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: Sep 1, 2009
CONSUMERS 2003 HONDA PILOT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. CONSUMER FOUND AN AFFORDABLE AUTO SHOP AND LEARNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THE INFORMATION WAS PROVIDE TO HONDA CONSUMER WAS DENIED WARRANTY SERVICE. A MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER, THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE, REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION IN RELATION TO THE SECOND GEAR, THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY RE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2010
1998 SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK WAGON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 86,000 MILES. PURCHASED USED MANY YEARS AGO WITH ABOUT 10,000 MILES. MY SISTER'S CAR, SHE WAS DRIVING ALONE. EXPERIENCED DRIVER. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO SHE CAME AROUND A CORNER ON A 30 MPH ROAD NEAR HER HOME. LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND (AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS) SHE COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR, AND IT SLID AROUND. SHE PHONED ME AND WAS VERY UP... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER SHE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. SHE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPL... Read more
Incident date: Dec 12, 2009
CAR DROVE FINE ON PARKWAY. GOT OFF AND CAR SEEMED TO SKIP 3RD GEAR DOWNSHIFTING INTO STOP SIGNS. TURNED IT OFF. DECIDED TO GO TO DEALER. CAR DROVE FINE ON LOCAL STREETS TO PARKWAY. WHILE ACCELERATING AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY AND COMPLETELY FAILED. NO CONNECTION BETWEEN MOTOR AND WHEELS IN ANY GEAR. COASTED OFF EXIT RAMP. TURNED CAR OFF. RESTARTED AND CAR RAN OK FOR 1/4 M... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2010
2005 TOYOTA CORLOLLA LE
Incident date: Feb 26, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HOSES WERE LEAKING. THE FLUID AND ONE OF THE HOSES WERE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TRANSMISSION CONTINUED TO LEAK AND THE DEALER WA... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 2, 2010
Incident date: Apr 2, 2010
2007 VW JETTA 2.0 W/ DSG - DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL FAILURE IDENTIFIED BY DEALERSHIP. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH 2007-2009 VW'S WITH DSG.
Incident date: Apr 2, 2010
HAVE A 2006 ISUZU ASCENDER IN WHICH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LINES THAT LEAD FROM TRANSMISISON TO TRANSMISSION COOLER HAVE CORRODED. PARTS REPLACED AT ISUZU DEALERSHIP AT FULL COST TO CUSTOMER. LINES WERE LEAKING WHERE CORROSSION HAD EATEN THROUGH LINES.
MERCEDES-BENZ
ML320
(2002) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Aug 14, 2006
2002 MERCEDES-BENZ ML320. CONSUMER IS HAVING SOME WARRANTY REPAIR PROBLEMS WITH MERCEDES-BENZ. HE ALSO STATES THAT MERCEDES-BENZ IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR ANY RECALL REPAIRS. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED NOISES AND LACK OF POWER FROM THE VEHICLE WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALER. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOUND DIRTY SOLID METAL RESIDUE IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, THERE WERE MISSING PARTS IN THE PLANETARY GEA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2009
2008 JEEP COMMANDER. CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *TGW THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND THERE WAS A SHIFTING PROBLEM. A TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THE INCORRECT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE WRONG TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED AT THE MANUFACTURER. *JB
Incident date: Mar 22, 2010
THIS COMPLAINT IS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 99V178000 FOR A HYUNDAI TIBURON 1999. THE CAR IS EXPERIENCING THE CONSEQUENCES DETAILED IN THE CAMPAIGN. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, THEY ARE SAYING THAT THE CAMPAIGN DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE VIN#. I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS BASED ON THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUES THE VEHICLE HAS RELATED TO ACCELERATION AND THE FACT THAT MY CAR FITS THE MODEL, YEAR ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
MY VEHICLE IS A 2005 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS IS VERY FRIGHTENING AS VEHICLES FOLLOWING CLOSELY ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN MY VEHICLE IS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE THE BRAKES ARE NOT APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SLOWS RAPIDLY AND THERE IS NO WAY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO A SAFE PLACE OUT OF TR... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
CAR SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY LUNGES FORWARD FROM A STOP, SLOW SPEEDS OR WHEN AT LOW RPMS. IT OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY AND IT FEELS AS IF BEING REAR ENDED.
Incident date: Nov 24, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 INFINITI G35. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN DAMP WEATHER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN MAKING A NOISE WHICH APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CONTACT CONTINUED DRIVING 20 MILES AND THE NOISE CONTINUED. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO DRIVE SLOWER BECAUSE WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. HE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND THE VEHICLE WAS... Read more
Incident date: Dec 13, 2009
DURING A TRIP TO THE LOS ANGELES AREA FROM OUR HOME IN FREMONT, CA. OUR 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 REFUSED TO ENTER 1ST GEAR, THEN WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR SUDDENLY, CAUSING A BUCKING EFFECT. AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS AND SOME ATTEMPTS AT ADDING TRANS FLUID IT STARTED RUNNING OK. TWO DAYS LATER ON THE FREEWAY HOME IT SUDDENLY STARTED IN AGAIN, LEAVING US WITH NO POWER TO DRIVE ON THE ROAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - I AM RUNNING INTO A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHICH IS JERKING BETWEEN SWITCHING GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND.
Incident date: Sep 15, 2009
IN 2006 MY TRANSMISSION JUST DISINTERGRATED WITH 103000 MILES, HAD IT REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT THE COMPUTER WAS NOT DOING IT'S JOB THAN COME TO FIND OUT THAT TOYOTA HAD A TSB ON IT AND NEVER NOTIFIED ANYONE. NOW ABOUT IN MARCH OF 2009 AT ABOUT 145000 MILES 2ND TO 3RD GEAR STARTED TO SLIP AGAIN. NOW SO THIS IS MY SECOND TIME I'M HAVING THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS I CAN'T GET MORE THAN 10... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
2005 FORD FREESTAR - MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY KIDS AND THE CAR JUST STARTED LOSING ITS ACCILERATION. AND THEN WOULD NOT MOVE. SHE IS RIGHT NOW ON THE HIGHWAY WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND I TOOK IT INTO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON ALL THESE VEHICLES.
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
I GOT A 2006 A3 (AUTOMATIC) WITH 90K MILES ON IT. WE STARTED EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS 2 WEEKS AGO, BASICALLY WHILE DRIVING (AT ANY SPEED) TRANSMISSION WOULD SPORADICALLY SHIFT TO NEUTRAL FOLLOWED BY A JOLTING/CLUNKING NOISE, AND THEN PRNDS LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF ONTHE DASHBOARD. THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES WITHIN 1 WEEK. THE SCARY THING IS THAT DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, SUCH I-95, MY W... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2010
1. PER THE 2004 HONDA ACCORD OWNERS MANUAL, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DOES NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED UNTIL 120,000 MILES OR 6 YEARS, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. A FEW WEEKS AGO, AT 92,000 MILES, THE CAR WAS 6 YEARS OLD SO WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACED FOR THE FIRST TIME USING HONDA FLUID, ALL IN STRICT ACCORDANCE WITH THE HONDA OWNER'S MANUAL. THE MECHANIC SAID THE ORIGINAL FLUID WAS VERY GRAY A... Read more
Incident date: Oct 8, 2009
I OWN A 2004 FORD FREESTAR SEL 4.2L. IN OCT 2009, WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN MY VAN WITH MY ENTIRE FAMILY, I TOTALLY LOST ALL THE TRANSMISSION ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT WAS A BUSY INTERSECTION AND LUCKILY THE CARS BEHIND US WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AWAY. WITH ALL THE MOMENTUM GONE, I HAD A TOUGH TIME TO EVEN PULLING OVER TO SAFETY. THIS WAS A NERVE-WRECKING EXPERIENCE GIVEN THAT I HAD MY WHOLE FAMILY INSIDE THE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 22, 2010
I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE TRANSMISSION'S ON THE MAZDA 626 TRANSMISSION STYLE CD4E. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE (INTERNET SEARCHED) WHO HAVE THESE VEHICLES AND HAVE BEEN PLACED IN DIRE STRAITS AS I AM. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH AND FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, MY OD STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND LEFT THE CAR'S TRANNY SLIPPING OUT OF 4TH GEAR SEARCHING FOR A LOWER GEAR AS IT THREW THE FLASHING ... Read more
FORD
EXPEDITION
(2008) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Jun 18, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MADE A KNOCKING NOISE AND WHEN TRAVELING AT LOW SPEEDS AND LUNGED FORWARD. WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO 15 MPH TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT AND SLOWING DOWN, IT WOULD CONTINUE TO JERK AFTER AN ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PLATE ASSEMBLY... Read more
Crash
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Dec 30, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN FEBRUARY 2010 WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE BEGAN TO SHAKE EXCESSIVELY. THE FASTER THE CONTACT DROVE, THE WORSE THE SHAKING BECAME. WHEN THE CONTACT SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN, THE SHAKING SEEMED TO STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD BE. TH... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
VEHICLE STALLED, WOULD NOT STAY RUNNING, BUCKED VIOLENTLY. AFTER TAKING TO MY MECHANIC, DIAGNOSED IT TO BE WATER ENTERING THE PCM MODULE. FORD HAS A TSB FOR THE ISSUE, TSB 06-14-10. FORD WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND VEHICLE AS IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. ONLY HAS 48,500 MILES. THIS INCIDENT COULD KILL SOMEONE IF THE THE RIGHT DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE MET WHEN THE FAILURE HAPPENS. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME, IF IT ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
2010 FORD FUSION -- TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE ACCELERATING, SOMETIMES GETTING STUCK IN 3 GEAR OR SO BEFORE JERKILY SHIFTING TO FOURTH.
MITSUBISHI
ECLIPSE
(2001) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Mar 29, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE WAVE SPRING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION BROKE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT WHEN THE WAVE SPRING BROKE IT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION PUMP. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO REL... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2009) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Mar 28, 2010
THE DSG TRANSMISSION MECHATRONIC UNIT IS FAULTING CAUSING ROUGH SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE CONTROL UNIT TO CHOOSE A GEAR AND WHEN IT DOES, THERE IS A HARD HAMMERING BANG WHEN IT FINALLY GOES INTO GEAR. VW IS REPLACING THE UNIT - HOWEVER, IT WILL TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO GET THE VIN CODED UNIT. *TR
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2010 MY WIFE WENT TO LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY WITH OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH MY TWO SONS. THE MINIVAN WOULD START THEN DIE. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE PCM HAD WATER AND CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REGARDLESS OF THE CURRENT TSB FOR THIS ISSUE THEY SAY IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE PREMIUM WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
2008 DODGE AVENGER. WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK INTO ANY GEAR PAST REVERSE. CAN GET IT TO GO INTO REVERSE IF HOLD THE SHIFTER MANUALLY, BUT FEELS SPRING LOADED BACK INTO PARK.
Incident date: Feb 19, 2010
I HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4X4 4.0L SOHC. TRANSMISSION BROKEN IN 3RD FEAR. OD LIGHT STARTING FLASHING WITH NO WARNING AND THEN TRANSMISSION BROKE. THE CAR HAS 120,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION AT AROUND 75,000 MILES. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER. IT WAS COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. NOW THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AGAIN. 2,400. - 3,000 TO FIX.
Incident date: Mar 6, 2010
IN DECEMBER 2009, MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED 2008 FORD EDGE SE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WILL SLIP AND THEN ENGAGE VERY ABRUPTLY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LURCH FORWARD. IT WILL ALMOST HESITATE AND THEN ENGAGE VIOLENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL ALSO JUMP UP AND DOWN +/- 5 MPH. IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE BEING HIT IN THE REAR BY A CAR. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
TCC CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION CODE:P0740
Incident date: Mar 29, 2010
BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2009, I HEARD ENGINE NOISES WHILE DRIVING AROUND 35-45 MPH THAT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS DRIVING OVER THE RUMBLE STRIPS AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. OVER THE MONTHS THE SOUNDS BEGAN TO GET LOUDER AND WE TOOK IT IN TO CARX, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE NOISE. ON 3-29-10 WE TOOK MY 2001 MDX TO ACURA. THE MECHANIC ASKED ME TO DRIVE IT AT 28 MPH SO THAT IT WAS AROUN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2010
2002 FORD EXPLORER. O/D LIGHT FLASHING WITH SERVICE ENGINE SOON FLASHING. CAR JERKING BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. FORD SAYS TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION BUT AFTER READING SO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS I THOUGHT I SHOULD REPORT THIS INCIDENT.
Incident date: Mar 20, 2010
DRIVING AT 65 MPH UNDER CRUISE CONTROL RPM SURGED UP. TAPPED BRAKES AND ENGINE APPEARED DISCONNECT FROM DRIVE WHEELS. COASTED TO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR INCLUDING REVERSE. TRANSMISSION FLUID MARK WAS ABOVE FULL MARK. RESULT WAS FAILURE IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER SPLINE.
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Apr 1, 2010
Incident date: Sep 19, 2009
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE WITH 71,000 MILES, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL REPAIR SHOPS THAT THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEM BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW REGULATOR BECAME DEFECTIVE AT 59,000 MILES AND WHEN I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WAS TOLD IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ASSIST WITH PROBLEM IT MUST BE DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. DROVE... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 31, 2010
Incident date: Mar 21, 2010
AT AROUND 56,600 MILES NOTICED CAR SHAKING VIGOUROUSLY WHEN DRIVING OVER 50 MPH. THIS MILEAGE TYPICALLY OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY AND STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES AND CAR GEARS FEELS LIKE IT KEEPS SLIPPING UNTIL YOU SLOW DOWN BELOW 40MPH. I BOUGHT MY CAR BRAND NEW, 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE AND HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT A DEFECTIVE RADIATOR IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH CRACKS AND CAUSES FLU... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE DRIVER STATES THERE WAS A RECALL DONE ON THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE LAST YEAR AT 32,433 MILES. THE CONTACT STATES THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE UNTIL AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE. THE VEHICLE WILL JERK WHILE DOING HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY AND RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT 25MPH THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON IT'S OWN. THE DRIVER ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ATTEMPTED TO PARK THE VEHICLE ON AN INCLINE. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF THE KEY WAS REMOVED WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER IN THE DRIVE POSITION. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE INCLINE INTO ANOTHER PARKING SPACE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,500.
Incident date: Mar 3, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. WE KEEP IT UP PROPERLY WITH ALL THE OIL CHANGES AND SUCH. ON MARCH THE 3RD I WENT TO PULL AWAY AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I BARELY GOT INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN THE VAN SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER. THE MOTOR WAS RUNNING BUT THE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. THANK GOD I DID NOT GET HIT. WE HAD IT TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY DON'T KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH IT, NO LIGHTS OR WARN... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 31, 2010
Incident date: Mar 3, 2010
MY 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER HAS A FAULTY RADIATOR WHICH LEAKS BACK INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND THE DEALER SAYS NISSAN WILL NOT COVER THE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. ON EMONDS.COM THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME EXACT COMPLAINT FROM OTHER OWNERS. THE PROBLEM CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.
Incident date: Mar 20, 2010
I HAVE A 2000 ACURA 3.2 TL AND THIS CAR HAD A RECALL FOR PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION IN 2004 AND ACURA REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. ACURA IS DENYING THE SERVICE FOR MY CAR STATING ITS OUT OF WARRATY TIME. SINCE THEY DID NOT FIX THE TRANSMISSI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2010
I HAVE A 2006 FORD FUSION THAT HAS DEVELOPED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A VALVE BODY DEFECT WITH A SERVICE BULLETIN DATING BACK TO 2001. I FIRST CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM IN DECEMBER 2008, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DEPARTMENT WAS CLOSED (ON A SATURDAY). MY MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS 35129 (WELL WITHIN WARRANTY PERIOD). I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT BACK UNTIL... Read more
TOYOTA
CAMRY SOLARA
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 31, 2010
Incident date: Mar 1, 2005
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SOLARA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH MAKING A LEFT TURN AND THERE WAS NO POWER RESPONSE. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE ENGINE STALLED. IMMEDIATELY, THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE IN OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE VEHIC... Read more
Incident date: Mar 28, 2010
ENGINE / TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. THE CAR JERKS AND RPM'S SEEM TO JUMP AROUND THE 3 GEAR. CAR SEEMS TO BE LOOSING POWER AND WORKS HARDER TO REACH HIGHER SPEEDS. 1ST GEAR IS OK, AFTER THAT THE SECOND THIRD AND FOURHT GEARS ALL KICK IN WITHIN 5MPH OF EACH OTHER. I AM IN FOURTH GEAR BY THE TIME I REACH 25 MPH. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. NISSAN DEALER STATES THAT THEY FOUND NO ... Read more
Incident date: Apr 15, 2009
WHILE ACCELERATING MODERATELY, OFTEN WHILE TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE FREEWAY OR EVEN WHILE TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED UP A HILL, OUR 2005 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND THE ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY REV UP TO REDLINE RPM (IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT REPRODUCE THIS EVENT. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THIS STARTED HAPPENING QUITE OFTEN -- EVERY DA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 31, 2010
I'VE DRIVING MY PRELUDE FOR 4 YEARS. VERY SOON AFTER I GOT IT I NOTICD THE SHIFTING WAS JERKY. SOON AFTER IT BECAME JUMPY AND NOW WHEN I DRIVIE MY CAR FROM COLD ITS BOLTING INTO GEAR WITH A TREMENDOUS JERK. I FEEL ITS ON ITS WAY OUT.
Incident date: Mar 1, 1997
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). 1995 FORD TAURUS,FAN MOTOR FROZE, FORD SAID THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE CIRCUIT BREAKER BUT NOT THE FAN WHICH IS NOW FROZE UP AGAIN DUE TO MILEAGE (142,000). I'VE REPLACED MOTOR NO LESS THAN THREE TIMES SINCE 1997 BEFORE FINDING OUT ABOUT RECALL. ALSO I'VE REPLACED A REAR MOTOR MOUNT TWO TO FOUR TIMES SINCE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2010
2005 FORD FREESTAR, WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. ONCE IT DID, AND I BEGAN DRIVING, CAR JUST STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND PULL OVER TO SAFER AREA. NO PREVIOUS SIGNS OF A PROBLEM.