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, 2009
(2009 TOYOTA CAMRY) MY VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD CAUSING NEAR COLLISION WITH OTHER VEHICLE DURING NORMAL STOP AND GO. PROBLEM OCCURS PERIODICALLY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL TOYOTA DEALER'S NOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE CONCERN. VEHICLE REMAINS IN SAME CONDITION. THIS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED TO THE STICKING ACCELERATION PEDAL ISSUE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 1, 2010
I DROVE MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY TO TAKE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING AND CAME RIGHT HOME. ABOUT TWO HOURS LATER, HAD TO LEAVE AND STARTED CAR. I PUT CAR INTO REVERSE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHAT SO EVER, MY CAR NO LONGER APPEARS TO HAVE A WORKING TRANSMISSION. NO MATTER WHAT GEAR IT IS IN, NOTHING AT ALL HAPPENS. CAR HAS JUST BEEN TOWED TO MECHANIC TO BE LOOKED AT FIRST TH... Read more
Incident date: Oct 15, 2008
HONDA ACCORD 2002. FAILING TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY 6 YEARS ON THE ROAD, AND 70,000 MILES. THE ONLY EVENTS ARE THAT AROUND OCT, 2008, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. HONDA BELLEVUE, WA, WANTED OVER $4,000 TO REPLACE. CALLING OTHER DEALERSHIPS NETTED NEARLY THE SAME COST. THREE OIL CHANGES AND TRANSMISSION FLUID REPLACEMENT, WITH CONSTANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, DID NOT RESULT IN AN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 31, 2010
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AT 101,000 MILES AND ONLY SIX YEARS OLD. *TR
Incident date: Jan 10, 2010
VEHICLE IS A 2009 MERCURY MARINER PREMIUM (FWD, IVCT 2.5 L I4 DOHC, 16 VALVE, GASOLINE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION [6F MIDRANGE], PFI). ON 01/10/2010 THE THROTTLE BODY/POWERTRAIN INDICATOR ICON AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON ICON DISPLAYED SOLID ILLUMINATION AFTER ENGINE WARMUP. ON 01/14/2010, THE DEALERSHIP READ THE OMBD-II MALFUNCTION CODES AND NOTIFIED OWNER THAT THE ENTIRE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ASSEMB... Read more
Incident date: Sep 9, 2009
2007 CAMRY XLE. PROBLEMS WITH HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING. THE DEALERSHIP JUST BLEW ME OFF WHEN I EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM. ACTED AS IF THIS WAS NEVER A PROBLEM WITH CAMRYS. ALSO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH STEERING COLUMN'S RADIO CONTROLS - WHEN PRESSING THE APPROPRIATE BUTTONS, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN OR, WHEN SEEKING STATIONS THAT WERE PROGRAMMED IN, THE DOWN OR UP BUTTONS WOULD JUMP TO OTHER STATIONS NO... Read more
Incident date: Apr 13, 2007
I HAVE AN 04 NISSAN MAXIMA. I PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 04. I HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT 60000 AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS, NUMEROUS TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP, A 200 DOLLAR TRANSMISSION FLUSH, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF A TRANSMISSION MOUNT, THEY FINALLY REPLACED MY TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY FRONT STRUTS 3 TIMES, MY TIMING CHAIN $35... Read more
Incident date: Oct 30, 2009
SINCE THE TIME I BOUGHT MY NEW 2010 TOYOTA CAMRY, I SAW ISSUES WITH THE WAY THE CAR TRANSMISSION WORKED AT SPEEDS FROM 0-50MPH. STARTING FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF MY USING THE CAR, I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP A TOTAL OF 4 TIMES, ONLY TO BE SENT BACK AFTER A "TEST DRIVE" SAYING NOTHING IS WRONG. IN MY OWN LANGUAGE, I HAD BEEN EXPLAINING THE ISSUE WHICH NOW LOOKS EXACTLY SIMILAR TO THE 'STICKING GAS PEDAL... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2009
ON THE WAY BRINGING OUR DAUGHTER HOME FROM HOSPITAL, THIRD GEAR WENT OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER SAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, NOT FIVE THOUSAND MILES LATER THE REVERSE GOES OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION THAT WE REPLACED, LEAVING MY SIX MONTH OLD DAUGHTER AND I STRANDED. THE VEHICLE IS NOW SITTING AT THE TRANSMISSION SHOP, AND HAS BEEN FOR SEVEN MONTHS, WAITING TO GET FIXED. HOWEVE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 29, 2010
I OWN A 2000 BMW 323I WITH 160,000 MILES ON IT. I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 1 1/2 AGO. SINCE MY PURCHASE I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH IT . FIRST THE ALTERNATOR WENT-COST 520.00, THEN LEAK IN RADIATOR, REPLACED SEVERAL HOSES PLUS REPAIRS $ 500.00 AND NOW ON 01-29-2010, I WAS DOING ERRANDS , CAME OUT TURNED MY CAR ON , PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND NOTICED THAT IT WOULDN'T , IT JUST ACTED LIKE IT WA... Read more
Incident date: Oct 25, 2009
I BOUGHT THE USED EXPLORER FROM A FORD DEALER IN 2008. IT HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. AT 72,000 MILES WHILE GOING ON A TRIP FOR THE DAY THE VEHICLE BEGAN REVVING AT HIGH RPM'S BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. I TRAVELED APPROX. 5 MILES TO MY DESTINATION AND PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR THE DAY. I KNEW IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW EXTENSIVE IT WAS. I COULD NOT CHECK THE TRANSMISSI... Read more
Incident date: Jan 30, 2010
I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT DURING A SNOW STORM AND PROCEEDED FORWARD WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. AS I ACCELERATED AND THE VEHICLE SHIFTED GEARS THE O/D LIGHT STARTED BLINKING AND THE TRANSMISSION ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. NOW THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. *TR
Incident date: Jan 30, 2010
BACKED 2004 FREESTAR OUT OF DRIVEWAY. SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND WENT FORWARD ABOUT TWO FEET. VAN REDLINED. TRIED REVERSE, DRIVE AND LOWER GEARS. NONE WILL WORK. *TR
Incident date: Jan 30, 2010
2000 HONDA ACCORD SE - 2ND AND 3RD GEAR SLIPS ON AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AS IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO CHANGE GEAR. THE CAR ACCELERATES A LOT BEFORE THE GEAR IS CHANGED. *TR
Incident date: Jun 10, 2005
FOR THE FIRST 16 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP MY FORD 2004 FREESTAR SEL WAS IN THE SHOP 15 TIMES FOR ELECTRICAL FAILURES. EVEN THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO GET THE VAN RETURNED UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND FORD REFUSED. I HAD ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, AND TOLD ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL I DEMANDED THEY CHECK THE FRONT BRAKE AND THEN WAS TOLD THEY WERE BAD. AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES MY TRANSMISSION SUD... Read more
Incident date: Jan 20, 2010
2007 FORD FOCUS WAGON WITH ALL THE WIRES (ABOUT 10 OF THEM) IN THE BODY TO LIFTGATE WIRING HARNESS CRACKED OR BROKEN. FOUND DUE TO BRAKE LAMP FUSE BLOWING REPEATEDLY, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL BRAKE LIGHTS AND A/T SHIFT LEVER INTERLOCK OPERATION. IT MIGHT HAVE GONE UNNOTICED IF IT WASN'T FOR THE INTERLOCK NOT WORKING. CAR IS OFF WARRANTY SO FORD WILL NOT FIX UNLESS I PAY FOR IT. THIS IS A DEFINITE ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 29, 2010
94,000 MILES; OVERDRIVE LIGHT BLINKING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 28, 2010
I HAVE HONDA ACCORD 2000SE, 125,000 MILEAGE, HARDSHIFT- 1ST TO SECOND GEAR, HONDA SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. $2600 TO REPLACE IT. ARE THERE ANY HELP FROM HONDA ABOUT THIS, THEY EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS PROBLEM TO 100000MILES, BUT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ONLINE RE: THIS PROBLEM- IT ALWAYS HAPPEN AFTER 100,000. IS THERE ANYWAY YOU CAN HELP HONDA OWNERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM? MY CAR IS WELL MAINTAIN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 22, 2010
ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE MY TRUCK HAD TROUBLE ACCELERATING EACH TIME I CAME TO A STOP, IT THEN ALTERNATE BETWEEN JERKING FORWARD AND HESITATING BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GOT GOING. I HAD TO TRY NOT TO HIT ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME AND NOT GET HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME THINKING I'M TAKING OFF. I WAS TERRIFIED MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE AND THEN DID THE HESITATING AND JERKING THING... Read more
Incident date: May 1, 2009
AFTER EXITING INTERSTATE 12, TRANSMISSION DIED. AFTER EXITING, I WAS AT A STOP SIGN. HIT THE GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR SIGNS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. AAA SENT A TOW TRUCK AND HAD VAN TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP IN HAMMOND, LA. THAT SHOP REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, VAN BEGAN TO JERK AND TROUBLE ACCELERATING. TOOK IT TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP, WHICH RAN A... Read more
Incident date: Jan 30, 2010
CAR BEGAN TO JUMP WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN GEARS WERE SHIFTING. CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE. CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR ON HIGHWAY CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER. FOUND OUT TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. CAR WOULD REV UP BUT NOT SHIFT GEARS. *TR
Incident date: Dec 10, 2009
I PURCHASED A 2003 SATURN VUE FROM A PRIVATE SELLER ON FEB. 24, 2009. THE CAR HAD 94,900 MILES. IT RAN GREAT FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. THEN I NOTICED THE VUE WOULD RANDOMLY SLIP INTO A "WEIRD GEAR" AND THE ENGINE WOULD RUN HARDER THAN NORMAL. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE 99,000 MILE SERVICE AND TOLD THE SATURN SERVICE ADVISOR THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE A "WASHING MACHINE" PLEASE BEAR IN MIND I AN NOT A CAR PER... Read more
Incident date: Jun 22, 2009
I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO A BUSY STREET AND ACCELERATED HARD WITH MY 2008 ES 350 LEXUS. AFTER ACCELERATING TO 45MPH I STOPPED APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UP TO 80MPH WHILE GOING UP HILL AND MY FOOT WAS COMPLETELY OFF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. I TRIED TO SEE IF THE PEDAL WAS STUCK BY LIFTING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WITH MY FOOT BUT THE CAR CONTIN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 24, 2010
MY OD LIGHT WAS BLINKING, MY RPMS WOULD GO UP AND MY VEHICLE WOULDN'T MOVE. TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 30, 2010
Incident date: Jan 25, 2009
LIKE ALMOST ALL 2005 VW NEW BEETLES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS, MINE (AFTER WARMING UP) SHIFTS VERY HARD BOTH UP AND DOWN THE GEARS AND REVS UP BETWEEN GEARS. OCCASIONALLY IT HANGS UP IN THIRD GEAR UNTIL IT SITS AND COOLS DOWN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. I HAVE HAD IT FAIL ON MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAYS CAUSING ME TO BECOME TRAPPED BETWEEN LANES. THIS TRANSMISSION IS FAILING IN MOST IF NOT ALL VW BEETLES A... Read more
Incident date: Dec 5, 2009
P2716, ECM PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Nov 1, 2009
WHILE DRIVING IN CRUISE CONTROL, AND FOOT COMPLETELY OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY SURGE AHEAD IN WHAT FEELS LIKE GOING INTO PASSING GEAR. IT DOES THIS AT VARIOUS TIMES. AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SLAMMING ON THE BRAKE SEEMS TO STOP IT. *TR
Incident date: Jan 30, 2010
MY MERCURY MONTEREY 2004 TRANSMISSION SURGES AN SLIPPED WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AN SOMETIMES IN REVERSE WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY IT HAS 45,600 MILES AND IS UNDER WARRANTY TILL APRIL 22 2010 ,I WILL BE GOING TO THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS OR SERVICE NEXT WEEK. *TR
Incident date: Nov 27, 2009
2008 DODGE AVENGER. I HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SINCE NEW. HARD TO GET DODGE TO DO ANYTHING EVEN WITH MY EXTENDED WARRANTY? PLEASE HELP. *TR
Incident date: May 10, 2009
ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. BOUGHT RAV USED JULY 2007 WITH 109,230 MI. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON (HAS REMAINED ON) BUT WAS DIAGNOSED AS O2 SENSOR & RAV OPERATED PERFECTLY (LIVE WHERE EMISSIONS CHECK NOT REQUIRED). MAY 2009 TRANNY STARTED ALTERNATING BETWEEN WORKING GOOD, SHIFTING ROUGH, SLIPPING BETWEEN GEARS, AND NOT DOWNSHIFTING AT SLOW DOWN OR STOP. HAD MECHANIC WITH OV... Read more
Incident date: Sep 17, 2009
MY VEHICLE SUFFERS INTERMITTENT TRANSMISSION FAILURE RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 21, 2008
I PURCHASED A 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE- 6 CYLINDER, NEW IN FALL OF 2004. AT PRESENT I HAVE UNDER 22,000 MILES ON IT. DURING MY LIMITED DRIVING OF THIS VEHICLE I HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST 5 EPISODES OF UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE WHILE DRIVING MY CAR. THE LAST EXPERIENCE HAPPENED ON 12/16/09. I HAD A PASSENGER IN THE CAR WITH ME AT... Read more
Incident date: Nov 10, 2009
DURING NORMAL DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF OVER $4000. THE LEXUS DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AGREES THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT THE TOYOTA/LEXUS CORPORATION IS UNWILLING TO DO MORE THAN CONTRIBUTE $1000 TOWARDS REPAIR, AND ONLY IF IT IS REPAIRED AT A DEALER. *TR
Incident date: Jan 28, 2010
MY O/D OFF LIGHT IS FLASHING IN THE TRUCK. *TR
Incident date: Jul 30, 2009
I BOUGHT MY 2001 TOYOTA RAV 4 IN 2004. IN JULY 2009, MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND BUCKING. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY OTHERS WITH A 2001-2003 RAV4. IT IS TERRIFYING TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE BUT IT'S ALL I HAVE. IT WOULD COST ME MORE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION THAN IT WOULD TO JUST PAY IT OFF. I AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL HAVE AN ACCIDENT, AS I D... Read more
Incident date: Dec 23, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 FORD FREESTYLE. HE STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FAIL AT 8,000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 30 MPH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES; HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO FAILURE CODES. THE DEALER UPGRADED THE SOFTWARE, AND CLEANED THE ENTIRE ELE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 29, 2010
2004 FREESTAR TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE TRANSMISSION JUST STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. WILL NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. READ APPROX. 100'S OF OTHER COMPLAINTS STATING THE SAME THING ON EDMUNDS. *TR
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 29, 2010
Incident date: Aug 19, 2009
DETAILS: I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. WHEN I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER FOR A MOMENT AND REGAIN POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ALSO, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO A SERVICE CENTER AND THEY TOLD ME THE REPAIRS THAT IT SUPPOSEDLY NEEDED . EVERYTHING FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO EVERY SENSOR THAT YOU CAN THINK OF . NOW IT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WITH THE ... Read more
CHEVROLET
SILVERADO 1500
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 29, 2010
Incident date: Jan 26, 2010
VEHICLE SPEEDS UP, SURGES, THEN STARTS TO BUCK AND YOU GET TRANSMISSION LASH. IT HAPPENS AT ROAD AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 45 OR 55 MPH, AND CAN/DOES HAPPEN IN OD OR IN 3RD GEAR. (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). I HAVE HAD A THIRD PARTY "SCAN" THE SYSTEM, AND I GET "NO" CODES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES "NOT" COME ON. I AM ABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE AT WILL. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 K1500 WITH 46,5... Read more
Incident date: Jan 28, 2010
DRIVING ON 210-WEST, MY CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN REPLACED ON JAN. 26, 2010, TO CORRECT THE STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CAR. OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS TWICE, REPLACING THE ABS, FAULTY GPS AND CD PLAYER, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AUTOMATIC LOCK NEEDS MOTOR REPLACED, SLOSHING SOUND OF WATER HEARD INSIDE THE CAR AFTER RAIN. *TR
Incident date: Jan 12, 2010
MY 2009 F 150 ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN A HILL WHEN IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE OFF AND NO ONE INSIDE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER (UNDER WARRANTY) BUT THEY SCRATCHED THEIR HEAD AND SAID USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. I LEARNED OTHERS (GOOGLE SEARCH) HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. *TR
FORD
EXPLORER SPORT
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 29, 2010
Incident date: Jan 25, 2010
WE HAVE A 2002 FORD EXPLORER SPORT, WITHIN PAST FEW DAYS MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHEN GOING INTO 2ND GEAR OCCASIONALLY, NOW IT IS DOING IT MUCH MORE AND THE OD OFF LIGHT IS BLINKING. I AM SEEING ONLINE THAT THIS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE AND FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO SOMETHING. WE PAY ALOT OF MONEY TO HAVE DEPENDABLE VEHICLES AND TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSIONS FAILING SO O... Read more
Incident date: Jun 30, 2008
WE WERE ON A VACATION IN ARIZONA, HAD THE 90K SERVICE DONE 2 DAYS BEFORE TRAVELING. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE 3RD DAY OF OUR TRIP. WE WERE HEADED TO TOMBSTONE, AZ. FOR A DAY TRIP ABOUT 90 MILES EACH WAY FROM TUCSON WHERE WE WERE STAYING, ABOUT 40 MILES OUTSIDE OF TOWN ON I-10 THE TRANSMISSION STARTS LOSING TORQUE AND THE TRANSMISSION TEMP WARNING LIGHT COMES ON, I PULL OVER AND CALL AAA AND GE... Read more
Incident date: May 15, 2009
2006 TOYOTA TACOMA REGULARLY SURGES FORWARD WHEN AT FULL STOP WITH BRAKES APPLIED. THIS HAPPENS UNPREDICTABLY AND WHETHER A/C IS ON OR NOT. IT IS NOT IDLE SPEED INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH COMPRESSOR TURN ON, AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD- NO OTHER VEHICLE THAT I HAVE HAD HAS DONE THIS. THIS IS VERY LIKELY A SOFTWARE ISSUE WITH THE ECU AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN THIS MANNER. YOUR PREVI... Read more
Incident date: Jan 28, 2010
2005 JEEP LIBERTY DIESEL WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS DUE TO TORQUE CONVERTER. JEEP REPLACED THE FIRST ONE AT 28,000 MI AND I AM REPLACING THE 2ND AT 83,000 MI. I AM REPLACING IT BECAUSE BETWEEN 25 AND 45 MPH THE RPM'S CONSTANTLY VARY BY 200 TO 500 RPM AS WELL AS OCCASIONALLY A SHIFTING SHUDDER OCCURS WHICH CAN CAUSE RUPTURE OF THE TC AND SUBSEQUENTLY DESTRUCTION OF THE TRANSMISSION AT TIME OF AC... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2009
I HAVE A 2006 TOYOTA AVALON XLS AND I HAD PROBLEMS WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WITH MY FOOT LIGHTLY ON THE BREAK PEDAL, THE ENGINE IS RUNNING, AND THE CAR IS IN GEAR (DRIVE). ALL AT ONCE, THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE FORWARD REALLY FAST BUT STOP WHEN I PUSH HARD ON THE BREAK PEDAL. I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE MY FOOT WAS SLIPPING FROM THE BREAK AND ONTO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL W... Read more
Incident date: Jan 19, 2010
THE 2007 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS WITH A 2.4L I4 ENGINE AND 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION HAS SERIOUS SHUDDER ISSUES AT 45MPH. THE VEHICLE ALMOST BECOMES UNDRIVEABLE DUE TO THE SHUDDER AND HAS TO BE SPED UP TO SPEEDS ABOVE 45 MPH WHICH IS BEYOND THE POSTED REGULATORY SPEED LIMIT ON THE ROADS. *TW
Incident date: Jan 3, 2010
WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE ON RAMP THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 HONDA ACCORD BEGAN TO SLIP IN AND OUT OF GEAR. THE CAR LOST ACCELERATION AND I HAD TO TAKE EMERGENCY ACTION TO QUICKLY PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID BEING HIT IN THE REAR AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE BY DRIVING ON THE SHOULDER AND TOOK LOCAL ROADS BACK TO MY HOME. I TOOK ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2009
I HAVE A 2005 ACURA MDX TOURING MODEL WHICH IS MAKING GRINDING NOISE WHICH SEEMS TO BE TRANSMISSION RELATED. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I ASKED MY MECHANIC TO CHECK IT AND HE COULD NOT COME TO A REMEDY. I HAVE READ OF OTHER 2005 ACURA MDX OWNERS FINDING THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH MEANS IT IS SYSTEMIC/MANUFACTURING FLAW. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I USE PREMIUM GASOLINE SO IT ISN'T ANYTH... Read more
Incident date: Sep 1, 2009
FOR ENTIRE TIME OWNED - THERE IS A GAP OF SECONDS BETWEEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL AND ACTUAL ACCELERATION. WHEN I PRESS GAS PEDAL THERE IS A HESITATION LEADING ME TO PRESS HARDER. THEN OF COURSE THE CAR HAS A SUDDEN SPRINT IN ACCELERATION. THIS IS NOT SAFE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR 5.5 MONTHS SO I AM GETTING BETTER AT WAITING INSTEAD OF PRESSING HARDER. BUT I FEEL THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT. I INQUIRED ... Read more