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: Jun 15, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ENTIRE REAR SUBFRAME HAD RUSTED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE PROBLEM AT THE TIME THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD DROP FROM FOURTH GEAR TO FIRST GEAR SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE D... Read more
Incident date: Apr 27, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING BUT THE ENGINE KEPT RUNNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 62,000.
Incident date: Nov 24, 2009
2002 DODGE INTREPID. CONSUMER STATES WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT MADE A CLUNK SOUND AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THE CONSUMER STATED ALMOST FROM THE TIME SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS. AS SOON AS SHE DROVE OVER 45 MPH, THE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV BETWEEN 2500-300 RPMS. IT WOULD STAY IN THAT POSITION UNTIL THE SHE PULL... Read more
Incident date: Apr 6, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH SOME SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME I EVER FELT THE TRANS SHIFT ROUGHLY WAS AT ABOUT 35K MILES, I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS SO RANDOM AND THE CAR WAS NEW. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 30K MILES OR SO IT WOULD HAPPEN SO RANDOMLY THAT IT WOULD NEVER CAUSE ANY SERIOUS CONCERN, IT WOULD BE DURING A DESCENT DOWN A HILL WHEN IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 24, 2009
AT APPROXIMATELY 53,000 MILES, WITHOUT WARNING, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2006 JAGUAR X-TYPE COMPLETELY AND CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED. THE FAILURE INCLUDED THE TRANSFER CASE AND THE MAIN GEAR BOX, WHERE THE ACTUAL GEARS WERE BROKEN INTO FRAGMENTS. *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARD A NOISE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AS IF IT WERE IN THE WRONG GEAR. SHE NOTICED THE PROBLEM EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMAT... Read more
Incident date: Apr 29, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 GMC ACADIA. WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CLUTCH PLATE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 48,00... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
PASSAT
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 11, 2010
Incident date: May 10, 2010
2006 VW PASSAT 2.0T. 53,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION MAKES HARD KNOCK WHEN DOWNSHIFTING ON COMING TO A STOP AFTER FREEWAY TYPE TRAVEL. THIS IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. IF THIS CONTINUES, I AM EXPECTING THE CV JOINTS OR TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. HAVE REPORTED THIS TO DEALER ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR FIX IT. *TR
Incident date: May 11, 2010
WHEN DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS THE ENGINE STALLS. MOST RECENTLY THIS HAPPENED DURING STOP AND GO DRIVING AT ABOUT 7 MPH. WHEN ACCELERATING OUT OF A STOP THE CAR JERKS AND LUNGES FORWARD. WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE CAR RUNS ROUGH. WHEN ACCELERATING TO HIGHER SPEEDS THE CAR HESITATES AND JERKS. CUSTOMER HAS TAKEN CAR INTO 4 DIFFERENT MECHANICS FOR THESE PROBLEMS - MOST RECENTLY TO THE DEALER WH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 25, 2010
2005 NISSAN XTERRA STARTED VIBRATING WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AND THEN WENT INTO "SAFE MODE" WHERE DRIVER HAS LITTLE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. TURNS OUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER LINES RUN THROUGH THE RADIATOR. THE CONNECTION FAILED AND LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND NEED TO BE REPLACED ($4500 FIX). THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2005 NISSAN TRUCKS/SUVS. *TR
Incident date: Oct 11, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET UPLANDER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ALWAYS START ON THE FIRST OR SECOND ATTEMPT AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND JERKED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AND THE FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNA... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2007
RX300 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 96,00 MILES. THEN 6 MONTHS LATER, THE MOTOR NEEDED WORK. THIS IS NOT A QUALITY CAR AS I WAS LED TO BELIEVE. IT HAS COST TOO MUCH OUT OF POCKET MONEY WHEN THE WARRANTY WAS NOT HONORED BY HOUSTON NORTHSIDE LEXUS. *TR
Incident date: May 1, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING A RECURRING FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHICH WOULD INTERMITTENTLY SKIP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THE FAILURE WAS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS TH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 9, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK UNLESS THE UNLOCK BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED ON THE SHIFT LEVER. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT FUNCTION. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 07V402000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH) THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT PL... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE SHIFTER WAS REPROGRAMMED; HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. THE DEALER THEN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2010
I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA CAMRY AL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD TURN OFF. MY CAR IS UNDRIVABLE, THE DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT IS FAILING AND IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THE APPROXIMATE COST OF REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY IS 1,000. I CALLED TOYOTA CORP. TO ASK FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN PAYMENT DUE TO THE FACT MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. I AM OUTSIDE THE 60,000 WARRAN... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
DRIVING DOWN THE HWY THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND OFF. TRANSMISSION THEN BEGINS TO RANDOMLY CHANGE GEARS. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO FIX. *TR
Incident date: Apr 2, 2010
LEXUS RX 300: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLAINT. MY 2000 LEXUS RX 300 IS HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. I'M A MOTHER OF THREE AND USE THE CAR PRIMARILY TO TRANSPORT CHILDREN AND THE FAMILY DOG TO VARIOUS PLACES--I.E. TO SCHOOL, SPORTING EVENTS, CARPOOLING AS WELL AS RUNNING VARIOUS HOUSEHOLD ERRANDS AND OTHER FAMILY RELATED ACTIVITIES. I HAVE MAINTAINED THE... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH NO WARNING, ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE COMPLETED. *TR
Incident date: May 9, 2010
SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING, REVERSE GEAR ON MY 2000 BMW 323I WOULD NOT WORK - NO NOISE, NO WARNING. FORWARDS GEARS ALL WORK FINE. *TR
Incident date: Oct 28, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE WAS EXTREMELY SLOW IN ACCELERATING AND WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, THE FUEL LEVEL IN... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA PILOT. WHILE TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 25 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 25 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO FIRST, SECOND OR THIRD GEARS AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD SPORADICALLY ILLUMINATE ON THE DASHBOARD. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED AND WOULD NEE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 17, 2010
TRANSMISSION SLIPS . MAKES LOUD BANGING NOISE. FIRST OCCURRED WITH 750 MILES ON CAR. CAR TAKEN IN FOR SERVICE, WAS TOLD "MODULE" WAS REPLACED, NOT SO. THEY HAVE THUS FAR REFUSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION AS TO WHAT THEY DID. SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN 4 DAYS LATER. AGAIN TOOK IN FOR SERVICE, THIS TIME I WAS TOLD "COMPUTER" WAS REPLACE, ONCE AGAIN NOT SO. HE HAVE SO FAR REFUSED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENT... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2010
WHILE DRIVING NORMALLY, 'O/D OFF' LIGHT ON DASHBOARD COMES ON. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND/OR VEHICLE SHUTS OFF; THE REMEDY: HAVING TRANSMISSION REBUILT OR REPAIRED. THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES IN 3 YEARS. SAW ON A 6PAGE FORUM OF OTHER FORD OWNERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. REPAIRING A TRANSMISSION IS COSTLY AND ITS NOT ONE REPAIR IT'S MULTIPLE OVER THE LIFE OF OWNING THE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: May 9, 2010
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. ALL OF A SUDDEN WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. HAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000 MILES. HAVEN'T HAD FIXED YET. HAVING TROUBLE FINDING A MECHANIC TO WORK ON IT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON THING WITH THIS CAR. RESEARCHED ON-LINE AND LOTS OF POSTING SAME PROBLEM. ONE PERSON SUGGESTED MAKING A COMPLAINT SO THAT MAYBE IT WOULD BE RECALLED. *TR
Incident date: Feb 13, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE ... Read more
Incident date: May 7, 2010
I OWN A 2008 DODGE AVENGER I GOT INTO MY CAR AND TRIED TO PUT IT IN PARK. IT WOULD NOT MOVE FROM PARK. *TR
Incident date: Apr 30, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN STARTING THE IGNITION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD GEAR AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 35-40 MPH. THE VEHICLE BEGAN ABNORMALLY JERKING AND WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND PRODUC... Read more
Incident date: May 3, 2010
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE ON MY WAY TO WORK ONE MORNING GOING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY IN THE FAST LANE PASSING A CAR, MY MOTOR JUST REVS. I COAST TO THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AS SAFELY AS POSSIBLE (THIS WAS DURING 8:00AM RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC). THEN I WAS STRANDED THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR WAITING FOR MY BOSS TO COME PICK ME UP. LATER THAT AFTERNOON I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO A GARAGE AND HO... Read more
TOYOTA
HIGHLANDER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 10, 2010
Incident date: May 9, 2010
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSTATE. JUST A WEEK EARLIER, THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY COLD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: May 10, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2003 FORD TAURUS. CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD OR REVERSE AFTER PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC ALTHOUGH THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE. ON-COMING TRAFFIC HAD TO STOP OR SWERVE TO AVOID MY STOPPED CAR. THIS HAPPENED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR PREVIOUS PROBLEMS. I FOUND 68 OTHER DOCUMENTED CASES IDENTICAL TO THIS INCIDENT. TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID HE HAS TOWED 68 CASES HIMSELF AND WA... Read more
Incident date: May 9, 2010
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SLIPPING IN THE TRANSMISSION CAR IS ALMOST BRAND NEW HARDLY EVER DRIVEN JERKS REALLY HARD VERY AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: May 8, 2004
MY NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS IN TRANSMISSION THAT I HAVE NOTICED MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD VERY HARD JERKS WHEN CAR GETS WARM I HAVE WENT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS AND THEY HAVE ADMITTED TO HAVING NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL TRANSMISSION BUT THEY SAID NO RECALL HAS EVER BEEN MADE. PLEASE FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE CARS. *TR
Incident date: May 9, 2010
IN A MATTER OF TWO HOURS MY 325I WAS RUNNING FINE TO NOT GOING IN REVERSE AT ALL. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING IN A LOT OF CARS MY YEAR AND TYPE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO WARNING, ONE MINUTE YOU CAN BACK UP NEXT IT IS JUST STALLED IN REVERSE. BMW NEEDS TO STAND UP AND SEE THAT THEIR PRODUCT HAS A DEFECT AND POTENTIALLY CAN CAUSE INJURIES. THE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 18, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WHEN GOING FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND GEAR. THE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS COLD. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,200.
Incident date: May 1, 2010
2002 ACCORD COUPE SE - TRANSMISSION LURCHING BEGAN IN APPROX. OCT 2008. BECAME VERY BAD IN JUNE 2009 AT THAT TIME SLIPPAGE ALSO STARTED OCCURRING. HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT AT A COST OF ALMOST $4,000. VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROX 125,000 MILES. NOTICED SLIPPAGE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO - THE SLIPPAGE NEARLY RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON OVER THE WEEKEND. TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO INDEPEND... Read more
Incident date: May 10, 2010
I AM UNABLE TO SHIFT MY 2008 DODGE AVENGER SXT CAR OUT OF PARK... I HAVE DONE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Apr 29, 2010
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, STOPPED AT RED LIGHT, WHEN I ACCELERATED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION...NO POWER. THERE WAS NO WARNING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALL FOR TOW TRUCK. THANK GOD I WASN'T INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ALSO, CONSIDERING THE TRANSMISSION JUST GOES OUT AND HOW IMPATIENT DRIVERS ARE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 5, 2008
THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT LOW SPEEDS. SO WHEN YOU ARE AT A STOP LIGHT OR SLOW DOWN TO TURN OR ARE IN A PARKING LOT, IT STALLS. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU CAN'T STEER BECAUSE THAT ONLY WORKS WITH THE CAR RUNNING. THIS STARTED RIGHT AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY WAS OVER AND HAS CONTINUED THROUGH TODAY. THEY ALSO DIDN'T FIX THE RECALL ITEM AND I HAVE FUEL SPILLS EVERY TIME I SET THE NOZZLE ON AUTOMATI... Read more
Incident date: May 5, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILED - COULD HAVE CAUSED A MAJOR ISSUE IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. ACURA KNOWS ABOUT THE FAILED TRANSMISSIONS BUT NEVER DID A RECALL AND WILL NOT PAY TO FIX. *TR
OLDSMOBILE
SILHOUETTE
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
May 9, 2010
Incident date: May 8, 2010
MOST OF THE DAY MAY 8,2010 BEEN DOING SOME CITY BUT MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVING TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES. STOPPED FOR AN HOUR AFTER THE FIRST 50 THEN DROVE ANOTHER 40 STOPPING AGAIN FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. DROVE THE LAST 10 HOME AND LEFT CAR IDLING TO GO INTO MY HOUSE FOR APPROXIMATELY 8 MINUTES. MY WIFE STARTED WALKING TO CAR AND WASN'T THERE YET WHEN CAR DROVE FORWARD INTO GARAGE DOOR. SHE JUMP... Read more
Crash
Incident date: May 3, 2010
2001 ACURA CLS (VIN [XXX]). WHEN PULLING OUT ONTO A MAJOR ROAD (55MPH) WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE CAR PAUSED AS THE TRANS SLIPPED, THE ENGINE REVVED TO 5000 RPM, THE TRANS THEN LOCKED INTO GEAR, THE TIRES SQUEALED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. THANK GOD THAT MY WIFE DIDN'T RUN INTO SOMEONE OR LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. NOW I READ THAT THIS IS COMMON WITH THIS MODEL YEAR AND TRANSMISSION. THE ... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2009
1 PLACING THE VEHICLE IN ANY GEAR CAUSES THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHOW SYMPTOMS AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES. 2 WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN ANY GEAR, A DIAGNOSTIC CODE IS SET THAT ONLY ALLOWS THE VEHICLE TO OPERATE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. LOWER GEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE WHEN IN THIS MODE OF OPERATION. INITIALLY THE FAILURE WAS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS COLD (BELOW 60 DEGREES F) LAT... Read more
Incident date: May 9, 2010
I OWN A 2008 DODGER AVENGER. FOR NO KNOWN REASON, THE SHIFTING GEAR WONT SHIFT AND IS STUCK IN PARK. IF IT DOES GO INTO GEAR, FOR NO KNOWN REASON IT POPS BACK INTO PARK, CAUSING A MAJOR RISK TO OTHERS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD NOT TO MENTION TO ME AND MY FAMILY! *TR
Incident date: Oct 1, 2009
JUST BOUGHT A 2003 WITH 130K MI HAS HAD EXCELLENT SERVICE FROM THE ORIGINAL SELLING DEALER. TRANSMISSION IS NOW WHINING WHEN ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED AT ALL. WAS HOPING FOR A CV JOINT, BUT TURNED OUT TO BE THE DIFFERENTIAL GOING BAD. WE NEED TO LEAVE ON VACATION IN A FEW DAYS, AND NOW WILL BE RENTING A VAN AT THE TUNE OF ABOUT $900 AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HONDA FOR NOT TAKING CAR OF THESE TRANSMISS... Read more
Incident date: Apr 18, 2010
MY 1997 HONDA PRELUDE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DIED OUT. WHEN I LOOKED ON THE FORUMS, HONDA IS VERY WELL AWARE OF THE FAILURE BY DESIGN OF THEIR HONDA PRELUDES. *TR
Incident date: May 8, 2010
NO WARNING WHAT SO EVER. I DROVE THE 2008 AVENGER EARLIER IN THE DAY AND LATER WENT TO GET IN AND WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I CHECKED THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND YES IT HAS HAPPENED A LOT. *TR
Incident date: May 9, 2010
OVERDRIVE LIGHT FLASHES ON MY 2003 FORD EXPLORER. *TR
Incident date: May 7, 2010
2010 PRIUS II, PURCHASED LATE JULY 2009. IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 THE CAR REFUSED TO STAY IN D WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. AFTER TURNING THE SYSTEM OFF AND SITTING FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE CAR OPERATED NORMALLY. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN THAT AFTERNOON. A FEW DAYS AGO MY WIFE WAS PREPARING TO CROSS A 4-LANE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CAR "POPPED" INTO N FROM THE D POSITION. AFTER SEVERAL ... Read more
Incident date: May 8, 2010
I HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER AND THE O/D LIGHT BEGAN BLINKING AND TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING, 110K MILES ON IT AND NO PROBLEMS. THIS SEEMS LIKE A COMMON ONE, AND FORD SEEMS TO BE LOSING A LOT OF CUSTOMERS BECAUSE NO ACTIONS ARE DONE TO FIX OR HELP US. HAVEN'T GONE TO DEALERSHIP YET BUT AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RESULTS. *TR