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: Feb 25, 2010
ON FEBRUARY 25TH 2010, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER 105 FREEWAY, MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 REFUSED TO ACCELERATE, ALMOST RESULTING IN MY CAR BEEN REAR-ENDED. THIS PROGRESSED INTO ERRATIC SHIFTING. *TR
Incident date: Mar 2, 2010
2004 CTS W/ 89160 MILES COMPLETE AND SUDDEN LOSS OF TRANS FLUID. HAD TOWED TO GM DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANS LINES TO THE RADIATOR WERE "STRIPPED " AND BOTH NEEDED REPLACING. WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND THIS AREA HAS NEVER BEEN SERVICED OR TOUCHED. DEALER THAT WORKED ON PROBLEM IS ST. *TR
Incident date: Mar 6, 2010
I OWN A 2007 TOYOTA AVALON. THE TRANSMISSION HAS A PROBLEM. WHEN COASTING DOWN WITHOUT ACCELERATOR BEING ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTS AT 30 MPH BUT THE CAR SPEEDS UP. IT IS ONLY 4-5 MPH AND AFTER A FEW SECONDS THEN STARTS COASTING DOWN AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE DEALER AND "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG". IT HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE TOYOTA TECHNICAL SERVICE MANAGER AND "... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2010
TWO WEEKS BEFORE, I HAD TWO RECALL FIXES DONE FOR MY 2010 CAMRY (STICKY PEDAL, FLOOR MAT ENTRAPMENT). ALTHOUGH FOR THE INITIAL TWO DAYS, IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE IT WORKED, SINCE THEN THE SAME OLD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR ARE PERSISTING. IN THE PAST, LEADING TO THE RECALL FIX, I HAD LODGED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS (INCLUDING ONE BEFORE THE GAS PEDAL RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT) WITH TOYOTA AND THEIR DEALER. MY CAR HAS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2010
2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 101,000 MILES. TOOK DEALER THREE SERVICE TIMES AND $1,000.00 IN UNNEEDED REPAIRS TO FIND PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED DURING RECALL PROCEDURE IN 2003/2004...WASN'T. DEALER FINALLY REPLACED TRANSMISSION WITH REMANUFACTURED UNIT IN FEBRUARY 2010 AT A $1,400.00 COST TO ME. *TR
Incident date: Sep 17, 2009
FOR THE SECOND TIME THE CAR STALLED WHILE IN MOTION. AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE HAD REPORTED TO GALLES & DAVIES SUBARU IN ABQ, NM ON 9.17.09. THEY DID THE INSPECTION AND WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND THE REASON. ALSO WE HAVE STILL RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH NOISES FROM AIR INTAKE, WHICH HAS BEEN REPAIRED 4 TIMES(!). *TR
Incident date: Sep 4, 2009
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY HONDA ODYSSEY- I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A STORE FRONT AND THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING, JUMPED THE CURB, HIT A POST, AND WENT THROUGH A STORE FRONT WINDOW. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. I WAS THE ONLY ONE INJURED. I REPORTED THE I... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 24, 2009
FAULTY COMPUTER. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE COMPUTER CAUSED THE TRANSMISSION TO ENGAGE INTO WRONG GEARS,RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE. COST TO ME OF $4,847.00. I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY TOYOTA OF THIS PROBLEM. TECHNICAL BULLETIN #1046. *TR
Incident date: Jan 14, 2010
O/D LIGHT BLINKS ALL THE TIME. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND CLANKS. *TR
Incident date: Sep 9, 2008
HERE I REPORT AN ACCIDENT WHICH MAY BE CAUSED BY TOYOTA UNINTENDED ACCELERATE PROBLEM. WE BOUGHT 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA SPORT ON JULY 09, 2004. WE DRIVE 2000-3000 MILES/ PER YEAR. AS WE BOUGHT 5 YEARS PRE-PAID MAINTENANCE, WE HAVE REGULAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE WITH FAULKNER DEALER EVERY HALF YEAR UNTIL JULY 09, 2009. THERE HAS NO BIG PROBLEMS DURING THE FIRST 3-YEAR WARRANTY PERIOD EXCEPT ON AROUND SUM... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Mar 7, 2010
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). I HAVE A 2005 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN, [XXX] . I WAS DRIVING IT TONIGHT AT 75 MPH ON INTERSTATE 75 IN EIGHT LANES OF TRAFFIC IN ATLANTA, GA AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY AND SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL WITH NO WARNING. I WAS FORCED TO TRY AND GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND COULD NOT. I CALLED 911 AND HA... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2009
2008 TOYOTA SEQUOIA, PRIOR TO NATIONWIDE RECALL I HAVE COMPLAINED TO TOYOTA CONCERNING UNRESPONSIVENESS OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AS WELL AS OTHER DEFECTS IN VEHICLE AND I CONTINUE TO BE IGNORED BY BOTH MANUFACTURER AND DEALERSHIP, WITH DEALERSHIP MAKING EXCUSES BY SAYING THINGS LIKE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY WHERE MADE IN DIFFERENT FACTORIES CAUSING THERE TO BE VARIANTS IN THE COLOR OF THE VEHI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY AND I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTING SINCE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD REFLASH THE COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS IT AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT HAS NOT. AM I GOING TO HAVE A RUN AWAY VEHICLE NEXT? THE CAR DRAGS AND THEN GOES FAST. THEY DID NOT SEEM TO DO ANYTHING, BUT GIVE ME LIP SERVICE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR VIOLENTLY PITCHING THE CAR FORWARD. THIS SUDDEN EVENT NEARLY CAUSED HER TO LOSE CONTROL. THERE WAS NO WARNING TO THIS EVENT. I HAVE FOUND AFTER RESEARCH THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN EPIDEMIC LEVELS FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF THIS TRANSMISSION IS A SEVERE SAFETY... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 1980
MY 1974 FORD LTD JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND INTO REVERSE GEAR. *TR
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
I HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER WHILE I WAS COMING HOME THE OD LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CHECK TRANS. CAME ON. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM LEADING UP TO THIS IT JUST HAPPENED. SO TAKE IT TO THE FORD PLACE AND THEY SAY NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. I STILL OWE 3,000 ON IT THAT IS ALSO THE PRICE OF THE NEW TRANS. THE TRANS. HAS NEVER USED ANY FLUID . I NEED HELP! *TR
Incident date: Feb 5, 2010
WHEN STARTING OUT SLOW, LISE AT A STOP LIGHT, IF IT IS NECESSARY TO LIFT OFF THE ACCELERATOR BRIEFLY, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO GO INTO A HIGH GEAR AND THE CAR JUST COASTS WITH NO POWER. BY PRESING THE ACCELERATOR HARD, A JACKRABBIT START RESULTS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION DOES FINALLY SHIFT DOWN. THIS CAN BE VERY SCARY. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS AND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Jan 10, 2010
THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE SLUGGISH AND HESITATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. AFTER CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID I FOUND THAT I WAS NEARLY EMPTY. I REFILLED THE TRANNY WITH ABOUT 3 QUARTS OF FLUID. THE NEXT DAY I CHECKED IT AGAIN AND THERE WAS NO FLUID ON THE STICK. I LOOKED AT THE RIGHT PASSENGER FRONT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW WERE FLUID WAS LEAKING FROM UNDER THE RADIATOR. AFTER HAVING... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2009
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) 2007 CAMRY ACCELERATES AT A WHIM FOR 2-3 SECONDS. IT HAPPENS VERY IN FREQUENT, THE LAST TIME ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS AGO. HAS BEEN TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY STATE CAN NOT DO ANYTHING, UNLESS IT HAPPENS OR IS REPRODUCED FOR THEM. I REPORTED THIS BY PHONE TO NHTSA BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY FEED BACK AS I WAS TOLD... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2010
ALWAYS DID MAINTENANCE CHECKS ON MY HONDA CIVIC 2001. TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 124,000 MILES AND TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
CAR START STALLING, TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION COOLER WAS LEAKING AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION GET HOT IT WILL NOT WORK DUE TO THE LACK OF FLUID. *TR
Incident date: Oct 3, 2009
STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHEN LIGHT CHANGED, ALTHOUGH LIGHTLY PRESSING ON GAS, THE CAR WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NOT A CAR BEHIND ME AND A DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME; OTHERWISE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WOULD RANDOMLY LUNGE FORWARD FROM A STOPPED POSITION. ALSO, WHEN STOPPED ON SMALL INCLINE; WOULD SLIP AS IF PULLING BEFORE TRANSMISSION WOULD KICK IN.... Read more
Incident date: Jan 5, 2010
ON MANY OCCASIONS MY 2004 SATURN VUE V6 AWD APPEARS TO SHUDDER WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING FROM A LOWER GEAR AT SPEEDS USUALLY LESS THAN 40MPH. WHEN THIS HAPPENS IT IS UNNERVING TO SAY THE LEAST. I HAVE READ ACCOUNTS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS FROM OTHER SATURN OWNERS AND HAVE FOUND THAT A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED 2/09/06. CONCERNING TORQUE CONVERTER SHUDDER. I BELIEVE THAT A RECA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
ENGINE CODE P2610: ECM / PCM INTERNAL ENGINE OFF TIMER PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCED ISSUES: - ABRUPT JERKING TO LEFT DURING ACCELERATION - HARSH SHIFT OF TRANSMISSION DURING CRUISING SPEED - INTERMITTENT NON-START CONDITION ACTION TAKEN: DEALER REPLACED ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER (PART NO. 89661-02K41). *TR
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK WHEN MY CAR TOLD ME TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION CHECKED. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO HAVE MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE CAR ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT, AND I BOUGHT IT WHEN IT HAD 31,000 MILES IN 2007. THE MECHANIC PROCEEDED TO INFORM ME THAT THE MAKE AND MODEL OF MY CAR HAS CONTINUOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT HE ALONE H... Read more
MERCURY
MOUNTAINEER
(2003) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 5, 2010
Incident date: Mar 3, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER. I WAS STOPPED TO GET FUEL. I PUT MY SUV IN PARK TO GET OUT. I WAS LEAVING MY KEYS IN IT. WHEN I STEPPED OUT AND WALKED TO THE REAR, MY SUV STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. I HAD TO RUN BACK AN JUMP IN IT AND HIT THE BRAKE. I LOOKED AT THE GEAR SHIFTER AN IT DIDN'T GO INTO PARK. IT STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF P AND R. IF I HAD LOCKED THE DOORS I WOULD NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GE... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: Feb 1, 2010
2005 HONDA CR-V VEHICLE ACCELERATED*CW THE CONSUMER STATED SHE PARKED IN A PARKING SPACE. WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE, SHE PLACED THE GEAR INTO PARK, REMOVED HER FOOT FROM THE BRAKE AND SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A BUILDING. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED AFTER HITTING THE WALL, SHE WENT TO SHUT IT OFF AND THE GEAR WAS STILL IN PARK. *JB
Crash
Incident date: Mar 2, 2010
OUR 2005 TOYOTA AVALON WAS SERVICED FOR SAFETY RECALL ON 3/1/10 AND GAS PEDAL FEEL BECAME MORE SENSITIVE IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS. ON 3/2/10 WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED SEVERAL TIMES DURING NORMAL APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. THIS WAS ALARMING AND VERY DISCONCERTING. SUBSEQUENT DRIVING LATER THIS WEEK DID NOT EFFECT A REPEAT OF THE ABS CONCERNS. HOWEVER, THERE IS AN OCCASIONAL SLIGH... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2006) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 5, 2010
Incident date: Feb 16, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA TDI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT APPROX 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO NOT ACCELERATE, ALTHOUGH SHE WOULD PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE PAST 55 MPH. SHE ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THEN THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE VEHICLE WAS IN 6TH GEAR BUT MANUALLY SHIFTED DOWN TO 4TH GEAR. SHE TOOK IT OUT OF ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
THE O/D LIGHT ON MY DASH OF MY 02 EXPLORER STARTED BLINKING . IT TAKES A WHILE AND STRUGGLES TO GET TO 30MPH, WHEN IT FINALLY REACHES 30 IT SLAMS INTO GEAR AND ACTS FAIRLY NORMAL. THE NEXT DAY, IT WOULDN'T GET ABOVE 20MPH. WE PAID FOR A NEW TRANNY ($1732) AND PAID A CERTIFIED MECHANIC TO PUT IT IN ($225, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF THE FLUID). THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. WE THEN BOUGHT A $7... Read more
Incident date: Jun 18, 2007
SUDDEN UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION RESULTED IN COLLISION. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES WITH MAXIMUM FORCE BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. DRIVER DID NOT HAVE FOOT ON GAS PEDAL. FLOOR MAT WAS NOT INTERFERING WITH GAS PEDAL. *TR
Crash
GMC
YUKON XL 1500
(2009) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 5, 2010
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
TRANSMISSION ISSUES ESPECIALLY IN DOWNSHIFTING. *TR
Incident date: Jun 30, 2007
IN 2007 I BOUGHT A NEW SUBARU FORESTER. THE TRANSMISSION JUMPS & SNAPS WHILE CHANGING GEARS. SOMETIMES THE WHOLE CAR IS JOLTED BY THE TRANSMISSION SNAPPING INTO GEAR. THIS PROBLEM JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR IS COLD, BUT ALSO HAPPENS WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING & CHANGING SPEEDS. IT OFTEN TAKES TOO LONG FOR MY VEHICLE TO CHANGE GEARS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO THE SERVICE DEPT. AT TWO DIFFERE... Read more
Incident date: May 11, 2009
I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. I LOVE THE CAR, BESIDES THE FACT I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH IT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS . THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. I HAVE ALWAYS ASSUMED NISSAN'S WERE DEPENDABLE CARS. I KNOW I PURCHASED IT USED, BUT THE PROBLEMS I AM HAVING SHOULD NOT BE OCCURRING AT 90,000 MILES. REALLY DISAPPOINTING. TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING SO I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER PAID F... Read more
Incident date: Jul 19, 2008
I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN MY 2006 NISSAN TITAN IN JULY 08. I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT WHEN THE ENGINE ROARED THE TRUCK QUICKLY MOVED FORWARD AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE TRUCK. THE ONLY THING THAT STOPPED THE TRUCK WAS A CEMENT SPINDLE FENCE. I DESTROYED 10 FEET OF FENCE AND MY INSURANCE HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO NISSAN AND THEY CHECKED IT, BUT THEY STATED THEY WERE UNABL... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 19, 2010
I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2002 RAV4 AND HAVE BEEN TAKING IT TO TOYOTA FOR SERVICE. AS I WAS LEAVING WORK AT 5PM ONE FRIDAY, MY CAR WOULD HARD-SHIFT INTO FIRST AND STRUGGLE EVEN MORE TO GET TO SECOND, ETC. I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO TOYOTA CARLSBAD. THEY CONTACTED ME THE FOLLOWING DAY AFTER CHANGING THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THEY SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND COMPUTER. COME TO FIND OUT THE... Read more
JEEP
PATRIOT 4X4
(2007) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 5, 2010
Incident date: Dec 12, 2009
2007 JEEP PATRIOT 46,000 MILES TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE AND IT WILL COST 7,000 TO REPLACE-- CHRYSLER 36,000 WARRANTY GO FIGURE THEY WILL NOT REALLY ASSIST. *TR
Incident date: Jun 2, 2009
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 JEEP WRANGLER. HE STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, WHILE GOING OVER A PATH, HE NOTICED A HOT FLUID SMELL. WHEN HE PULLED OVER HE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE OPENED THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE IT BURST INTO FLAMES, THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THERE WERE DAMAGES TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.THE VEHICLE WAS TOWE... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Apr 19, 2009
2004 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 63,000 MILES NO WARNING -- TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE - VAN WAS IN MOTION - THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON A HIGHWAY AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. REVIEWING ALL THE COMPLAINTS THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE -- SOMEONE NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES! *TR
Incident date: Feb 27, 2010
I WAS IN THE ACT OF PARKING MY VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT AND PLACED MY RIGHT FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND PROCEEDED TO SHIFT THE GEAR INTO THE PARK POSITION. BUT BEFORE I COULD COMPLETE THIS ACTION, MY VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED AND HURTLED FORWARD. I WAS LUCKY THAT MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY CRASHING INTO A METAL SIGN POST. HAD THE POST NOT BEEN THERE, MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE GONE INTO A VERY BUSY ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
WE HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA CAMRY WITH A 2.4 LITER ENGINE WITH A 38, 900 MILES IN THE ODOMETER. AND ON MARCH 4, 2010 MY WIFE CAME HOME FROM A THE GROCERY STORE ASKED ME TO CHECK THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IIS ON. I DROVE THE CAR FOR A TEST DRIVE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FIVE MINUTES WITH THE SPEED OF 10 MILES TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. BEFORE I CAME TO THE STOP SIGN, THE ENGINE START RACING... Read more
Incident date: Feb 5, 2010
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR WITH SIX KIDS IN THE VAN TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, ALL OF SUDDEN, THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEAD ON I-95 OF JACKSONVILLE, FL, THE LOST OF TRANSMISSION CAME SO SUDDENLY IN I-95 WITHOUT ANY EARLIER INDICATIONS, SHE FINALLY CRUISE IT TO THE LEFT SHOULD OF I-95 AND WITH THE HELP OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND ONE ROAD RANGER, ALL THE PASSENGERS GOT TRANSFERRED TO A SAF... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2010
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). THIS IS 2001 HONDA ODYSSEY MINIVANS HAVING 75,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING GEARS ALL OF SUDDEN CAUSING UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION & DE-ACCELERATION MAKING IT UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT THIS TIME. TODAY I TOOK THIS TO THE HONDA OF FREEHOLD SALES: 877-934-6665 - SERVICE: (732) 414-3720) [XXX] & THE DEALER... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING. ONE SECOND I'M PULLING ON TO THE ROADWAY WITH A WORKING TRANSMISSION THE NEXT SECOND MY VEHICLE IS SITTING IN THE WAY OF TRAFFIC AND CAN NOT MOVE. AS I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS,THIS HAS HAPPENED QUITE OFTEN. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR
Incident date: Jan 14, 2010
I PURCHASED A 2010 FORD ESCAPE 1/2/10. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE I WENT TO BACK UP AND THEN GO FORWARD. IN DOING SO, WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO GEAR TO GO FORWARD THERE WAS A JERKING MOTION AS WELL AS A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE UNDER THE CAR. SINCE THAT TIME, I HAVE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. AS THE CAR SWITCHES GEARS IT WILL JERK WITH THE SAME NOISE. IT FEELS AS IF T... Read more
Incident date: Mar 24, 2009
TOYOTA 2001 RAV4 TRANSMISSION SHIFT PROBLEM SINCE MARCH 2009. APPROX MILES TO DATE 95,750. WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT IN, I CHECKED WITH AUTOZONE FOR DIAGNOSTIC CHECK WHICH WAS FREE BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I THEN TOOK THE READINGS TO TOYOTA WHO TOLD ME THEY WOULDN'T ACCEPT AUTOZONE'S DIAGNOSTIC AND I HAD TO GET ANOTHER ONE FROM THEM WHICH COST $100. THEN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS JUST THE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2004
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 55-65 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES WITH REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSIONS. THE FOUR TRANSMISSIONS FAILED WITHIN 45,000 MILES. WHEN AT A COMPLETE STOP THE VEHICLE SURGED... Read more
Incident date: Sep 24, 2008
CARRIER BEARING REPLACED. *TR
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 4, 2010
Incident date: Sep 14, 2009
I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE. I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT AND IT COULD OF BEEN A SAFETY ISSUE. IN JUNE '09 THE RADIATOR HAD A COOLING LINE THAT BROKE WHICH HAS BECOME A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AND ANYTIME THAT A DRIVETRAIN IS IN ISSUE IT COULD CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE. I REPLACED THE RADIATOR FOR $600 AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH VIOLENT STUTTERING AND ENGAGING IN AND OUT WHILE IN HEAVY TRAF... Read more
Incident date: Mar 4, 2010
2010 FORD RANGER LST 4 CYLINDER. THERE IS A SEVER VIBRATION AT 2000 RPMS AND THE ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AT IDLE. 850 RPMS ON THE TACH. THE VIBRATION IS IN THE STEERING AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TRUCK. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER, BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST...WHEN ON EXTENDED TRIPS THE VIBRATION IS FELT IN YOUR HANDS,FEET, LEGS AND THE SEAT OF YOUR PAN... Read more