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: Mar 20, 2010
PUSH BUTTON RETAINING CLIP FOR SHIFTER HANDLE IS BROKEN, CAR WILL SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WITHOUT PRESSING BUTTON. DEALER WANTS $500 TO REPLACE A FAULTY PLASTIC CLIP
MERCURY
MOUNTAINEER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 26, 2010
Incident date: Nov 14, 2008
TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. MAINTENANCE KEPT UP TO DATE. I STARTED THE CAR AND BEGAN TO DRIVE AWAY WHEN SUDDENLY IT WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AND IT KEPT JERKING. IT WAS NOT DRIVEABLE AT ESPECIALLY ON A HIGHWAY. EVERYWHERE I WENT TOLD ME IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT COST ME OVER $2,000.00 FOR ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. I AM SHOCKED TO SEE SO MANY OTHERS WITH TRANSMISSION... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT 60,000 MILES, THE OIL PUMP AND SUPPLY TUBE WERE REPLACED. THEN AT 83,000 MILES THE SIDE SHAFT GEAR BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE LACK OF LUBRICANT THE OIL PUMP RECEIVED WHEN IT WAS REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TWO FAILURES WERE NOT RELATED AND THE SHAFT GEAR WOULD HA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2010
STEERING COLUM ADJUSTING CONTROL CONTINUES TO RELEASE. THIS CAUSES THE STEERING WHEEL TO GO INTO THE THE DASH AREA OR UP OR DOWN. THERE IS NO CONTROL OF STEERING. BEFORE THIS INCIDENT, OIL BURST ALL OVER THE ENGINE AND DRAINED OUT OF MY CAR, SPILLED ONTO THE FLOOR OF MY GARAGE. THE OIL LIGHT OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. DEALER MADE REPAIRS AFTER KEEPING MY CAR -NOT A RECALL NOTICE B... Read more
Incident date: Mar 26, 2010
MY 2005 VOLVO XC90 T6 TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED FOR A SECOND TIME AT 95,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FOR THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY REPLACED AT 35,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WENT INTO HIGH RPMS AS IF IN "NEUTRAL", FAILED TO PROPERLY ACCELERATE, AND THE "SERVICE TRANSMISSION WARNING" LIGHT... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE THE TRANMISSION ALL THE SUDDEN KICKS OUT OF GEAR AND YOU HAVE NO CONTOLL OF THE VAN BUT TO ROLL TO A STOP HOPING YOU DON'T GET REAR ENDED.
Incident date: Jul 9, 2009
MY 2009 MAZDA 3 HAS EXPERIENCED OVER HEATING OF THE TRANSAXLE (TRANSMISSION) WHEN OPERATING IN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES OF 100 DEGREES AND OVER. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND TALKED TO MAZDA CORP. AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEIR ONLY ADVICE IS TO PULL OVER AND LET THE TRANSMISSION COOL DOWN. THIS HAS BECOME A SAFETY PROBLEM DUE TO HAVING TO PULL OVER IN SOME LESS THAN SAF... Read more
Incident date: Mar 18, 2009
I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 WITH ONLY 77,000 MILES. IT WAS MONDAY LAST WEEK (MARCH 15) WHEN I NOTICED MY CAR KIND OF LOST IT'S ACCELERATING POWER WHEN I CRUISED UP THE CORONADO BRIDGE (SAN DIEGO, CA) BUT IT WAS WEDNESDAY THAT SAME WEEK WHEN I EXPERIENCED THIS SLIPPING/ JERKING/ HARSH SHIFTING MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE ACCELERATING EVEN ON A REGULAR HIGHWAY. I THOUGHT AT FIRST IT WAS THE ENG... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 25, 2010
Incident date: Jun 20, 2007
FAILING DUAL MASS FLYWHEEL. SYMPTOMS ARE VIBRATION, RATTLING. SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING SINCE VEHICLE WAS DETECTED WITH UNKNOWN VIBRATION AT 17K. DEALERSHIP UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM AFTER REPLACING EGR, MAF, FUEL PUMP AND CHECKING FLYWHEEL FOR GREASE DEPOSITS. RESULTS OF FAILURE ARE IMMEDIATE LOCKUP OF TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE IF OPERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION AN... Read more
Incident date: Jun 17, 2006
I PURCHASED MY KIA SEDONA IN APRIL 2006. ON AVERAGE, FOUR TIMES A YEAR I WILL PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE RPM'S WILL GO UP BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. I HAVE TO THEN RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND PRESS IT AGAIN FOR IT TO "CATCH" AND MOVE FORWARD. THE 1ST TIME WAS WHILE ON VACATION IN SAN DIEGO IN 2006. ON 4-5 OCCASIONS THE PROBLEM ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAV... Read more
Incident date: Mar 25, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE CARAVAN. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT DETECTED THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND WATER PUMP WERE LEAKING FLUIDS. ALSO, THE FLYWHEEL BROKE IN HALF. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER STATED THAT THE OWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE SERVICE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. THERE WAS NO RECALL RELATED ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 22, 2010
WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, TRANSMISSION SLIPS TO NEUTRAL (OR LOW GEAR) AND RPMS SHOOT UP TO NEAR 6000. FORWARD MOMENTUM SLOWS DRAMATICALLY WHICH IS QUITE HAZARDOUS ON HIGHWAY. GOT TO DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY AND WITHIN DAY THEY "FIXED" IT BY REPLACING A SEAL (DIAGNOSIS WAS LOW FLUID). EXPRESSED CONCERNS FOR SAFETY AND WAS TOLD IT IS FIXED AND IT IS SAFE. NEXT DAY THE EXACT SAME THING OCCU... Read more
Incident date: Mar 18, 2010
I OWN A LINCOLN LS V8 WITH 55,000 MILES. WHEN I SHIFT INTO REVERSE IT CREATES A HARSH SOUND, LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING TO FALL OUT. MY "CHECK TRANSMISSION" LIGHT CAME ON WILL BE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON LS AND SEEMS TO BE EXTREMELY COMMON MANUFACTURING PROBLEM. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE!
Incident date: Mar 25, 2010
MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 HAD TC002-06 PERFORMED ON IT IN JANUARY 2007. THE RECALL WAS TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE ECM AND TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAS 85,000. I CONTACTED TOYOTA AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT A LOGIC UPDATE WAS PERFORMED TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, THE ECM SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOT UPDATED. I ALSO FOUND THAT THE ECM CARR... Read more
Incident date: Jan 22, 2010
DRIVING ON SNOW PACKED ROADS TO SALT LAKE CITY. AT AROUND 65 MILES OF DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN MY TOYOTA CAMRY. WE HAD NO WARNING AT ALL, UNTIL THE CAR WOUD NO LONGER DRIVE AND THE INSIDE WAS FILLING UP WITH SMOKE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE CAMRY TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEN TOWED BACK TO VERNAL UT. WE TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION REPIAR SHOP AND THEY TOLD US, THAT A ROD HAD COME OUT OF THE T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 15, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, FOLLOWED BY A DELAY IN THE RESPONSE TIME. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED AT THIS TIME. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 105,000.
Incident date: Mar 21, 2010
TRANMISSION FAILURE ON HIGHWAY - HONDA ACCORD -2003
Incident date: Feb 20, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC.
Incident date: Mar 23, 2010
I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OF MY LOCAL YMCA AND WAS DRIVING ON A SUBURBAN ROAD WHEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY RPMS WENT UP AND MY SPEED WENT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP BUT LOSS ALL CONTROL OF THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE MY VEHICLE. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN DOWN. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE ON... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2008
BOUGHT VAN IN JUNE 2007 NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE. REPLACED BATTERY WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF PURCHASE. REPLACE O2 SENSORS 3 TIMES AND NEED DONE AGAIN. REPLACED TRANSMISSION, RADIATOR, EGR VALVE, BRAKES 4 TIMES, TIE ROD 2 TIMES, CALIBERS 2 TIMES, ROTORS 3 TIMES, FUEL LINE, YOU NAME IT, WE HAVE HAD TO FIX IT. NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. WE HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO 8K SINCE FEB 2008 ON THIS VEHICLE AND WE CAN NOT GE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 10, 2009
WHEN LEAVING WORK, MY CAR FAILED TO GO INTO REVERSE SO I COULD PULL OUT. I HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OUT AND TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MAKE OF CAR. HE TOLD ME THAT I WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH I CAN NOT AFFORD TOP DO. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR AND MAKING SURE THAT I CAN ALWAYS PULL FORWARD OUT OF PARKING SPOTS I CAN SOMETIMES... Read more
Incident date: Dec 22, 2009
ON DECEMBER 22ND, I EXPERIENCED SLIPPING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I TOOK IT TO OUR LOCAL TOYOTA DEALERSHIP, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. I THEN TOOK IT TO A INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP. I LEARNED THAT THAT MY TRANSMISSION WAS DESTROYED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. A REBUILT TRANSMISSION WAS INSTALLED. I STILL HAD PROBLEMS, AND UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2010
FAULTY PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID OR ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FOR THE TRANSMISSION ON A 2006 COROLLA TOYOTA STARTING WITH A 17337 MILES. DASHBOARD INDICATE ENGINE LOGO WITH "CHECK" LIGHT.
Incident date: Mar 20, 2010
ENGINE RACING LIKE CAR WAS IN NEUTRAL BUT CAR WAS IN DRIVE
Incident date: Jan 15, 2008
I BOUGHT MY CHRYSLER 300 BRAND NEW FROM DEALER IN AUGUST 2007. MY FIRST NEW CAR. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER ARE THE PROBLEM. FROM DAY ONE THERE IS INTERMITTANT ":CLUNKING" WHEN IT SHIFTS. PARK TO REVERSE. DRIVE TO PARK. BUT THE SCARY ONE IS WHEN I'M DRIVING, A FEW TIMES A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES A DAY IT JUMPS, REALLY LURCHES. ENOUGH THAT AT 40 MPH, YOUR HEAD GET... Read more
JEEP
WRANGLER 2-DR 4X4
(2008) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 24, 2010
Incident date: Mar 11, 2010
MY 2008 JEEP WRANGLER WAS RECALLED DUE TO OVERHEATING FLUID IN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THE "SOLUTION" PROVIDED BY JEEP IS TO ADD A WARNING LIGHT/CHIME TO ALERT THE DRIVER OF HIGH TRANSMISSION FLUID TEMPERATURE. SINCE THE OVERHEATED OIL CAN OVERFLOW FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND IGNITE POTENTIALLY CAUSING CATASTROPHIC FIRE, I DO NOT FEEL THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED PROPERLY. THE APPROPRIATE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 12, 2010
2004 MERCURY MONTEREY VEHICLE TURNS ON BUT DOES NOT REVERSE OR DRIVE WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION. POSSIBLE DIAGNOSE IS TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE WAS DRIVING FINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS HAPPENED.
Incident date: Mar 24, 2010
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) DAUGHTER WAS ACCELERATING UP A HILL ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM A MAJOR INTERSECTION IN HER 2000 TOYOTA COROLLA [XXX] . TOOK HER FOOT OFF GAS, BUT GAS PEDAL STUCK AND ENGINE KEPT REVVING, ACCELERATING. SHE HIT BRAKES HARD, CAR WOULDN'T STOP. SHE APPLIED E-BRAKE, CAR DIDN'T STOP. PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TURNED ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 12, 2010
2005 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED HAVING A DELAY IN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND ALSO JERKING INTO GEARS. EMAILED NISSAN AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE TO NISSAN TO HAVE CHECKED. CALLED NISSAN SERVICE DEPT AND WAS ADVISED THAT IT'S NOT WORTH BRINGING IN AND PAYING TO HAVE CHECKED WHEN YOU ALREADY KNOW THERE IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WAS ADVISED IT'S AROUND $4700 TO REPLACE.
Incident date: Mar 21, 2010
I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY WIFE LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. THE RPM NOZZLE WAS GOING UP BUT THE CAR COULD NOT ACCELERATE ANYMORE. AFTERWARD MY SON BEGAN TO SEE SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR. WE PULLED THE CAR OVER AND IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF SMOKE COMING OUT FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND A LOT... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2008
MY FAMILY AND I PULLED INTO THE BANK TO GET SOME MONEY THEN WHEN WE WERE PULLING OUT ACROSS A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY OUR VAN ACTED LIKE IT WAS PULLED INTO NUTRUAL. I COASTED IT BACK INTO PARKING LOT. WE CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT HAD 50,800 MILES ON IT AND THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 50,000 MILES. I HAD AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FIX IT. ALSO IT HAS BEEN UP AT OUR L... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2010
I HAVE AN 2002 AUDI A-4 WITH A CONSTANT VARIABLE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE HAD HESITATION PROBLEMS ON AND OFF SINCE 2002. SEVERAL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AND THE DEALER HAS NEVER ADDRESSED THE TRANSMISSION HESITATION. SINCE I DON'T DRIVE THE CAR VERY OFTEN, THE TRANSMISSION IS FINALLY SKIPPING. THE DEALER INDICATES THE CAR MOST LIKELY IS THE BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF THE NEED FOR A NEW TRANSMISSIO... Read more
Incident date: Jan 13, 1991
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD TAURUS. WHILE DRIVING AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE RADIATOR, BATTERY, MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 98V323000 (STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS) AND 91V13... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2010
O\D LIGHT BLINKING AFTER ABOUT FIVE (5) MILES. NO ONE CAN SAY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT THE COST TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION IS TO MUCH. FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
Incident date: Mar 23, 2010
GEAR SHIFT LEVER ON THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN BROKE OFF WHEN TRIED TO TAKE IT OUT OF PARK, ON MY 2004 FORD EXPLORER. CHECKING THE INTERNET FOR THIS PROBLEM I SEE IT HAS HAPPENED TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH FORD EXPLORERS, NO HELP THROUGH FORD, A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE. TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
Incident date: Feb 23, 2010
I HAVE HAD THIS HONDA ODYSSEY VAN SINCE FEB. 2010. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT FROM TIME TO TIME THE TRANSMISSION DID NOT WANT TO PULL, SOMETIMES IN TRAFFIC & OTHER TIMES WHEN A TURN WAS MADE. SINCE THE SERVICE DEPT. SAID THAT IT SHOWED NO CODES ON THE COMPUTER & IT DIDN'T DO IT WHEN THEY DROVE THE VAN, IT WAS A NON-ISSUE. MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT IS NOW ON AND CODE "GEAR RATIO". I SPOKE WITH T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 11, 2010
TOYOTA MATRIX XR 2008:BOUGHT NEW. ONE DRIVER CAR. TWENTY-TWO MONTHS OF DRIVING WITH 11,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK TO DEALER ON MARCH 12, 2010 BECAUSE LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY HARMONIC EQUALIZER ON FRONT AXLE WHICH CAUSED SCARING ON AXLE AND INSIDE TRANSMISSION INSTALLED NEW AXLE AND TRANSMISSION. TEN MINUTES AFTER PICKING UP CAR AFTER FIRST PROBLEM CORRECTED: CAR LOST POWER WHILE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 24, 2010
MY 2001 RAV 4 BAGAN HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAVE TROUBLE GETTING STARTED AND THE CAR SHIFTS VERY HARD. WHEN THE CAR FINALLY SHIFTS, IT OFTEN LURCHES FORWARD. I HAVE TROUBLE GETTING ON THE HIGHWAY AND AM FEARFUL TO DRIVE IN TRAFFIC. VERY SCARY!
Incident date: Mar 18, 2010
2004 FORD EXPLORER V8 120000 MILES DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 45MPH NO WARNING OVER DRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING, CHECK TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON & LOST ALL GEARS. PULLED OVER TURNED CAR OFF RESTARTED IT DROVE 5 FEET SAME PROBLEM. TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP THE PULLED CODES & SAID THE SOLINOID PACK INTERNALLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THEY DID THAT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURING. NOW LOOKS LIKE NEEDS A TRANI. I TOOK... Read more
Incident date: Apr 2, 2007
THIS IS IS REGARDS TO THE NISSAN MAXIMA 2004 AND 2005 MODELS. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE MODELS. THE CAR WILL STALL AT RED LIGHTS OR WHEN TRYINGING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON EXPRESSWAYS, INTER STATE HIGHWAYS OR SIMILAR ROADWAYS. NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM OR CORRECT IT. WE WERE UNAWARE WHENL WE INITIALLY BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR VEHICLE. SINCE WE P... Read more
Incident date: Dec 15, 2009
ALMOST EVERY TIME THE HEADLIGHTS ARE CHANGED FROM HIGH TO LOW BEAMS THE LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF COMPLEATLY AND I WILL HAVE NO HEADLIGTS AT ALL, I HAVE GONE OUT AND PURCHASED A NEW TURNSIGNAL SWITCH AND PLAN TO PUT IT IN AS SOON AS POSIBLE AND I WILL HAVE THE OLD PART STILL. THE FRONT DRIVE ASSEMBELY WILL GRIND ANY TIME A TIRE LOSES TRACTION AND SPINS IN EITHER THE RAIN OR SNOW ON PAVEMENT OR OFF T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 23, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA PILOT THAT IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT IS SLIPPING GEARS AND BOGS WHILE DRIVING.
Incident date: Mar 23, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA PILOT THAT IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT IS SLIPPING GEARS AND BOGS WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NOTICE THAT THEIR WAS A RECALL ON THIS CAR ANDI GUESS IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIT.
Incident date: Mar 22, 2010
TOYOTA 2007 RAV4 WITH 20,000 MILES, SINCE I PURCHASED HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THE ACCELERATION LURCHING FORWRD BOTH WHILE BARELY TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL OR TURNING CORNERS, AND GOING UP A SMALL HILL OR A LARGE HILL. IVE STILL GOT THE WARRANTY TILL MAY2010, THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND COULDNT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HELLO TOYOTA ! NOW IM READING ABOUT ALL THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS THAT RAV4 ISNT DIS... Read more
Incident date: Mar 23, 2010
I HAVE A TOYOTA CAMRY XLE 2010 THAT I PURCHASED LATE LAST YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS WORKING NORMALLY DURING THE RECALL PERIOD LATELY. HOWEVER, AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE FROM TOYOTA, I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED ON THE PROTENTIAL PROBLEMS. THAT WAS DONE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. THE SERVICE MANAGER TO ME THAT THEY WOULD UPDATE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SO THAT IF THE GAS PEDAL AND THE BREAK A... Read more
Incident date: Mar 10, 2010
PURCHASED A 2004 VOLVO T6 XC90 USED WITH 98,000 MILES. AT 104000 THE TRASNMISSION FAILED. THEY NEED $6500 TO REPAIR IT. IF IT HAD GONE AT 99,999 THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND ARE PAYING FOR 100% IF UNDER 100,000. HTTP://TOWNHALL-TALK.EDMUNDS.COM/DIRECT/VIEW/.F18A651/470 FOR ADDTIONAL TESTIMONY. THANK YOU
Incident date: May 1, 2009
2003 SATURN VUE. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION. *TGW AFTER THREE MONTHS OF PURCHASING THE VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE SELLER, THE CONSUMER NOTICE THE VEHICLE WOULD SLIP INTO A WEIRD GEAR AND THE ENGINE WOULD SOUND AS IF IT WERE RUNNING HARDER. THE ISSUE OCCURRED AT RANDOM INTERVALS WITH NO NOTICEABLE PATTERN. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT WAS THE WAY ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 16, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT TRANSMISSION FAILURES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 12,000.
Incident date: Mar 15, 2010
2005 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING IN LOW GEARS OR GOING FROM REVERSE TO FIRST GEAR. ENGINE REVS HIGH AND THEN THE CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR, THIS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS INCLUDING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES THE CAR TO SURGE FORWARD WHEN IT OCCURS. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AROUND 75K MILES ON THE CAR. REPORTS FROM SEVERAL TRANSMISSION SHOPS IND... Read more
Incident date: Mar 19, 2003
TRANSMISSION UNRESPONSIVE AT TIMES. HARD SHIFTING IN REVERSE. HESITATES AT 1ST GEAR...