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 26, 2010
2010 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB PRE-RUNNER, I HAVE EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN JERK (LIKE OTHER CAR HAS HIT ME ON THE REAR) WHILE I WAS STOPPED AND THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED WHILE WAITING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIME FOR FIVE DAYS AFTER I BROUGHT MY TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM, WHICH THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM AND IT IS JUST BECAUSE THE TACOMA HAS A SEQUENTIAL ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
WITHOUT WARNING, OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR LOST ALL FORWARD AND REVERSE POWER IN RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC. I WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN ENGINE SEEMED TO SURGE. COASTED TO A STOP AND TRIED ALL GEARS. NOTHING. MECHANIC SAYS TORQUE CONVERTER SPUN ITSELF LOOSE INSIDE TRANSMISSION; QUOTED A REPAIR PRICE OF $2,100. ALSO CALLED IT THE FREESTAR'S ACHILLES HEEL. *TR
Incident date: Jan 11, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN XTERRA WHICH I DON'T DRIVE MUCH AND AT AROUND 50,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT AND COST ME $1,600 TO REPAIR. NOW AT AROUND 52,000 MILES MY FUELS GAUGE STOP WORKING WHICH CAUSED MY TRUCK TO TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN IT AND I SEE NO RECALL ON THESE ISSUES FROM NISSAN .MY BROTHER HAS A PATHFINDER WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *TR
Incident date: Feb 5, 2010
STILL HAVING PROBLEMS MY 2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SLIPS, IT ESPECIALLY SLIPS WHILE MERGING IN TRAFFIC ON HWY RAMPS AND WHEN TURNING CORNERS, HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS UNFORTUNATELY HONDA KNOWS THIS PROBLEM EXITS AND WILL NOT RECALL THESE VEHICLES AS THEY DID WITH THE 1998-2001 MODELS. SO NOW WHAT DO I DO WHEN HONDA WANTS 5200.00 TO REPLACE IT? EXTENDED WARRANTY ENDED IN 2009 AN... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
HONDA ODYSSEY 2003 - GEAR SHIFTING POORLY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON AT AROUND 84K. HONDA DEALER DIAGNOSES IT AND STATES THAT THE FAILURE CODE INDICATES INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. MECHANICS SAW DARK/DISFIGURED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND REPRODUCED THE GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM. DEALER CLAIMS NO WARRANTY OR RECALL COVERED. SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM REQUIRING A RECALL. IN LIEU OF THE TOYOTA P... Read more
Incident date: Mar 11, 2009
AROUND 45,000 MILES OUR TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. NO WARNING NOTHING. HAVING MY KIDS IN THE CAR SCARED TO DEATH AND NO ONE AT KRIEGER FORD WANTED TO HELP AND SAID HAD THAT NO ONE ELSE HAD THESE PROBLEMS. I GET ON THE COMPUTER AND FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS.... AFTER GETTING IT FIX A YEAR LATER NOW IT IS NOT STARTING AT TIMES. NO CAUSE OR REASON. WE ARE A FAMILY OF 6 LIVING CHECK TO CHECK AND SCA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
2002 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION FAILURE. 77K MILES AND TOTAL SLIPPAGE IN SECOND GEAR. PREVIOUSLY HAD THE RECALL 2ND GEAR OILER IN STALLED. NEVER TOWED ANYTHING. OBVIOUS ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HONDA APPEARS TO AGREE AS THEY OFFER $2K TOWARDS REPLACEMENT. SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY DOCUMENTED CASES OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE FACT THAT NHTSA HAS NOT OPENED AN INVESTIGATION, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2010
I HAVE A 2002 TOYOTA RAV4. WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS THE GEARS WILL DOWNSHIFT AND THE ENGINE REVS FAST. NOW DURING NORMAL DRIVING, IT GETS STUCK IN 2ND GEAR THEN WILL BANG INTO 3RD. I'VE ALSO NOTICED SOMETIMES WHEN I TRY TO PULL ONTO A HIGHWAY, THERE IS NO ACCELERATION. *TR
Incident date: Jul 18, 2009
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY DURING A VACATION, CAR TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON, STARTING SMELLING FUNNY, READ MANUAL AND IT SAID IF THIS LIGHT WAS ON TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY - SEVERE DAMAGE CAN OCCUR IF YOU KEEP DRIVING. WE PULLED OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. FLUID HAD SPILLED OUT ALL OVER ENGINE. THEY SAID THAT WAS FROM IT OVERHEATING AND BOILING THE FLUID OUT. WE SAT FOR A WHILE AND ... Read more
JEEP
WRANGLER 4-DR 4X4
(2008) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Sep 5, 2009
THE TRANSMISSION ON MU 2008 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED HAS OVERHEATING ISSUES. THE VENT TUBE FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENS WAS PLACED BY THE FACTORY OVER THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER CREATING A MAJOR FIRE HAZARD FOR WHEN THE OVERHEATING DOES HAPPEN. I HAD MY TRANSMISSION OVERHEAT ON MY WAY TO TIZER LAKES, MT AND IT IS IN A LARGE NATIONAL FOREST WITH MANY DEAD TREES BECAUSE OF THE PINE BEATLE. IF I HADN'T CAUGHT T... Read more
Incident date: Apr 1, 2004
SOMETIMES WHEN I GO FROM A STOP POSITION OR SLOW DOWN AND YOU WANT TO ACCELERATE, YOU PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND GET NOTHING, WHEN TAP HARDER ON IT, IT WILL LURCH FORWARD, AND WHIP BACK YOUR PASSENGERS (CHILDREN). IT SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN HUMIDITY IS HIGHER, REGARDLESS OF SEASON. *TR
Incident date: Feb 28, 2010
I HAVE A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY THE TRANSMISSION WENT ON IT AT 56,000 MILES I'VE BEEN READING ON THE NET THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO ALOT OF THE SAME VEHICLES AROUND THE SAME MILES. THE VAN WAS DRIVING FINE AND IT JUST QUIT NO NOISE NO WARNINGS NOTHING JUST QUIT. *TR
Incident date: Apr 16, 2000
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MAZDA 626. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A HISTORY OF PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,296. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12.
Incident date: Feb 23, 2010
WEEK OF 2/23/10 SNOW DAY DRIVING HOME AND MY VEHICLE STARTED HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH OUT WARNING. THE NEXT DAY THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE UN NOTICEABLE. WEEK OF 3/1/10 ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN WITH OUT WARNING. THIS TIME IT WAS SEVERE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. I DROVE IT TO A TOYOTA DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS TURNING OUT TO BE A SEVERAL THO... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 KIA SOUL. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE FAILURE CONTINUED DURING THE TRAVEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES. IN ADDITION, WHENEVER DISPENSING FUEL INTO THE FUEL TANK; THE FUEL CONTINUOUSLY SPRAYS OUT. ALSO, THERE WAS FAILURE WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS ... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER WITH 106,000 MILES HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED SINCE JUNE 2009. DEALERSHIP COVERED THEM UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOW OTHER NON-WARRANTY ISSUES ARE OCCURRING WHICH WERE CAUSED BY THOSE TRANSMISSION FAILURES. VEHICLE HAS HAD THE TRANSCOOLER REPLACED, HOSES, AND RADIATOR REPLACED AND FLUSHED...AT MY COST. VEHICLE MAKES A DANGEROUSLY LOUD VIBRATING NOISE BETWEEN 40-60 MPH AND... Read more
Incident date: Feb 5, 2010
MY 2003 TOYOTA MATRIX XR SOMETIMES ACCELERATES UNCONTROLLABLY. USUALLY WHEN I AM CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, WHEN I LET OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL, THE CAR'S THROTTLE STILL FEELS LIKE IT'S IN THE OPEN POSITION, CAUSING THE CAR TO SPEED UP INSTEAD OF SLOWING DOWN. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IF THE CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED ON AND THE CAR IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN SPEED. MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS TURNED OFF DURING EACH ... Read more
GMC
SIERRA 1500
(2003) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Aug 1, 2003
2003 GMC SIERRA TRUCK, STEERING, HAS A CLUNKING NOISE STARTED ABOUT 5,000 MILES, TOLD BY MECHANIC TO TAKE TO A DEALER, WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAD HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM AND WAS NOT SOMETHING HE WANTED TO UNDERTAKE DUE TO LIABILITY, ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH TO MUCH PLAY OR (SLAP) IN THE DRIVE SHAFT, TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT, DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM , SO APPARENTLY THEY DID NOT KNOW H... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2007
TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINE CORRODES AND RUINS THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
SHIFTER REFUSES TO GO FULLY INTO PARK RESULTING IN INABILITY TO REMOVE KEY FROM STEERING COLUMN. SHIFTER DOES NOT LOCK INTO GEAR AND CAN MOVE FREELY BETWEEN GEARS WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED. *TR
Incident date: Dec 20, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET EQUINOX. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT SPEEDS UNDER 25 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FELL INTO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE INTO AN INTERSECTION. THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY FOUND THE TRANSMISSION MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE. REPAIRS WERE MADE UNDER THE CONTACTS FACTORY... Read more
Incident date: Nov 23, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THE COMPUTER CAUSED THE FAILURE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A WEEK LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS DONE AND REVEALED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $4000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY HAS EXPI... Read more
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2002) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AT 38,000 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WAS TOLD IT IS CAUSED BY 3 DIFFERENT SHOPS THE SUNSHIELD (SUN GEAR) ASSEMBLY IS DEFECTIVE AND GM KNEW ABOUT IT. WAS REBUILT IN SEPT. 2005. 3/1/2010 VEHICLE NOW HAS 82000 TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND WAS AGAIN TOLD SAME THING. VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD POPPING SOUND THEN SHAKES VIOLENTLY AND REVERSE, 2 AND 3 GO OUT WITH OUT WARNING. VEHICLE REVS HI... Read more
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Jun 6, 2009
RADIATOR LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE WHEN MY FAMILY WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ALTHOUGH NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THIS CASE, NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE PATHFINDER AND SOMEONE COULD BE HURT IN THE FUTURE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 27, 2010
2005 LEXUS RX330 WAS DRIVEN AT 40MPH UNDER NORMAL HIGHWAY CONDITIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT IN NEUTRAL WHERE THE ENGINE KEPT REVVING. THE DRIVER COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND BROUGHT TO A DEALERSHIP THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS DAY FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY DID NOT FIND... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
R32
(2008) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Dec 1, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN R32. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD WHILE HE WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE DRIVER ALSO STATED THAT IF HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO INCREASE HIS SPEED, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL GEAR ON ITS OWN. THE FAILURE HAS CONTINUED TO OCCU... Read more
Incident date: Nov 20, 2008
INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) I PURCHASED MY 2002 TOYOTA RAV4 FROM MY DEALER, RICH TOYOTA OF HUNTINGTON, WV IN SPRING 2002'IT WAS HIS DEMO CAR, VIN#[XXX] ; MODEL #4416A. AT 107,00 MILES, OUT OF THE CLEAR-BLUE, THE RAV4 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS, THEN WENT OUT, BUT THEN SHIFTING BECAME ERRATIC. I HAVE SERVICED T... Read more
Incident date: Dec 28, 2009
THE TRANSMISSION HAS QUIRKY RESPONSES WHEN PUT IN REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS FOR AS LONG AS WE HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. ANOTHER INCIDENT WE HAVE HAD WITH OUR VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING HOME ONE AFTERNOON AT A HIGHER RATE OF SPEED WAS THE FEELING OF SOMEONE WHO HAD PUSHED REAL HARD ON THE BRAKE FOR A MOMENT. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, I W... Read more
Incident date: Nov 28, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH HE COULD FEEL THE VEHICLE LUNGE FORWARD WHENEVER HE WAS DOWN SHIFTING AND GOING OVER 40 MPH. WHEN HE SLOWED THE VEHICLE DOWN THE RPMS INCREASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. HE THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2009
WHILE MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE DRIVING DOWN I-24, THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO LOOSE SPEED AND SHE COASTED OFF THE INTESTATE AND STOPPED IN A LANE OF TRAFFIC. HAD IT TOWED TO LOCAL MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THEY STATED IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND WOULD RUN 2500+ TO FIX. VAN HAS 113,000+/- MILES ON IT. *TR
Incident date: Dec 16, 2009
POWER STEERING JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES OUT ON MY SATURN VEHICLE WHILE IN OPERATION. A CHIME SOUNDS INDICATING SOMETHINGS WRONG AND THE POWER STEERING INDICATOR COMES ON THE DASH BOARD. YOU LOOSE ALL POWER STEERING FUNCTION AND ITS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE TO MANEUVER AT ALL, AT HIGH SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING IT CAN BE DEADLY AS YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE WHEEL AND ALMOST BREAK... Read more
Incident date: Jun 27, 2006
IN 2007 I WAS DRIVING MY SATURN VUE AWD 4CL EQUIPPED WITH A VTI TRANSMISSION DOWN THE HWY 401 IN ONTARIO. I WAS GOING A SPEED OF 100KM/HR. WITHOUT WARNING MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND REDUCED POWER LIGHT WENT ON AND CAUSE MY POWER TO DROP FROM A SPEED ON 100KM/HR TO 0 IN ABOUT 3 SECONDS. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY AS MY SPEED WAS DECREASING BUT HAD TO SWERVE TO AVOID TRAFFIC AND GET MYS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 5, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WHEN THE RPMS INCREASED. THE CONTACT HAD DIFFICULTY SWITCHING GEARS AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF UNLESS THE CONTACT RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION AND THE WATER PUMP FAILED COMPLETELY. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE AND THE CONTACT CANNOT GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE UNLESS S... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD. THE DRIVER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS LUNGING FORWARD AND SWITCHING GEARS. THE DRIVER STATES THE VEHICLE THEN JUST GOT STUCK IN FIRST GEAR. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE DID CONTACT THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 77,000.
Incident date: Nov 20, 2009
THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS. INITIALLY THERE WAS A WHISTLING NOISE WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BRAND NEW VAN. THE WHISTLING NOISE WAS REDUCED BUT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF OTHER PROBLEMS. 1. ON START THE RPM GOES TO ABOUT 1600. 2. THERE IS CONSTANT LOAD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION/ENGINE. 3. THE VEHICLE PICKUP MAKES A KNOCKING NOISE SOMETIMES OVERALL... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS BAD AND HAS TO BE REPAIRED. THIS APPEARS TO BE COMMON AND KNOWN BY NISSAN AND EVERYONE IN THE TRANSMISSION BUSINESS. THE COST IS $3500. NISSAN HAS NOT DONE A RECALL TO FIX THE VALVE BODY PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
2002 FORD EXPLORER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN JAN OF O4 WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT. AROUND 50,000 IT STARTED SHIFTING FUNNY, LIKE MISSING A SHIFT AND BANGING INTO GEAR. WENT TO DEALER AND HAD SYSTEM FLUSHED. HAD COMPUTER REFLASHED AROUND 80,000 MILES AND REVERSE SOLENOID REPLACED ALONG WITH FLUSHING AGAIN, WOW WHAT A SHOCK ON THE RACKS WAS 2 OTHER EXPLORER GETTING NEW TRANSMISS... Read more
Incident date: Feb 27, 2010
MY HUSBAND AND I JUST PURCHASED A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. GRANTED IT IS USED WITH 94,000 MILES, BUT WE HAD IT FOR EXACTLY ONE WEEK AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AS MY HUSBAND, MYSELF AND OUR FOUR CHILDREN WERE GOING 70 MPH DOWN AN INTERSTATE. NO WARNINGS OR ANYTHING....LORD ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH ITS GOING TO COST TO REPLACE AND NO MONEY TO REALLY FIX IT. WE WERE TRAVELING DOWN INTERSTATE 71 IN OHIO G... Read more
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
ON FEBRUARY 26, 2010 AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2006 CHEVY COBALT THE POWER STEERING QUIT FUNCTIONING. I COULD NOT STEER THE CAR. THE MESSAGE "POWER STEERING" APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED HE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER COBALT OWNERS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. ON 2/28/10 I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. I ASKED IF THE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 15, 2010
TRANSMISSION REVS THEN BANGS INTO GEAR. *TR
Incident date: Jan 2, 2010
TCC CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION. *TR
Incident date: Feb 26, 2010
CORRECTION TO ODI 10315929. MISTYPE ABOUT ENGINE OVERHEATING - THE ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO A CRACKED HEAD GASKET, NOT A CRACKED MANIFOLD. *TR
CHRYSLER
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(2005) - POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 2, 2010
Incident date: Jul 6, 2009
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN LOWEST GEAR AND WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT AND THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 40 MPH. CHRYSLER DEALER STATED "REQUIRES RELEARN" AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. *TR
Incident date: Feb 25, 2010
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2002 RAV4 LAST WEEK, SHE PULLED AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN AND OUR 2002 RAV4 STARTED JERKING AND THEN SLOWED TO A SUDDEN STOP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. AFTER A "SCARY MOMENT", IT STARTED DRIVING NORMALLY AGAIN. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR MECHANIC THE NEXT DAY TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED, IT WAS ABOUT DUE . WE WERE TOLD THE TRANSMISSION IS PROBABLY "SHOT". WHILE... Read more
Incident date: Feb 9, 2010
HELLO, MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A 2001 TOYOTA RAV 4 IN 2003. IT SERVED US WELL UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHEN AT 93,500 MILES IT BEGAN TO HAVE SHIFTING PROBLEMS. WHEN THE CAR WAS COLD, I WOULD STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR WOULD CRAWL ALONG; THEN IT WOULD BEGIN TO SLIP, AS IF I HAD HIT A PATCH OF ICE--THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. AND I HEARD A LOUD AND OMINOUS CLAN... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2007
PURCHASED A 07 CAMRY FROM DOWN EAST TOYOTA IN MAINE 6-2-07 NOTICED NEXT DAY A DANGEROUS HESITATION PROBLEM WITH CAR, CALLED DET SERVICE DEPT 2-4-07 WITH COMPLAINT I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE FOR A WEEK SO CAR COULD LEARN DRIVING HABITS, SO I DID. PULLED INTO TRAFFIC SEVERAL TIMES THAT WEEK AND FEW TIMES THE CAR WOULD HESITATE AND JUMP FORWARD, ON 6-11-07 CALLED DET SERVICE DEPT AGAIN BECAUSE THAT MORNING... Read more
Incident date: Feb 6, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 JEEP LIBERTY LTD EDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS ON A DIRT ROAD DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHEN SHE CROSSED OVER A CREEK. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WAS STILL ON. THERE WERE 3 PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLE AND ONE OF THE PASSENGERS IN THE BACK SEAT NOTICED THAT SPARKS WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE... Read more
Fire
Incident date: Feb 28, 2010
HAVE A 2008 FORD ESCAPE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I WOULD PUT MY FOOT ON THE GAS AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE THEN IT WOULD JERK AND MOVE. IT STALLED TWICE ON THE ROAD. THIS IS A BIG ISSUE SINCE THIS CAN CAUSE A HUGE CAR ACCIDENT THAT COULD HURT PEOPLE. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT A TRANSMISSION CONDENSER, WHICH COST TO REPAIR OVER 800.00 PLUS THIS I... Read more
Incident date: Feb 25, 2010
2008 FORD ESCAPE DEVELOPED FLUID LEAK IN TRANSMISSION COOLER AFTER LESS THAN 40,000 MILES. FORD RECOGNIZED PROBLEM WITH CD4E TRANSMISSION MANUFACTURED BEFORE 2/18/2008 WITH TECH SERVICE BULLETIN #08-5-7. LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID COULD RESULT IN DANGEROUS VEHICLE OPERATION OR FIRE. PART WAS REPLACED WITH UPGRADED COOLER BY FORD SERVICE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 27, 2010
WHEN THE CAR NEARS 45 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING. THE CAR STARTS JERKING AND ALMOST STOPS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT MAKING A LEFT TURN OR MERGING INTO TRAFFIC WHEN IT FIRST OCCURRED. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD COMPLETE LOCKUPS AT 55 MPH. I'M WONDERING IF ANY ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT BECOME A FATALITY. I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABO... Read more