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: Jun 17, 2011
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON MY WIFE'S 2003 HONDA ACCORD FAILED ON 6-17-11 AND NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED ON ITS OWN AND THE CAR RAPIDLY DECELERATED ON THE INTERSTATE WITH TRAFFIC APPROACHING FROM THE REAR THAT HAD TO CHANGE LANES TO AVOID COLLISION. NUMEROUS SIMILAR REPORTS ARE NOTED ONLINE. THIS IS AN APPARENT KNOWN PROBLEM THAT HONDA WILL NOT ADDRESS. THE DEALE... Read more
Incident date: Sep 15, 2010
CAR OVERHEATING, WOULDN'T RUN ON HIGHWAY, JERKING, COULDN'T CATCH SPEED, RADIATOR BLEW DUE TO COOLANT PROBLEM WHICH WENT INTO TRANSMISSION NEEDING NEW TRANSMISSION. HOLDING UP TRAFFIC, HAD TO KEEP MY HAZARDS ON. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RADIATOR REIMBURSED BY NISSAN BUT WOULDN'T PAY FOR TRANSMISSION DESPITE CLEAR DOCUMENTATION THAT IT WAS DUE TO A RECALL. HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERA... Read more
Incident date: Jun 17, 2011
I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY ENGAGE WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AT 7400 MILES ABOUT 5 MOS AGO. CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND WENT INTO L GEAR AND SLOWED DOWN LIKE OUT OF GAS. I HAD TO PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. THEN WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY UPON ACCELERATION AT 11000 MILES. AGAIN SAME THING. 2 WEEKS LATER PUTTING INTO REVERSE WHEN STARTING CAR MADE AWFUL CRUNCHING AND POPPING SOUND LIKE RAN ... Read more
Incident date: Dec 15, 2010
I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTYLE WITH 74K MILES. A FEW MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT WHILE SHIFTING FROM P TO D OR R WITH THE FOOT ON BRAKE PEDAL THE CAR WOULD LUNGE FORWARD/BACKWARD WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT IT WOULD MOVE A FOOT OR TWO. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES BUT INTERMITTENTLY. THE LAST TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO CAME ON BUT DISAPPEARED AFTER I RESTATED THE CAR. THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 6 MONTHS... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2011
TRANSMISSION FAILING. *TR
Incident date: May 14, 2011
2002 ACCORD TRANSMISSION LURCHES WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR BUT ENGINE REVS UP BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. 138,000 MILES ON ODOMETER BUT THIS IS A FLAW THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE. HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. *TR
Incident date: Apr 21, 2011
CURRENTLY OWN A 2003 HONDA WITH WHICH I HAVE MADE REPAIRS TOO THE TRANSMISSIONS SYSTEM SEVERAL TIMES. IN RECENT MONTHS I'VE NOTICE AS I TRAVELING AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR DOWNSHIFT MAKING IT UNSAFE WHEN TRAFFIC FLOW IS HEAVY. I'VE ALSO HAD INSTANCES OF STALLING AT TAKE OFF WHICH CAUSES TRAFFIC ISSUES WHEN IM STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. *TR
Incident date: Jun 16, 2011
MY DAUGHTER'S BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR HOME FROM HIS WORK ON INTERSTATE 70 YESTERDAY. HE HAD IT SET ON CRUISE AND SUDDENLY THE RPM SHOT UP TO MAX AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING PROPELLED ANY LONGER. HE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OUT OF TRAFFIC AND STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. WHEN HE DID IT, THE SHIFTER WOULD MOVE, BUT NO GEAR, INCLUDING REVERSE WOULD ENGAGE. I HAVE READ... Read more
CHRYSLER
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(2004) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 17, 2011
Incident date: Mar 16, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO STALL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SHIFT HARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Incident date: Jun 16, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STARTED THE IGNITION AND THE GEAR SELECTOR FAILED TO SHIFT FROM PARK INTO THE DRIVE POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE SHIFT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V583000 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: LEVER AND LINKAGE: COLUMN SHIFT); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED I... Read more
Incident date: Jun 16, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE IT PUT ITSELF INTO REVERSE. IN ORDER TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE GEAR SHE HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WERE APPROXIMATELY 9,000. UPDATED 07/28/11 *BF THE CO... Read more
Incident date: Jun 11, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 HONDA ACCORD. WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED IT BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT IN NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO TO DRIVE; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE CONTACT ADDED TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAI... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 17, 2011
Incident date: Jun 17, 2011
WE HAVE A 2006 GRAND PRIX GXP. THE SIGHT AND SOUND OF THIS MACHINE IS WONDERFUL. THE TRANSMISSION ISSUES MAKE ME WANT TO DRIVE THIS CAR UP GM'S, WELL U GET THE PICTURE. IT SLAMS INTO FIRST FROM A STOP, SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING, AND IT HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR INTO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. ONE "OVERHAUL" AND TWO DIAGNOSTIC CHEC... Read more
Incident date: Feb 13, 2011
2007 NISSAN XTERRA POWER TRAIN/TIMING CHAIN PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED. THE REPAIR IS A MAJOR COST FROM $1600 TO $2500 TO REPAIR IT WAS SLIGHTLY OVER THE MAINTENANCE WHEN PROBLEM DISCOVERED BY NISSAN ON A REGULAR SERVICE VISIT. A CLAIM WITH NISSAN CORP. WAS MADE AND INITIALLY DENIED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WORRIED THAT T... Read more
Incident date: Jun 13, 2011
THE TRANSMISSION ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA 2006 CONSTANTLY JERKS AND MAKES LOAD THUMPING SOUND WHEN PLACING THE CAR IN GEAR ESPECIALLY FROM A DEAD START AND WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS TO FULL STOP.THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED BY THE DEALER IN 2010 IT RAN SMOOTH FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND IS NOW SHOWING SIGNS OF MALFUNCTIONING EACH TIME IT IS DRIVEN. *TR
Incident date: Jun 16, 2011
MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA IS ALSO SHOWING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING JERKY SHIFTS WHEN CHANGE GEARS. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN NEWBURGH NY , (WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND!!! ) THE CAR CAME BACK WITH CODE P0797 , PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE STUCK ON. THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AND FOUND BROKEN WIRE FROM GROUND, WHICH COST ME OVER 400$. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHIFT IN BETWEEN GEARS. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER RESET THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HOWEVER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE MAN... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND SKIP GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACT AS IF IT WERE IN LIMP MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE BY REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE M... Read more
Incident date: Apr 2, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD AND SKIP GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACT AS IF IT WERE IN LIMP MODE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND TH... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2011
DRIVING A 2005 MERCURY SABLE GS AT 30 MPH, TRANSMISSION COMES OUT OF DRIVE GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR BUT PARK. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION FOR HOURS, NEEDED TO BE TOWED. REPAIRS INCLUDE REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER. THERE WAS NO WARNING, LIGHTS, OR STRANGE BEHAVIOR JUST SUDDENLY OCCURRED. *TR
FORD
EXPEDITION
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 16, 2011
Incident date: Feb 3, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD EXPEDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AND RESTARTED INDEPENDENTLY WITHIN MINUTES. THE OVERDRIVE WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED AND THE ENGINE BEGAN TO EXHIBIT ABNORMALLY LOUD NOISES. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. T... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 16, 2011
Incident date: Jun 14, 2011
I HAVE A 2006 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GXP WITH THE 5.3L V8 ENGINE. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 104,000 MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE FIRST GEAR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. WHEN FIRST GEAR FINALLY ENGAGES IT DOES SO WITH A VERY PHYSICAL BANGING FEELING. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS EXTREMELY SLOWING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR AT TIMES. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD WHEN ATT... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 16, 2011
Incident date: Sep 1, 2010
I HAVE A 2005 NEW JETTA AND AT AROUND 60,000 MILES IT SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT ALSO DOWNSHIFTS ABRUPTLY. THE HARD JERKING SCARES ME WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AT SOME POINT VW HAS TO REALIZE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I GOT THE RECALL LETTER ABOUT THE VALVE BODY AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO A VW DEALER FOR SERVICE I WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR DIDN'T HAV... Read more
Incident date: Dec 28, 2007
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 ACURA TL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HESITANT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.
Incident date: Jun 9, 2011
2008 FORD TAURUS X TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WHILE SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND GIVING IT GAS THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION. I HAVE TO PULLOVER TURN OFF ENGINE AND RESTART SOMETIMES ITS TAKES AN HOUR OR SO TO RETURN TO NORMAL. I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN IT WOULDN'T DRIVE, IT SAT OVER NIGHT AND THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS DRIVING FINE. THEWRENCH LIGHT HAS COME ON ONCE DURING HE INCID... Read more
Incident date: May 4, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 HONDA ACCORD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING. WHEN TRAVELING ON CITY STREETS, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK ABNORMALLY BUT NOT WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,... Read more
Incident date: May 31, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT PLACED THE GEAR SHIFTER INTO REVERSE TO DRIVE AND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE BEFORE ENGAGING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS REPLACED THE SOLENOID IN THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED, THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE. THERE WAS ALSO AN ABNORMAL GRINDING FROM THE REAR... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 HONDA CIVIC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING SLUGGISH. WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE ON AN INCLINE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. AS THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT M... Read more
Incident date: Mar 30, 2011
THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR 2003 FORD EXPLORER HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT COULD HAVE LEFT US STRANDED ON THE ROAD. FORD KNEW OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS ON THE 2003-2004 EXPLORERS. I THINK THEY SHOULD MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT ON THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. TRANSMISSION ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST LONGER THAN 71,000 MILES. WE DID NOT MISTREAT THIS VEHICLE IN ANY WAY. *TR
FORD
FIVE HUNDRED
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 16, 2011
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED SEL. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-60 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY INTERNAL BORE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 4, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD FREESTAR. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP BEFORE BEING TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.
Incident date: Apr 27, 2011
2003 MINI COOPER. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HER DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE LOS ANGELES FREEWAY WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY AND SUDDENLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AND VARIOUS REPAIR SHOPS STATED IT WOULD COST $ 9,3000 TO REPAIR BECAUSE MINI DIDN'T SELL THE CVT TRANSMISSION ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFECTIVE AND PRONE TO FAILURE. THE ... Read more
Incident date: Jun 5, 2011
STOPPED AFTER DRIVING A LONG DISTANCE (6 HOURS) ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO PURCHASE A CUP OF COFFEE AND AFTER PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPOT MY CAR LUNGED FORWARD WHILE STOPPED. MY FOOT WAS DIRECTLY ON THE BRAKE AND I PUSHED EVEN HARDER ON THE BRAKE AND MY DAUGHTER CHECKED MY FOOT LOCATION AS WELL. I WAS FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND NO WHERE NEAR THE GAS PEDAL AND I SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND PUSHED HARDER O... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2011
THE PUSH BUTTON ON THE HANDLE OF THE SHIFTER THAT YOU HAVE TO PRESS TO GET IT OUT OF PARK ON MY 2003 MUSTANG IS STICKING. IT'S AS THOUGH YOU TRY TO PUSH IT WHILE NOT STEPPING ON THE BRAKE BUT WE ARE STEPPING ON THE BRAKE. WE TRY JIGGLING AND PUSHING AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF FIGHTING WITH IT, IT STARTS WORKING FINE UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE IT SOMEWHERE. I HAD TO REPLACE THE SHIFT INTER... Read more
Incident date: Jun 15, 2011
1. I LIVE IN LANCASTER, CA AND WHEN THE SUMMER COMES AROUND IT GETS REALLY HOT REALLY QUICK. MY BMW M3 2003 WHICH HAPPENS TO BE AN SMG KEEPS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. IT CAUSES MY TRANSMISSION TO FUNCTION IMPROPERLY BY SHIFTING TO "NEUTRAL" AUTOMATICALLY. TODAY, ON MY WAY BACK FROM WORK I ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WHEN MY TRANSMISSION CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY FROM 3RD GEAR INTO NEUTRAL... Read more
Incident date: Aug 23, 2010
I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES PER HOUR WHEN ALL OF SUDDEN MY CAR JUST STARTED SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE 70,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND IT STARTED WITH ABOUT 63,000 MILES. I WAS JUST RECENTLY AT A 2 WAY STOP WITH THE NON STOP BEING A HIGHWAY OF 64 MILES PER HOUSE IN SOUTH DAKOTA. I STOPPED AND SEEN NO CARS COMING AND STARTING GOING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND MY CAR WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR... Read more
Incident date: Nov 15, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA TUNDRA. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT NOTICED TWO PLASTIC PIECES THAT SURROUND THE GEAR SHIFT WERE BENT AND HAD CRUMBLED WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PLACE THE GEAR SHIFT IN THE DESIRED GEAR. THE GEAR SHIFT BECAME CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE PLASTIC. THE CONTACT HAD TO PUSH THE PLASTIC DOWN IN ORDER TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT SINCE THE VEHICLE DID NOT RECOGNIZE WHE... Read more
Incident date: Jun 9, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 LINCOLN AVIATOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO MOVE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE, IT SUDDENLY FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE GEAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A PLASTIC COMPONENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 73,000. UPDATED 07/06/12 *BF
Incident date: May 29, 2011
TRANSAXLE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. HAS MECHANIC CHECK CODES "TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKED UP." VAN IS IN THE TRANSMISSION SHOP NOW BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I SEE A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS ALREADY FILED ABOUT THIS ISSUE BUT I DON'T SEE ANY RESOLUTION OF IT AS OF YET. HTTP://CLASSACTIONLAWSUITSINTHENEWS.COM/CLASS-ACTION-LAWSUIT-COMPLAINTS/FORD-CLASS-ACTION-LAWSUIT-COMPLAINT-FILED-OVER-ALLEGED-DEFEC... Read more
Incident date: Jun 13, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE CHARGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR REMAINED STUCK IN PARK AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY OTHER GEAR. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WAS NO WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Incident date: Oct 19, 2004
ORIGINAL OWNER OF VEHICLE,CAR SHIFTS ROUGHLY INTO GEAR WHILE DRIVING FEELS LIKE IT IS DRAGGING,TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD CLUNK ENGAGEMENT WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE THEN ENGAGES HARD WITH A SUDDEN UNEXPECTED JOLT BACKWARDS WHEN CAR ONLY HAD 3,945 MILES IN OCT 2004. WHEN CAR IS IN PARK I START THE CAR IT WILL SOMETIMES JOLT FORWARD. TOOK CAR TO DEALER WITHIN 90 DAYS OF PURCHASE FOR TRANSMISSION & THEY... Read more
Incident date: Sep 10, 2010
2006 DAKOTA AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTS IN TO OD AT 40 MPH AND BELOW, WHICH CAUSES VEHICLE TO VIBRATE LOUDLY AND SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN. WHEN IGNORED, THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL STALL. I'VE TAKEN THIS TRUCK TO LOCAL DODGE DEALER (BRIGHAM - GILL) IN NATICK, MA FOR DIAGNOSIS AND I WAS TOLD THIS IS "NORMAL". *TR
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 15, 2011
Incident date: Jun 11, 2011
I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT SINCE NISSAN DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE PROBLEM TO BE FIXED, I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN PATHFINDER, WHEN WERE ON THE ROAD OUR CAR IS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING STARTS JERKING, AND WERE SO SCARED THAT WILL NOT MAKE IT HOME BECAUSE THE WAY ITS ACTING WE FINALLY MADE IT HOME AND THE CA WOULD NOT REVERSE WE LOOK ONLINE AND SEARCH WHAT' CAUSING THE PROBLEM AND READ A BUNCH OF COMPL... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2011
2002 CADILLAC SEVILLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO GM VEHICLES AND A SOFT BUSHING PROBLEM IN THE TRANSMISSION AT THE THIRD CLUTCH HOUSING THAT WEARS OUT PREMATURELY AND TRANSMISSION OIL POURS OUT THE LEFT AXLE SEAL *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE THE OIL SEAL AND BUSHING IS IN ACCESS OF $2000. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE WRONG BUSHING MATERIAL WAS USED DURING THE MANUFACTU... Read more
Incident date: Jun 1, 2011
1997 ACURA CL. CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING INTERSTATE SPEED. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE CAME TO AN ABRUPT AND VIOLENT STOP, WITHOUT ANY FORWARD OR REVERSE. *JB
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 15, 2011
Incident date: Apr 1, 2010
I PURCHASED A 2003 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX SE WITH A V-6 AND I GET WATER COMING IN THE PASSENGER SIDE EVERY TIME IT RAINS. ALSO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD OCCASIONALLY WHEN GOING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. I WAS TOLD TO FIX THE LEAK WOULD BE AROUND $300 AND THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.... I MAY AS WELL BUY ANOTHER CAR FOR THAT PRICE.... *TR
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(1999) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 15, 2011
Incident date: May 3, 2011
DRIVING TO WORK AS NORMAL AND TOOK OFF FROM A FULL STOP WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR WAS GOING NUTS TRYING TO CATCH A GEAR. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT BLINKED THAN STAYED ON AND NOW WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 1ST AND 3RD GEAR CAR SPUTTERS, SHAKES, SLAMS INTO GEAR HARD AND I NEED TO KEEP GIVING IT GAS TO GET IT TO CATCH SO I MOVE AND DON'T GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A TURN. IT IS A 99 GRAND PRIX SE 3800... Read more
Incident date: Jun 7, 2011
PURCHASED A NEW SORENTO LX ON 5-2011, 4CYL, FWD, AUTOMATIC. ON THREE OCCASIONS DURING THE FIRST MONTH I OWNED THE VEHICLE, I HAVE EXPERIENCED UNCOMMANDED DOWNSHIFT FROM 6TH GEAR TO 4TH GEAR AT SPEED. TRANSMISSION THEN LOCKS IN 4TH GEAR UNTIL SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. VERY VIOLENT EVENT WHEN IT OCCURS, WITH AN INSTANTANEOUS BANG AND CORRESPONDING IMMEDIATE LOSS OF SPEED. *TR
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jun 14, 2011
Incident date: Jun 14, 2011
TRANSMISSION LINES CORRODED. *TR