
I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 FORD TAURUS DOWN A STATE HIGHWAY, IN ARKANSAS, AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING IT. I WENT TO PASS A VEHICLE, AND INSTEAD OF THE VEHICLE KICKING INTO PASSING GEAR, IT WAS AS IF THE VEHICLE WENT INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD. THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW. I BARELY MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITHOUT BEING STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE V... Read more
JEEP
COMMANDER 4X4
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 25, 2010
Incident date: Jun 10, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMMANDER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL CLUNK NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT COASTED TO EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE PARKING ASSIST WARNING THEN ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. TH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2010
OWN A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY WITH A REBUILT TRANNY WHEN BOUGHT. 3 YOUNG KIDS UNDER AGE 3. TRANSMISSION JUST WENT WHILE DRIVING WITH ALL 3 KIDS. THANK GOD NO-ONE WAS HURT! THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL???? *TR
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING REPAIRS. THE DEALER DID NOT PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE. THE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 10, 2010
2004 LEXUS ES330-CAR HESITATES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. VERY UNSAFE WHEN TRYING TO MERGE INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. ALMOST HAD SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. COMPUTER CHIP FOR TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX PROBLEM. USED PREMIUM GAS AS SUGGESTED BY MECHANIC- NOTHING HELPED. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2006) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 25, 2010
Incident date: May 20, 2010
THE ENGINE BEGAN CHATTERING WHILE IDLING. IT HAS 80K MILES. THE CHATTERING BECAME WORSE SO I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER. THE TRANSMISSION HOUSING WAS CRACKED, THE FLYWHEEL BROKEN AND SLIP KIT CRACKED. IT WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE TRANSMISSION. TOTAL REPAIR WILL BE MORE THAN $6000 AND TAKE MORE THAN 6 WEEKS TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR. THE PARTS DEALERS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING A FLYWHEEL. ... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 25, 2010
Incident date: May 5, 2010
2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LEAKS COOLANT FLUID INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH CAUSE GEAR SHIFTING PROBLEMS. REPAIR IS $6000 FOR RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
2006 MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING IT STARTED SLIPPING AROUND 97,000 MILES, I TOOK MY CAR TO THE SHOP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, NOW IT IS GETTING WORSE, WHILE I AM DRIVING THE CAR JERKS VERY HARD AND THEN IT STARTS TO NOT CHANGE OUT AND WHEN IT DOES CHANGE OUT IT SPEEDS THE CAR UP. *TR
Incident date: Jun 25, 2004
I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THE TRANSMISSION SEEM TO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY DEAD. I HAVE IT SERVICED AT A NISSAN DEALER OFTEN (MOST RECENT 3 MONTHS BACK) AND EVERYTHING SEEM TO BE GOOD. I HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ISSUE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T PIN POINT THE ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Jun 25, 2010
2006 CHEVY COBALT LS: POWER STEERING FAILURE, AS WELL AS TACH & SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATIONS. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ROUGH. ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, AS WELL AS AN ICON THAT LOOKS LIKE A CAR WITH A LOCK ON IT. ALL THIS HAPPENED AT ONE TIME...BETWEEN THE TIME I PARKED IT AFTER WORK (NO PROBLEMS), TIL I WENT OUT AND STARTED IT AGAIN TO GO TO THE STORE. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 1901
1999 FORD WINDSTAR VAN. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH FRONT END SHUDDERS ON ACCELERATION, SOMETIMES DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL WHEN GAS IS PRESSED *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER, PROBLEMS DEVELOPED. FOUR DAYS LATER, THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *JB
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 24, 2010
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
MY TRANSMISSION JERKS / JOLTS SIGNIFICANTLY WHILE MY CAR IS COMING TO A STOP. THIS OCCURS PRETTY REGULARLY, USUALLY ONCE ON MY WAY TO WORK EVERY MORNING WHEN I PULL UP TO A STOP LIGHT AFTER DRIVING FOR APPROX. 25 MINUTES. IT DOES THIS JOLTING NO MATTER WHO IS DRIVING THE CAR. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING LAST YEAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO MY DEALER TWICE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE AND RESOLVE THE ISS... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES. A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS PERFORMED EACH TIME BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 23, 2010
I AM THE OWNER OF A 2003 HONDA ACCORD EX V6. ON YESTERDAY, 6/23/2010 ,I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, DURING RUSH HOUR,WHEN MY CAR STARTED TO CHOKE AND SLIP. IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS PUSHING AND PULLING THE CAR. THE RPMS WERE GOING UP TO 4-5 WHEN I TRIED TO ACCELERATE. NATURALLY I WAS SCARED. MY CAR WAS DISRUPTING THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, BUT THANKFULLY NO ONE HIT ME. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO NORT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 24, 2006
I HAVE OWNED MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT SINCE JUNE 2006 AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS OUT OF THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR EVERY REPAIR BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO ALL HAPPEN BEFORE A RECALL IS ISSUED AND THE DEALERSHIPS WILL NOT REFUND MONEY ON THE REPAIRS. 1) A/C LEAKS WATER IN PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 3 TIMES AND IT IS STILL LEAKING. NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHY TH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
TRANSMISSION LUNGES FROM A DEAD STOP UPON ACCELERATION. DOES NOT MOVE WITH INCREASED RPMS UNTIL TORQUE CONVERTER BANGS. PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE PURCHASE IN 2006 WITH 11,000 MILES. TAKEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES WITH NO PROBLEM FOUND. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS WITH THIS PER INTERNET SEARCH. CHEVROLET EVIDENTLY WILL NOT OWN UP TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
2004 VOLVO XC90 T6 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. LOST POWER DIFFICULT TO DRIVE CAR TO SAFE PARKING SPACE. *TR
Incident date: Jul 8, 2006
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD LC F-550. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OF AT LEAST 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC YET WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR PRODUCE ANY FAILURE CODES FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 300 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 09/24/... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SATURN ION. WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE DEALER PERFORMED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH ON THE VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THERE WERE NO FURTHER REPAIRS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.
Incident date: May 25, 2010
I PURCHASED MY 06 NISSAN MAXIMA EARLIER THIS YEAR. NOW I AM FACED WITH A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AT ONLY 90K MILES. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND THAT AN UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM CREATES DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AS THE VEHICLE MAY SLIP OUT OF GEAR IN PLACES WHERE IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO WHEN THE ENGINE REVS DUE TO GEAR SLIPPAGE IT CAN CAUSE ACCE... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2006) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 24, 2010
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
I PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR AT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN JULY 2006. IN AUGUST OF 2006, THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN 2007, THE FUEL LEVEL UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. IN 2009, THE FUEL MODULE HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW, THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS HAVE BEGUN. THE DEALER REFUSES TO REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM PATHFIND... Read more
Incident date: May 27, 2010
I HAVE A 2008 DODGE AVENGER THAT I COULD NOT GET OUT OF PARK. A MECHANIC FRIEND REMOVED THE GEAR SHIFT COVER AND NOTICES A PINK PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT APPEARED TO BE BROKEN FROM SOMEWHERE INSIDE THE GEARSHIFT. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION THIS PINK PIECE OF PLASTIC IS WHAT IS NEEDED TO MOVE THE CAR OUT OF PARK. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL ITEM. *TR
Incident date: May 18, 2010
2004 FORD EXPLORER V6 TRANSMISSION OD LIGHT FLASHING AND TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AT TIMES. *TR
Incident date: Dec 10, 2008
I WAS COMING HOME AND WAITING FOR MY GARAGE DOOR TO OPEN WHEN MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 SUDDENLY ACCELERATED (EVEN THOUGH I QUICKLY PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE) AND CRASHED THROUGH THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE GARAGE DOOR SIDE-SWIPING ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A BODY SHOP TO GET FIXED AND ALSO TOOK IT TO A SERVICE SHOP, AND NEITHER PLACE COULD FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. SINCE ... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Oct 10, 2008
MY 2005 BMW 545I HAS A HESITATION, AND STRONG HARD DOWNSHIFT PRESENT, UNDER FACTORY WARRANTY I COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS, AND NOW OUTSIDE OF FACTORY WARRANTY I AM STILL HAVING ISSUES, AND NO ONE IS WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AT MY DEALER BASNEY IMPORTS. WHEN CALLING BMWNA THEY ARE UNWILLING TO HELP UNTIL A "HARD CODE" IS PRESENT, EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICE ADVISOR, AND TECHNICIANS HAVE ROAD AROUND W... Read more
Incident date: Jun 24, 2010
FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING DOWN TO FIRST GEAR. IT OCCURS AFTER A SLOW COMMUTE OVER A PROLONGED HILL. ONCE I REACH THE TOP AND ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO FIRST, RESULTING IN EXTREME RPMS. I HAVE TO SHIFT THE CAR DONE TO LOW GEAR THEN BACK TO D(RIVE) TO RESET IT. THE ISSUE SOUNDS EXTREMELY SIMILAR TO ISSUES ENCOUNTERED WITH TH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 12, 2010
THE TRANSMISSION WAS DOING WHAT FELT LIKE "NEUTRAL DROPS" AT LOW SPEEDS, WHERE I WOULD SHIFT INTO DRIVE, GET THE "CLUNK" THAT I NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH THE TRANSMISSION DROPPING INTO FIRST, THEN DEPRESS THE GAS SLIGHTLY TO START MOVING. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ENGINE WOULD REV SUDDENLY, AND THEN CATCH FIRST, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, CAUSES A SUDDEN LURCH OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE SINCE THE ENGINE HAD BEEN ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 21, 2010
ON 6/21/2010, MY 2002 TOYOTA SEQUOIA SRS 2-WHEEL DRIVE MODEL AT 74K MILES HAD FAILURE WITH ITS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHILE RUNNING ON HIGHWAY. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REPEATEDLY FAILED TO PROPERLY ENGAGE THE OVERDRIVE GEARS, RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DROPPING OF ENGINE RPM, CAUSED SUDDEN DROP OF VEHICLE SPEED, CAUSED VEHICLE VIBRATION AND LOUD CLANKING SOUNDS, AND RESULTED IN DIFFICULT DRIVING ... Read more
MERCEDES-BENZ
C230
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 23, 2010
Incident date: Jun 20, 2010
ON AT LEAST FIVE OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ADVANCE OUT OF FIRST GEAR OR EXCEED 25 MPH DESPITE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. THIS HAS PRESENTED A SAFETY ISSUE FOR IT HAS OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND MIGHT AS ONE IS ENTERING A HIGHWAY OR EXPRESSWAY WITH VEHICLES RAPIDLY APPROACHING FROM BEHIND. *TR
Incident date: Jun 22, 1984
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA NOT PROPERLY SHIFTING JERKS AND HARD BUMPS WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING, SOMETIMES THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S TRYING TO CHANGE GEARS AND IS SUCKING FOR GAS THEN THE HARD BUMP COMES. IT BUMP SO HARD DOING ACCELERATION THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2 DAYS AGO. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP IT'S THE MOTOR MOUNTS OTHER REPAIR COMPANIES SAYS IT'S MORE SERIOUS A... Read more
Incident date: Jun 22, 2010
MY CAR WAS ACTING FINE YESTERDAY AND THEN TODAY WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF PARK. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPEN SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR TWO YEARS AGO. BUT I TRIED EVERYTHING TO MAKE IT WORK AND THE CAR STILL WOULDN'T COME OUT OF PARK. MY SISTER'S BOYFRIEND TOOK THE CONSOLE APART AND REMOVED THE AREA COVERING THE GEAR AND THERE WAS THIS PINK BUTTON THAT WOULD ALLOW THE GEAR TO MOV... Read more
Incident date: Jun 23, 2010
2001 3.2TL ACURA. DOCUMENT SENT REGARDING MEDIATION ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER REGARDING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD BANG NOISE. HE PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, BUT NO NOISE WAS HEARD. HE GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE, PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR AND BEGAN TO PROCEED SLOWLY, AGAIN NO NOISE WAS HEARD. THE NEXT MORNING, HE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO TA... Read more