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: May 27, 2010
THE TRANSMISSION IN OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. SEVERELY JERKS AND LOSSES POWER WHILE DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS. *TR
Incident date: May 31, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY DECREASE IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000.
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
2003 HONDA ACCORD, V-6, AUTOMATIC. FIRST OWNER, ALL SERVICES (BUT FOR LAST TWO OIL CHANGES (BY ME) DONE BY HONDA. AT 81,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION OFTEN FAILS TO UPSHIFT FROM 2-3D GEAR, WILL ALSO DOWNSHIFT ABRUPTLY TO 2ND GEAR, CAN APPROACH ENGINE OVERSPEED AND DIFFICULTY WITH CONTROL OF THE CAR AS THE FRONT WHEELS WILL TRANSIENTLY LOCK-UP IN THIS EVENT. THE CAR WAS ONLY DRIVEN TO THE DEALER AFTER... Read more
Incident date: Feb 14, 2010
DRIVING 2005 PONTIAC VIBE AND IN AFTERNOON OF 2/14/2010 SHIFTING BECAME HARD. TOOK TO BE DIAGNOSED AND CODE THAT CAME UP IS P2716; PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID; ELECTRICAL FAULT. TOOK TO HAVE DIAGNOSED AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, AND SAME CODE ARISES. FOUND OUT WILL HAVE TO REPLACE COMPUTER ON A 5 YR OLD VEHICLE. WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT GMC TRIED TO COVER UP, BUT KNOWING THAT MY... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2010
A DEFECTIVE POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM, PCM) ON THE FORD FREESTAR VAN ACTUALLY CAUSES A SPARK PLUG TO MISFIRE AND EVENTUALLY STARTS TO MELT. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE THREE OR FOUR TIMES. MY CAR BUCKS AND MISFIRES ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AS I WAS ENTERING HIGHWAY. *TR
Incident date: Jun 8, 2010
TRANSMISSION SHUDDER PERSISTS AFTER THREE SOFTWARE UPDATES AND TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACEMENT. WARRANTY EXPIRES AT 60K, CURRENTLY AT 57K. DEALER HAS EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION IN DEALING WITH HONDA OF AMERICA IN FINDING A RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. BEFORE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED THE DEALER HAD TO TAKE A "SNAPSHOT" OF THE RPM DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. AFTER TORQUE CONVERTER REP... Read more
Incident date: Jul 15, 2008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. SHE STATED WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DID ADVISE REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS UNUSUALLY DARK IN COLOR. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED,... Read more
Incident date: May 18, 2010
I HAVE A 2010 MERCURY MILAN THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IT HAS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE LAST STRAW WAS 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE TRANSMISSION KICKED IN WHEN I WAS TURNING IT POPPED MY NECK AND I HIT A CURB. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR. ONE TIME THE GAS PEDAL STUCK AND I HAD TO REACH DOWN AND PULL OUT MY FLOOR MAT. ALSO TRIM PARTS JUST... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Aug 28, 2009
TRANSMISSION IS HARD SHIFTING FROM 1-2 2-3 SMALL VIBRATION THAT CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED BY DEALER OR TIRE SHOP. *TR
Incident date: Jun 7, 2010
THE CVT TRANSMISSION ON MY 2003 MINI COOPER HAS FAILED RENDERING THE CAR NOT DRIVABLE. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUIRKY, BUT I WAS ASSURED BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS WORKING PROPERLY. THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS DRASTICALLY AND MAKES A VERY AUDIBLE WHIRRING SOUND. THE ONLY OPTION FOR REPAIR IS A COMPLETE NEW PART INSTALL AT THE DEALER COST OF $8,800. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF IDENT... Read more
Incident date: Jun 8, 2010
2004 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION WITH DEALER INSTALLED TOWING PACKAGE FAILURE. *TR
Incident date: May 6, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM AND COMPLAINT AGAINST 2001 HONDA CIVIC MAY 6, 2010. SUDDEN FAILURE TO ACCELERATE WHILE IN TRAFFIC WILL KILL SOMEONE, AS IT ALMOST HAPPENED TO ME TODAY AND I WANT THE NHTSA TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT A SAFETY RECALL! THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE 2001 HONDA CIVIC AND THIS PROBLEM DESERVES INVESTIGATION WHICH WILL SURELY... Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2010
2005 MAXIMA JERKING BETWEEN GEARS. OCCURS CONSTANTLY. TAKEN TO 2 REPAIR SHOPS AND HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED WITHOUT RESOLVE. TOLD NEED NEW TRANSMISSION BY BOTH SHOPS. *TR
Incident date: Jul 2, 2005
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT PUSHED TO THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000. THE CURRE... Read more
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FLHX
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 7, 2010
Incident date: Mar 20, 2008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHX. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 0-30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY SHIFT FROM THE DRIVING GEAR INTO NEUTRAL GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. ALSO WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE REAR WHEEL SUDDENLY LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED FOR THAT PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 5, 2010
TOYOTA RAV 4 TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS AFTER SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES, SHIFTING FROM 1-2 WILL HESITATE AND CAUSE ENGINE REV, WILL ALSO JERK WHILE SHIFTING HESITATION COULD BE HAZARDOUS AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS. AND SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE PROPERLY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Apr 7, 2010
TRANSMISSION "CATCHES" WHILE DRIVING AT SPEED CAUSING THE CAR TO HESITATE. FEELS AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND CAUSE A REAR END TYPE OF ACCIDENT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
2000 LEXUS RX 300 WITH 82K MILES HAS BROKEN TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND DRIVEN BY MY WIFE AND THE TRANS WENT OUT LAST FRI WHEN SHE WAS LEAVING THE PARKING LOT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 PONTIAC VIBE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON JUNE 4, 2010, WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR IT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REFE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHRYSLER 300 C. WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 87,000.
Incident date: Mar 3, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 DODGE RAM 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REVERSE GEAR WAS NON-FUNCTIONAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE REVERSE GEAR RETENTION CLIP CAME OUT AND DISINTEGRATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,534.
Incident date: Jun 7, 2010
2005 TOYOTA TACOMA LUNGES OR SURGES WHILE HOLDING THE BRAKE AT LIGHT. IF I DON'T HOLD THE BRAKE FIRM IT COULD REAR END VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. DEALER SAYS ITS NORMAL. AND CHARGED ME TO INSPECT. AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A PART IN THE AIRBAG AND WANTED 612.00 TO REPLACE STATING THAT IT MAY GO OFF WHILE DRIVING.CAUSING A CRASH .SHOULDN'T A PART THIS CRITICAL BE COVERED FOR LIFE OF T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 17, 2010
MY CAR'S TRANSMISSION BECAME DISENGAGED FROM THE THIRD OR FOURTH GEAR AND DROPPED DOWN TO SECOND GEAR WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. THE RPM GAUGE WENT UP TO 5000 RPMS BEFORE I LET OFF THE GAS REALIZING THE CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT. WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AND MY CAR PREFERRING TO BE IN 2ND GEAR, I WAS AT RISK OF BEING REAR-ENDED. RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM REVEALED THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION SPEED S... Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2010
VEHICLE SHIFTS UNUSUALLY BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD GEAR AND 3RD & 4TH GEAR. THE CONDITION IS WORSE IN WET AND/OR COLD WEATHER. ON TOP OF THE REGULAR MALFUNCTION OF THE GEAR SHIFTING, ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAS SLAMMED BETWEEN GEARS CREATING A "REAR END CRASH TYPE FEEL" TO THE PASSENGERS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THAT THE CAR SHIFTS PROPERLY IN COMPARISON TO "LIKE" VEH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (2003 SATURN VUE) IT HAS HAD ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. I CALLED GM AND ASKED FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTER AND WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND IT WAS NOT A GM CERTIFIED AUTO CENTER THEY WERE UNABLE TO EXTEND ANY TYPE OF SERVICE. THE SUV LOSES POWER, BEGINS TO "PUTT" WHEN IT REACHES A HALF OF A TANK GASOLINE. WHEN IN IDLE THE ENGINE SHAKES. GOING... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CAN-AM SPIDER MOTORCYCLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ATTEMPTING TO STOP, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED FROM THIRD GEAR TO FIRST. THE VEHICLE THEN SURGED FORWARD SO THE CONTACT APPLIED MORE PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP IT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT B... Read more
Incident date: May 28, 2010
OUR 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY BEGAN SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR WHILE WE WERE DRIVING 10 DAYS AGO. IT SLIPPED THREE TIMES, AND WE WERE DRIVING THE VAN ON A HIGHWAY WITH OUR CHILD IN THE CAR. WE NO LONGER FELT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE THE VAN, SO WE HAD IT EVALUATED AT THE CAR DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2003. THEY TOLD US OUR TRANSMISSION IS FAILING AT ONLY 88,000 MILES. WE HAVE HAD ALL REGULA... Read more
Incident date: Apr 4, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THERE WAS A SAFETY ALERT LETTER ISSUED NOVEMBER OF 2009 FOR 2003 SATURN ION OWNERS WITH STIPULATIONS CLAIMING THAT THE CAR HAD TO BE IN SERVICE FOR 5 YEARS OR LESS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PART REPAIRED AT NO COST. NO ONE FALLS UNDER THIS CRITERIA CONSIDERING THAT THIS ALERT WAS SENT OUT IN NOVEMBER OF 2009, REFER TO SAFETY ALERT #09280. MY CAR HAS 55,000 MILES ON IT AND A T... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE 2002 HONDA CIVIC LX MODEL. THE CAR STARTED TO SPEED UP/SLOW DOWN AND THEN STOPPED. IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER'2ND GEAR COMING OFF AND 3RD GEAR NOT COMING IN. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND I'VE READ THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THE 2002 HONDA CIVIC AND THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I ALSO FOUND MANY TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS REGARDING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS... Read more
Incident date: Jul 21, 2009
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2010
I HAVE A 2010 AUDI A4 WITH THE "MULTITRONIC" CVT TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE, THE CAR ROLLS-BACK (OR FORWARD) WHEN IN DRIVE, MUCH LIKE A CAR WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS BEHAVIOR IS "NORMAL" AND FUNCTIONING "AS DESIGNED." WHILE THIS HAS NOT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE COLLISION... Read more
DODGE
GRAND CARAVAN
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 5, 2010
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
WHEN SPEED CONTROL IS ON AND ACTIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT 3RD GEAR LEVEL VERY HARD AND THE ENGINE WILL GO INTO A HIGH RPM REV. TURNED OFF SPEED CONTROL OR STEPPING ON THE BRAKES THIS CONDITION CONTINUED FOR 30 SECONDS. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP, THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR ERROR CODES IN THE COMPUTER OR ANY FACTORY RECALL ON THIS CONDITION.... Read more
Incident date: May 25, 2010
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE SAFETY COMPLAINT THAT I SUBMITTED YESTERDAY. I JUST HAD AN UPDATE FROM THE TRANSMISSION SHOP ABOUT MY VEHICLE. IN THE INITIAL INSPECTION, THEY MISSED THE FACT THAT A BARING SPUN OUT AND SAID THIS WAS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT AND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. THE BARING PART WAS 91007-PCJ-003. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE SECONDARY IDLE GEAR WAS ANOTHER MAIN... Read more
Incident date: May 30, 2010
WHILE DRIVING A HONDA ACCORD V6 2003 ON A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, SUDDENLY TCS INDICATOR CAME ON AND THE CAR STOPPED. THERE WAS NO WARNING EVER AND THE CAR HAS BARELY 80,000 MILES ON IT AND HAD BEEN MAINTAINED VERY WELL AND WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY UNTIL THIS SUDDEN MOMENT. WAS LUCKY TO PULL OVER THE SHOULDER WITHOUT ANYBODY READ ENDING ME. GOT THE CAR TOWED TO NEAREST HONDA DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS... Read more
Incident date: May 30, 2010
HAVE HAD OUR 2007 VERSA FOR 2 1/2 YEARS AND HAVE HAD NO ISSUES UP UNTIL LAST WEEK. WHEN DRIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS HAD TO STOP, PUT CAR IN REVERSE AND CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. PUT IN DRIVE AND CAR MOVED BUT WAS SLUGGISH. LATER CAR DROVE NORMALLY. TOOK TO DEALER 6/4/10 FOUND CODE P746 AND REPLACED TCM. DEALER DEALT WITH ISSUE GREAT. JUST REPORTING IN CASE OF FUTURE RECALL ISSUES OR OTHER PEOPLE HAVE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 8, 2010
TRANSMISIN DAADA. *TR
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
2010 HONDA ODYSSEY (10,000 MILES) LEASED-- TRANSMISSION REVS AT 6 AND SLAMS INTO GEAR AT AROUND 40 MPH. SECOND OCCURRENCE SINCE FEBRUARY OCCURRED TUESDAY. THE CAR JERKS AND SLAMS INTO GEAR UPON ENTRANCE TO A HIGHWAY, WITH FURTHER REVVING AND LOUD BANGING SLAMMING INTO GEAR FOR THE NEXT SHIFT. BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND AND THEN 2ND AND THIRD GEARS. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED SINCE THEN. VERY SCARY. *TR
Incident date: Jun 3, 2010
03JUN10 WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE FOR WORK, I COULD NOT GET MY VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. I CALLED A DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THIS. I CALLED A FEW DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND THEY BOTH STATED IT COULD BE A BRAKE SAFETY SWITCH AND TO TRY A MANUAL OVER RIDE SWITCH NEAR THE GEAR SHIFTER. TRIED THE OVER RIDE WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. CAR IS STILL STUCK IN PARK. D... Read more
Incident date: May 28, 2010
TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ON A NEW 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY AT 41,000. NOW AT 94,000 MILES ANOTHER TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED ON THE SAME VEHICLE. THE SAME PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING. THE CAR SOUNDED FUNNY. THIS IS WHAT ALERTED THE PROBLEM TO ME THE FIRST TIME. SHORTLY AFTERWARD THE CAR DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IT. AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING WITH THE SAME MINIVAN AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP WRANGLER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE HIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 09V436000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR A HARD COPY OF THE RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2010
I HAVE A 2001 FORD EXPLORER AND AT FIRST THE TRUCK WOULD SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEARS SO I TOOK IT TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. I HAD THAT REPLACED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. YESTERDAY, I WAS DRIVING AND THE TRUCK SLIPPED OUT OF DRIVE.... AND IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. THIS TRUCK ... Read more
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 4, 2010
Incident date: May 14, 2010
WENT TO DEALER FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND OIL CHANGE ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WAS TOLD THAT THE SENSORS ARE INDICATING THAT THERE IS MOISTURE GETTING INTO MY TRANSMISSION DUE TO A ISSUE WITH THE DIP STICK NOT SEALING PROPERLY. WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $192.00 (PARTS AND LABOR) TO REPAIR. THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD THAT IF MY TRANSMISSION DID GO OUT DUE TO... Read more
Incident date: Jun 3, 2010
2000 RX300 TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT APPROXIMATELY 121,000 MILES ... DEALER DOES NOT DO REBUILDS, SO QUOTED FOR $4100 A NEW ONE WITHOUT ANY DETAILED INFORMATION ON WHAT EXACTLY WAS WRONG WITH IT. HAD IT TOWED TO REPUTABLE SPECIALIST, AND WAS TOLD A REBUILD WOULD COST MORE THAN A "RE-MANUFACTURE" ... $3600 + TAX FOR 12 MONTH WARRANTY. GOT IT DONE, BROUGHT IT HOME THE 1ST DAY AND IS LEAKING TRANSMIS... Read more
Incident date: Jun 29, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE YET THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, PRIOR TO THE FAILURE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEGAN TO DRIVE IN A SLUGGISH MANNER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
TOYOTA
HIGHLANDER
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 4, 2010
Incident date: May 31, 2010
MY 2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER V6 AT TIME HAS VERY ROUGH SHIFTS. THE TRANSMISSIONS SEEMS TO HESITATE AND LAG WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE DURING NORMAL DRIVING SPEEDS. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING 20 TO 60. *TR
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 2500
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 4, 2010
Incident date: Aug 24, 2009
MY 2006 DURMAX DIESEL 2500 TRUCK HAS TRANSMISSION HOSES THAT RUN FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE RADIATOR. THESE HOSES HAVE ALUMINUM PIECES ON EACH END AND THEY SEEP OIL AT THE JOINT WHERE THE ALUMINUM JOINS A PIECE OF RUBBER HOSE IN THE CENTRE. THEY CONTINUOUSLY LEAK TRANSMISSION OIL ON THE GROUND AT THIS CRIMP JOIN. THE COLDER THE WEATHER, THE WORSE THESE HOSES LEAK. I FEEL BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE TH... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 4, 2010
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER LE, HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENSOR UNIT AT OWN EXPENSE WHEN IT WOULDN'T SHOW CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT IN TANK BELOW HALF FULL. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED ABOUT 50K MILES. NOW WITH JUST UNDER 95K MILES, AM HAVING ISSUE WITH TRANSMISSION NOT LOCKING INTO OVERDRIVE. THIS IS THE SITUATION OFTEN DESCRIBED AS HEAVY VIBRATION AROUND 45 MPH, AS WELL AS AROUND 60 MPH. HAVE HAD DEA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTER CONNECTION IS PLASTIC AND CRACKED. ONCE THIS PIECE CRACKS, THE GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT ENGAGE. I PARKED MY CAR, AND THE NEXT TIME I TRIED TO LEAVE, THE GEAR SHIFT WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE PART HAS TO BE REPLACED. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART. *TR
Incident date: Jun 1, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 20-35 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED HESITATION IN A JERKING MOTION. THE FAILURES OCCURRED INTERMITTENT AND PROGRESSED TO A PERMANENT CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TI... Read more
Incident date: Apr 25, 2010
I WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON 4/25/10 WITH A 1993 LEXUS SC400 VIN# [XXX] . I WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT CONTROLLED INTERSECTION WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. I FEEL THAT THE COMPUTER CHIP CONTROLLING EITHER THE TRANSMISSION OR IDLING SPEED FAILED AS THE VEHICLE COULD NOT COME TO A HALT AND RESULTED IN A COLLISIO... Read more
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