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: Jan 1, 1999
ROUGH SHIFTING, SLIPPING ,ROUGH IDLE, OVERHEATING TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Apr 13, 2010
AT 65,000 THE TRANSMISSION ON MY VOLVO XC90 BEGAN SLIPPING AND CAUSING STUTTERING AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE FOUND THAT THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS DEFECT IS KNOWN TO VOLVO AND THEY STILL OVER CHARGE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Apr 13, 2010
TRANSMISSION IN 2006 FORD FUSION KEEPS SLIPPING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SPEED UP OR GOING UP A STEEP HILL. *TR
Incident date: Sep 2, 2008
IN SEPTEMBER 2008, MY RAV4 SUDDENLY BEGAN HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS. I PULLED OUT OF A SHOPPING CENTER AND IN THE MIDDLE OF STREET THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT WAS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE AS OTHER VEHICLES WARE APPROACHING AND AS I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDDLE NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR JUST IDLED HIGH THEN IT JOLTED INTO GEAR. I TOOK IT TO AAMCO THE NEXT DAY. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION... Read more
Incident date: Apr 14, 2010
WHILE IN TRAFFIC TODAY, MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER SUDDENLY LOST DRIVE POWER. FORTUNATELY, THE DRIVER BEHIND ME WAS NOT TAILGATING AND NOTICED MY VEHICLE SLOW DOWN RAPIDLY. I NOW FIND THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD 2002 EXPLORER. IN FACT ON ONE WEB SITE ALONE, WWW.AUTOBEEF.COM I SEE OVER 861 COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ALONE ALL WITH 2002 EXPLORERS. TRANSMISSION FAILURES... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 14, 2010
Incident date: Mar 12, 2010
WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE AND IMMEDIATELY STEPPING HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR THERE WAS A SEVERE HESITATION/LAG BEFORE THE CAR TOOK OFF CROSSING TRAFFIC. ONCE IT KICKED IN IT TOOK OFF BUT IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. I NOW WAIT A SECOND OR MORE FOR THE BRAKE SWITCH TO COMMUNICATE TO THE DSG TRANSMISSION TO TELL THE CLUTCH TO ENGAGE. VW MUST FIX THIS AS I COULD HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN A COLLISION. THIS W... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2008
2002 EXPLORER SHIFTED FUNNY FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT NEW. I FIGURED NATURE OF THE BEAST AS A 4X4. LITTLE DID I KNOW, THESE TRANSMISSIONS WERE JUNK FROM THE BEGINNING, AND NOW THEY ARE ALL FALLING APART. MINE SELF DESTRUCTED AT 61,000 MILES. AFTER THE REPAIR, IT STILL SHIFTED AS CRAPPY AS IT DID THE DAY I PURCHASED IT. NOW ONLY 10,000 MILES LATER, IT IS SHOWING SIGNS THAT FAILURE IS NEAR AGAIN. ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 20, 2010
2005 MAXIMA SE....76,000 MILES...... I HAVE HAD JERKY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AROUND 0-20 MPH... I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS..... SOMEONE GET NISSAN TO DO A RECALL PLEASE... I'M SURE THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO REPAIR ALL OF MAXIMA'S TRANSMISSIONS FOR FREE, THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING HOLDING THEM UP...... WELL, BEING 23 YEARS OLD, WORKING 110 HOUR WEEKS DURING THE ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 7, 2010
UNABLE TO REMOVE KEY FROM IGNITION. SHIFT LEVER BUTTON WILL NOT FULLY EXTEND TO ALLOW THE SELECTOR TO GO INTO PROPER POSITION SO THAT THE KEY CAN BE MOVED. I HAVE PUSHED AND LET IT SNAP BACK OUT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT OUT ONCE OR TWICE BUT NOW STAYS IN MOST OF THE TIME. THIS HAS JUST STARTED ON THIS 2007 FUSION WITH IN LAST 7 DAYS. *TR
CHRYSLER
SEBRING CONVERTIBLE
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 13, 2010
Incident date: Feb 28, 2010
WE HAVE A 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING CONVERTIBLE WHICH HAS A PROBLEM WITH LURCHING FORWARD AND UNABLE TO STOP (NO BRAKES). THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES AND WE FEEL IT IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT HAS NOW BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WE FEEL WE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT BUT CHRYSLER HAS REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN WE CONTACTED CHRYSLER, WE WERE TOLD WE HAD AN EXTEND... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Apr 5, 2010
I PURCHASED A 1999 MAZDA 626 AUTOMATIC 4 CYLINDER VEHICLE. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES THE VEHICLE STARTS TO JERK AND THE TACHOMETER GETS VERY ERRATIC AS IS THE SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE NOW USES EXCESSIVE GAS AND THE JERKING MOTION HAS CONTINUED. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING (AFTER GOING ONLINE TO CHECK THIS PROBLEM) THAT MAZDA IS AWARE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION BUT W... Read more
Incident date: Apr 3, 2010
AROUND 40,000 MILES MY ACURA MDX 2005 BEGAN MAKING A LOW GROANING NOISE AT 25MPH AND 35 MPH TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I ALSO SUSPECT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE MEDAL SHAVINGS IN THE FLUID. THIS IS THE 2ND ACURA MDX I HAVE OWNED. THE FIRST WAS A 2003 BUT THE DEALER ASSURED ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS ADDRESSED IN THE 2005 VERSION. IM THIN... Read more
LAND ROVER
FREELANDER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 13, 2010
Incident date: Oct 21, 2009
MY 2002 LANDROVER FREELANDER IS NOW DEAD. FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN 8 YEARS THE CAR HAVE EXPERIENCE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER ONLY 8 MONTHS OF OWING A BRAND NEW OUT OF FACTORY VEHICLE. NOW ABOUT 5 YEARS LATER THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM IS HAPPENING AGAIN AND THE MECHANIC CLAIMS I NEED ANOTHER NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN %50,000 MILES. THE COMPA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2008
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 49,000 MILES CAR 3 YEARS OLD. *TR
Incident date: May 26, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED AND CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST BUT THE DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEMS. ANOTHER DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE POWER STEERING, TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPAIRE... Read more
Incident date: May 14, 2009
AT AROUND 55,000 MILES, WARRANTY OVER AT 50,000, MY FRIEND (HE OWNS A FOREIGN AUTO REPAIR SHOP IN SEATTLE) NOTICED THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS A LITTLE JUMPY. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS EARLIER BUT I DID NOT NOTICE IT BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THEY NEVER KNOW ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR UNTIL IT FALLS PART. MY NEAREST AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WAS 45 MINUTES AWAY AND I NEED THE VEHICL... Read more
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BEETLE
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 13, 2010
Incident date: Apr 9, 2010
1. CAR IS 5 YEARS OLD / 40K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING - HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. READ ONLINE THAT OTHER VW HAD SAME ISSUE - CLEARLY MANUFACTURING FAILURE. 2. TRANSMISSION FAILURE 3. VALVE BODY REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Dec 23, 2009
A PROBLEM HAS DEVELOPED WITH MY 2010 MAZDA TRIBUTE PURCHASED NOV. 2010 SYMPTOM OF WHICH IS A SQUEAL EMANATING FROM THE BACK END UPON ACCELERATION FROM A FULL STOP. THE DRIVE SHAFT, TRANSFER CASE & TRANSMISSION HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. MAZDA IS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, UNABLE TO FIX IT AND UNABLE ASSURE THAT THE PROBLEM DOES NOT REPRESENT A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 11, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL SERVICE STATION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT AND... Read more
Incident date: Apr 8, 2010
2002 ISUZU AXIOM DOES NOT SHIFT. HAVE REPORTED THIS NUMEROUS TIMES TO ISUZU SERVICE PROVIDER AS CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY (NOT YET 120K). THEY KEEP ADJUSTING IT INSTEAD OF REPLACING IT. EVEN AFTER EACH DEALER ATTEMPT TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, THIS VEHICLE, UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR NEAR STOP, STRAINS WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR, GOES NOWHERE, THEN CLUNKS LOUDLY & LUNGES DRAMATICALLY FORWARD AT... Read more
Incident date: Feb 24, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 92K MILES. WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH HEARD A CLUNK NOISE AND THEN CHATTERING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. WAS ABLE TO GET SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. VEHICLE LOST FORWARD AND REVERSE AND WAS TOWED TO THE REPAIR SHOP. NEW TRANSMISSION COST $3500. *TR
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT IN DRIVABLE CONDITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS ADDED TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT PROPERLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS A MONTH ... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Apr 11, 2010
2 TRANSMISSIONS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN 10/2003 AND 3/2004 WHICH WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. SAME PROBLEM KEEPS OCCURRING, TRANS SLIPS IN & OUT, LIKE ITS FLOATING, AND STEPPING ON THE GAS AND GOING NOWHERE. I FOUND THAT WHEN I PULL OVER, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, SHUT IT OFF, THEN RESTART AFTER ABOUT 10 SECONDS, THE CAR WILL DRIVE FINE ONCE YOU PASS 45 TO 50MPH. WHEN YOU SLOW DOWN AFTER THAT, IT ACTS UP... Read more
Incident date: Apr 6, 2010
I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2007; IT IS A 2006 PONTIAC G6. HEARD A CLICKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE CAR; THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT PASSED ALL POINT INSPECTION; WITHIN THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD THE STEERING RANDOMLY "LOCKED" UP OR JUST DIDN'T WORK AT ALL. FINALLY WENT TO AMMACO TO GET A FULL DIAGNOSTIC AND WAS TOLD THAT MY RACK AND PINION STEERING IS COMPLETELY OUT WHICH CAUSED DEFICIENT WHEEL ALIGNMENTS, WH... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT O/D OFF LIGHT STARTED BLINKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO;THEN THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO STICK WHEN ACCELERATING. AFTER I DRIVE FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE TRUCK SEEMS TO JERK AGAIN BEFORE GETTING IN GEAR. I WILL TAKE TO AUTO SHOP AGAIN THIS WEEK. *TR
Incident date: Aug 7, 2007
TRANSMISSION LINE MOUNTED TOO CLOSE TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER RESULTING IN RUBBING ACTION THAT RESULTED IN A HOLE IN THE TRANSMISSION LINE SPRAYING FLUID ON HOT EXHAUST PARTS. HAD TO PAY TO HAVE HOSE REPLACED. DON'T KNOW IF THE EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION AT 73K MILES WAS RELATED, BUT HAD TO PAY $2700 TO GET A NEW ONE INSTALLED. *TR
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
2004 MERCURY MONTEREY HAD TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION FAILURE DURING ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE ARE REPORTS OF OVER 3,000 ON THE NHTSB WEBSITE AND ONLY 32,000 VEHICLES WERE PRODUCED, SO THIS IS OCCURRING IN OVER 10% OF THESE VEHICLES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE VEHICLES ARE STILL ON THE ROAD AND NOT BEING RECALLED BY YOUR AGENCY. *TR
Incident date: Apr 13, 2010
I OWN A 2000 BMW 323I. TODAY THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED GOING INTO REVERSE. THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING, NO PRIOR FAILURES, NO SLIPPING, ETC. I GOT TO WORK, ATTEMPTED TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPOT, AND THE ENGINE JUST REVVED - NO MOVEMENT. LOOKS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM. THE REPAIR WILL REQUIRE A NEW TRANSMISSION AND THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED ME $7000. I'M GLAD I DIDN'T GET INTO A TRAFFIC SITUATION THAT REQUI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 20, 2010
I AM FILING A COMPLAIN ABOUT MY NISSAN MAXIMA 05. I HAVE BEEN ON DIFFERENT WEBSITES WERE I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT OWNS THE MAXIMA 04-05 MODELS HAVE THE SAME COMPLAIN. AND THE COMPLAINS ARE THE TIMING CHAIN AND THE TRANSMISSION. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD STAND BY THEIR WORK AND DO A RECALL FOR THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND FIX THE PROBLEM. SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL PAYING FOR THIS EXPENSIVE CAR AN... Read more
Incident date: Aug 11, 2009
WHEN I SHIFT FROM DRIVE OR NEUTRAL INTO REVERSE, THERE IS A LONG HESITATION BEFORE THE CAR THEN LEAPS BACKWARD HARD. DELAY THEN HARD REVERSE. WHEN I AM PARALLEL PARKING, I HAVE SOMETIMES HIT THE CAR BEHIND ME HARD BECAUSE OF THIS. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXTENTED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN 2004. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AT LEAST TEN TIMES WHEN IT WAS NEW. THEY MADE MANY CH... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Nov 15, 2009
I HAVE ALSO PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SHIFTED!! ANOTHER COMPLAINT I HAVE IS THAT WHEN DRIVING IN TOWN AND THE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND THE FUEL SAVER MODE THEIR IS A SHUDDER IN THE TRANSMISSION BETWEEN 45 AND 52 KILOMETRES PER HOUR!! THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IF IT IS NOT IN THE FUEL SAVER MODE OR WHEN YOU MANUALLY SHIFT IT INTO 4!! I HAVE TAKEN I... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2009
VEHICLE STARTED RANDOM SHIFT SELECTIONS AFTER RAIN OCCURS. DISPLAY OFTEN SHOWED INCORRECT GEAR SELECTION AND INCORRECT GEAR POSITION ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. GEAR POSITION INDICATOR ON TRANSMISSION HAS DEGRADED SEALANT ALLOWING WATER INTO WIRING AND SWITCH CAUSING ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION AND INCORRECT INDICATIONS FROM TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE SPEED CONTROL. HAS PROGRESSED NOW TO COMPLETE DEGRADATI... Read more
FORD
EXPLORER SPORT
(2000) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 12, 2010
Incident date: Apr 11, 2010
WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THREE YEARS AGO IT HAD JUST A REBUILT TRANSMISSION IN IT. LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED IT I HAD TO HAVE A 2ND REBUILT TRANSMISSION PUT IN IT WHEN MY O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY(I-5 IN SEATTLE, WA) WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND I HAD TO COAST ACROSS 3 LANES OF FREEWAY TRAFFIC TO COME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THANKFULLY I W... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2010
MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD THIS 2002 ODYSSEY SINCE NEW AND HAVE SEEN ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE ISSUES (STRANGE DECELERATION ISSUES AND JOLTS AROUND 35-40 MPH) WERE NORMAL WITH THE ODYSSEY. WELL, THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY FAILED EVEN THOUGH WE HAD THE RECALL AND OTHER THINGS TAKEN CARE OF ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED HONDA LIKE OT... Read more
Incident date: Dec 15, 2009
TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH 63,000 MILES ON IT! *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 12, 2010
Incident date: Apr 10, 2010
PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION/SHIFTING PROBLEMS. EVERYTIME THE CAR SHIFTS INTO A GEAR, ITS VERY ROUGH AND INFACT WILL JERK VERY HARD. THIS STARTED EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND BEGAN HAPPENING MORE REGULAR AS A MONTH OR SO WENT ON. NOW IT WILL STICK IN 3RD GEAR AND JUST STAY THERE. WE CAN STOP AT A REDLIGHT, AND IT WILL REMAIN IN 3RD GEAR, THEN DRIVE FROM THE REDLIGHT WITH THE CAR STARTING IN 3RD GEAR! T... Read more
Incident date: Jul 8, 2005
2001 HONDA ODYSSEY. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONS AND DISSATISFACTION WITH HONDA DEALER. CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION DIDN'T SWITCH GEARS SMOOTHLY AND IT MADE NOISES. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THERE WAS A WEIRD VIBRATION ABOVE 35 MPH. THE NOISES WERE STILL PERSISTENT, THE D4 LIGHT WAS FLASHING, THE CHECK ENGINE AND TSC LIGHTS WERE ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 11, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1994 FORD TAURUS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND THE CONTACT OBSERVED WHILE THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ACTIVATED WATER LEAKED ONTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A TRANMISSION DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Incident date: Apr 8, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. WHILE THE CONTACT DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH IN FIRST GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, AND THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. WHENEVER A RIGHT TURN WAS ATTEMPTED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY DRIVEN TO A LOCATION TO BE PARKED AND UPON RESTART THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY OPERATED AS NORMAL... Read more
Incident date: Apr 9, 2010
CAR WAS RUNNING FINE THEN REVERSE JUST STOPPED WORKING. CAR CAN GO FORWARD BUT NO LONGER HAS REVERSE. MY MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE CAR AND I WAS TOLD IT HAS TRANSMISSION FAILURE. ALSO HE MADE ME AWARE THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS OF COMPLAINTS AND LAWSUITS ON BMW DUE TO THIS SAME PROBLEM. BMW SHOULD HAVE A RECALL REGARDING THIS ISSUE. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 12, 2010
Incident date: Jun 12, 2009
2004 VW BEETLE DOWNSHIFTS WITHOUT REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN CITY TRAFFIC TWO TIMES. THE LAST TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN, BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM 6TH GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 15, 2010
I WAS DRIVING FOR WORK WITH MY TOYOTA CAMRY 2007. WHILE ACCELERATING TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY, AROUND THE END OF THE RAMP, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH NO CONTROLS WORKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT EITHER FOR THE STEERING WHEEL OR THE BRAKE. IN A MATTER OF A FEW SECONDS, THE VEHICLE WENT A FEW TIMES IN A ZIG-ZAG MANNER AND SUBSEQUENTLY HIT A SEMI-TRAILER WHICH WAS SOUTHBOUND ON THE HIGHWAY. MY C... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 28, 2010
MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY(AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) HAS BEEN SLIPPING GEARS AND HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO GEARS WHEN ACCELERATING OR DRIVING IN TRAFFIC JAM. ON FEBRUARY 28, 2010 AFTER DRIVING SOME 40 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND EXITED ON A RAMP, THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED WHEN THE CAR WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN ON THE RAMP. ONCE THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED, THE ENGINE DIED. THEN I STARTED THE CAR... Read more
Incident date: Apr 9, 2010
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND IMMEDIATELY STALLED VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION NARROWLY AVOIDING A HEAD O COLLISION. NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER ABOUT SAFETY PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON FILE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
2005 HONDA ODYSSEY HAS DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS WHICH HONDA NEEDS TO REPLACE BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JERKS THE VEHICLE FORWARD AT SPEEDS OF 20-45 MPH. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS YOU COULD BE DRIVING SLOWLY AT 15-20MPH IN SCHOOL ZONE AND THE TRANSMISSION JUDDERS AND JERKS THE VEHICLE FORWARD. HONDA IS MAKING CUSTOMERS SPEND $'S TO PERFORM TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHES, HAVE DEALE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 3, 2010
I HAD A 2003 SATURN VUE WITH A VTI TRANSMISSION. IN APRIL 2007 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, AND I PAID $4773 TO REPAIR IT. ON APRIL 3, 2010, THE VUE SUDDENLY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND STOPPED WORKING ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GET HELP PUSHING THE VEHICLE OFF THE TRACKS. THE SATURN ASSISTANCE CENTER INDICATED THAT ASSISTANCE MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE... Read more
Incident date: Apr 9, 2010
RM 3500 4X4 LONG BED QUAD CAB. I HAVE A STOCK TRUCK. TIE ROD ENDS ARE SHOT, STEERING GEAR BOX IS SHOT, BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT NOW FALL IN THE "LIMITS" THAT DODGE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE MEASUREMENTS. MY TRUCK IS A 2004 WITH ONLY 106,000 HIGHWAY MILES. MY FRIEND HAS THE SAME TRUCK BUT DUALLY 05 AND HAS 62,000 MILES AND HAS TO REPLACE THE SAME THING OTHER THAN HIS STEERING GEAR BOX FOR NO... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2009
ONE YEAR AGO I PURCHASED A 2001 HONDA ACCORD AT THE TIME IT HAD 106,000 MILES ON IT. I HADN'T HAD THE CAR A WEEK WHEN I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUALLY GOTTEN WORSE. I CHECKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY RECALLS ETC. ON THIS MODEL AND SURE ENOUGH HONDA SAID THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS UP TO 100,000 MILES - SO HERE I AM A YEAR LATER LOOKING AT $2,000 ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
RE- 2001 HYUNDAI SONATA I WAS ON WAY TO WORK GOING 93 NORTH TOWARDS BOSTON 1 EXIT AWAY FROM WORK WHEN I WENT OVER 3 SMALL BUMPS ON HIGHWAY NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, YET MY TIRES FELT AS IF THEY WERE NOT STABLE I WAS ONLY GOING 60 SLOWED DOWN TO 30 TOOK OFF RAMP 1 BLOCK AWAY FROM WORK, THEN COMPLETELY STOPPED AT A CROSS STREET INTERSECTION TO TAKE A RIGHT. I PROCEEDED THEN I FLEW FORWARD IN MY... Read more
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Incident date: Apr 8, 2003
TRANSMISSION FAILURE CREATES SAFETY HAZARD. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IRREGULARLY CAUSING CAR TO JERK VIOLENTLY AND THEN DRIVE TO WHEELS FAILS LEAVING CAR STRANDED ON BUSY MOTOR WAY. *TR