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
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Showing 48,526 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CHRYSLER
PT CRUISER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 9, 2011
Incident date: Feb 21, 2011
CHRYSLER CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER (KMM7261775V12890L0KM)US CUSTOMER SERVICE - CHRYSLER BRAND SITE BRIEF DESCRIPTION: TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING 2002PT COMMENTS: I AM VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SEND THIS EMAIL DUE TO THE FACT AS A PT 2002 OWNER AND A VERY HAPPY ONE JUST HAD THE SCARE OF MY LIFE.WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH MY TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP CAUSING MY PT CRUISER TO LIFT THE BACK ... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: Mar 4, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65-70 MPH THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. HE DROVE ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AND TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK ON. WHEN THE VEHICLE RESTARTED THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT SHUT OFF BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
THE CAR SHUTTERS AROUND 30-40 MPH. I CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION FOR 3-5 SECONDS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED BY HONDA VEHICLE'S QUALITY. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DO HONDA AND THE GOVERNMENT NEED FOR A RECALL? 05 ODDESSEY'S ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Sep 14, 2010
I HAD A CRACK THROUGH MY TRANSMISSION GEAR FROM THE INSIDE DIAMETER ALL OF THE WAY OUT AND 75% FRACTURED FROM ONE SIDE OF THAT COG CYLINDER TO THE OTHER. I REPLACED PART # 23451-PDM-A00 AND 23531-P24-J00 AT A COST OF $2241.75 AT THE SHOP AND ANOTHER $261.93 IN CAR RENTAL FEES. THE FAILURE WAS FIRST CHECKED IN AT THE SHOP ON 9/14/2010 AT 60,715 MILES BUT IT WAS CRACKED AND MAKING THE NOISE SINCE ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 1, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK EXCESSIVELY AS THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO REST MOMENTARILY BEFORE PROCEEDING BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRAN... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON 2004 HONDA ACCORD WITH ONLY 80K MILES. WAS ON BUSY ROAD AND I WAS LUCKY THAT I WASN'T HIT AS I JERKED AND SLOWED AND SOUGHT A WAY TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NO INDICATION THE TRANS WAS FAILING UNTIL SYMPTOMS BEGAN AND GOT WORSE IN A HURRY. CONSEQUENCES ARE TOWING TO SHOP AND EXPENSIVE REPAIRS WHICH ARE BEING MADE NOW. HONDA SAID I HAD TO BRING IT IN TO THEIR SHOP AND... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
ROUTAN
(2010) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 9, 2011
Incident date: Sep 2, 2010
I PURCHASED A 2010 VW ROUTAN IN MAY 2010. I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE THAT TIME - ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE SLIDING DOORS, TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING CORRECTLY, THE VEHICLE'S STRAINED ABILITY TO BACK UP WHEN STOPPED/PARKED ON A DECLINE. THE ONLY ISSUE WHICH HAS BEEN SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED TO DATE IS THE SLIDING DOOR ELECTRICAL ISSUE. MY MOST PRESSING CONCERN, HOWEVER, IN... Read more
Incident date: Mar 9, 2011
2ND TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON MY 2004 VOLVO XC90 T6 AAMCO IS QUOTING ME AT $4000 TO REBUILD OR $5500 TO REPLACE, WOULD BE SECOND REPLACEMENT FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Incident date: Nov 5, 2007
THE RADIATOR CRACKED WHICH LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE TRANSMISSION AND DAMAGED TRANSMISSION WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME OVER $2,000 TO REPLACE. THE COOLANT LINE OR WHATEVER RUNS INTO THE TRANSMISSION SO WHEN THE RADIATOR LINE OR WHATEVER CRACKS IT ALLOWS COOLANT TO TO MIX WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND DAMAGES THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Mar 3, 2011
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON A 2003 FORD TAURUS WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2011
LETTER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FROM REPORTING TRANSMISSION SLIPS INTERMITTENTLY IN HIS 2007 CHEVROLET IMPALA SS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM USUALLY HAPPENED WHEN STARTING FROM A STANDSTILL OR WHILE MOVING AT A SLOW SPEED. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN INSPECTION WHERE THEY CHECKED THE SHIFT POINTS, CHECKED THE COMPUTER FOR FAULTS AND INSTALLED A SOFTWARE U... Read more
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
I BOUGHT A SLIGHTLY USED (IT WAS A DEALER AUTO) 2010 FORD FUSION SEL. SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED IN FEBRUARY 2010, I HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY JERKY AND UNEVEN SHIFTING. I EVEN BROUGHT THE CAR BACK AFTER OWNING IT FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK, BUT THE DEALER MONACO FORD IN CT TALKED ME INTO KEEPING THE CAR, SAYING THAT IT IS DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENGINE (6 CYLINDER) THAN I WAS USED TO. BUT IT FELT WRONG AND ALWAYS HAS. ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
WAS DRIVING MY 2003 HONDA ACCORD AT 45MPH. SUDDENLY THE TRANSMISSION CHANGED GEARS FROM 4TH TO LILKE 1ST GEAR, FELT LIKE I HIT A BRICK WALL OR SOMEONE HIT ME HARD. IT WAS VERY SHOCKING AND SCARY. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Sep 16, 2007
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED AN UNUSUAL DROPPING NOISE AND BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE THE VEHICLE WOULD OFTEN LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY. WHEN BRAKING, THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO JERK VIOLENTLY AS IF SOMEONE HAD CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE VE... Read more
Incident date: Jul 8, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLVO V70. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT A LOUD BANGING WHEN CHANGING GEARS WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH AND ABOVE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WOULD NEED REPLACING AND THE COMPUTER WOULD NEED A SOFTWARE UPGRADE. THE DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
CAR SEEMED TO SLIP INTO NEUTRAL, GEARS CLUNKED AND WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD FOR A FEW SECONDS AFTER ENTERING AN INTERSECTION UPON GREEN LIGHT. CAR SEEMED CONFUSED AS TO WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN AS EVEN THE REAR BACKUP CAMERA MOMENTARILY ACTIVATED WHILE ROLLING FORWARD. GEAR SELECTOR WAS IN DRIVE AND NOT ADJUSTED AT ANY TIME DURING THE EVENT. DEALER INSPECTED FOR ALL KNOWN TSB'S AND COULD FIND NO ISSUE. T... Read more
CHEVROLET
TRAILBLAZER
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 8, 2011
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
I HAVE A 2002 TRAILBLAZER THAT IS CURRENTLY GETTING IT'S 3RD TRANSMISSION INSTALLED DUE TO FAILURE. THE FIRST ONE WAS REPLACED IN 2005 AT 48,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD BY GM IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND HAS A 100,000 MILE WARRANTY. I AM NOW HAVING ANOTHER ONE PUT IN AFTER 80.,000 MILES BEING PUT ON THE NEW ONE AT A COST OF $3000. WHEN I CONTACTED GM REGARDING THIS I WAS TOLD: ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 3, 2011
I WAS TRAVELING LESS THAN 10 MPH WHILE DRIVING IN THE PARKING DECK AT WORK WHEN MY 2008 F150 FORD TRUCK SUDDENLY ACCELERATED !! I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP!! JUST AS I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE TRUCK OUT OF GEAR - IT RAN INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. LUCKILY IT DID NOT DAMAGE THE OTHER VEHICLE ( WHICH WAS A BIG SUV ) BUT IT DID $2,000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO M... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
VEHICLE: HONDA ACCORD V6, 2004 PROBLEM: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ON A BUSY STREET AND NEARLY WAS REAR ENDED AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON BUSY ROAD. HONDA IS NOT ADMITTING ANY FAULT AT THIS MOMENT WHEN THIS MODEL HAS A RECALL DATED 2004 WHICH I WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS WORKED ON AT THEIR DEALERSHIP IN 2010. THIS DEFECT IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION WAS DROPPI... Read more
Incident date: Jul 7, 2010
CA-AM / ROADSTER SPYDER 2010 RTS SE5 TRANSMISSION. SINCE PURCHASE THE ROADSTER HAS BEING HAVING ON GOING STALLING ISSUES WHILE OPERATING. THIS ROADSTER WITH THE SE5 TRANSMISSION REQUIRES THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE NEUTRAL GEAR CAN BE ENGAGED FOR A RESTART. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED WHILE OPERATING IN TRAFFIC AND PUTS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AT RISK FROM A REAR END COLLISION. ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
2007 TAHOE. INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT CLUNK NOISE. THIS NOISE IS A NUISANCE AND DOESN'T FEEL SAFE WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM HAPPENS INTERMEDIATELY SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DIAGNOSE. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND REPLACE THE SHAFT INSTEAD OF DOING TEMPORARY GREASE JOBS. *TR
Incident date: Mar 8, 2003
2003 FORD TAURUS SEL. 78K MILES IN GREAT OVERALL CONDITION AND NO HISTORY OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY DISENGAGED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. I COASTED TOWARDS THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND TRIED CYCLING THE SHIFTER FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. NO SUCCESS. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT THROUGH THE GEARS BUT THE GEARS WERE NOT ENGAGING. THIS HAPPENED W... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
2007 FORD FREESTYLE, IT HAS BEEN LURCHING AND ACCELERATING AND THEN STALLING OFF AND ON OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. WE HAVE HAD IT CHECKED OUT TWICE AND THE MECHANICS CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG. LAST WEEK THE CAR STARTED HAVING A HIGH PITCHED WHINING SOUND, HAD THE WHEEL BEARING CHECKED, NOTHING WRONG. THEN THE CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY JUST QUIT GOING FORWARD, THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, BUT WOUL... Read more
Incident date: Nov 11, 2010
MY TRANSMISSION FAILED . I DRIVE AN AVERAGE OF 80 MILES TO AND FROM WORK. MOST OF IT WAS HIGHWAY DRIVING. I WOULD NOTICE SOME HESITATION AT LOW SPEEDS IN ABOUT 50,000 MILES BUT WOULD GO AWAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES THE PROBLEMS STARTED GETTING MORE NOTICEABLE.THE TIME LEADING TO THE EVENTUAL FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION WAS A SHUDDER DURING LOW SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. THEN HE... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
NO REVERSE, TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE REVERSE GEAR. *TR
Incident date: Feb 15, 2011
2002 HONDA CIVIC EX AUTOMATIC TRANS 88K MILES. TRANS STARTED MAKING NOISE, AFTER REVIEWING THIS SITE I REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE FOR MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE READING HOW QUICKLY THE TRANS APPEAR TO GIVE WAY AND BREAK DOWN. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO A TRANSMISSION CENTER WHERE IT WAS TAKEN ON A TEST DRIVE (THE TRANSMISSION FAILED) TALK ABOUT GOOD TIMING AND A GOOD CALL.... Read more
Incident date: Mar 3, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE VEHICLE THEN ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AND THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH THAT INVOLVED FOUR ADDITIONAL VEHICLES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE SERVO PLUG HAD POPP... Read more
Crash
Incident date: Feb 26, 2011
2006 SUZUKI FORENZA. *TR
Incident date: Feb 28, 2011
TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY VAN. NO WARNING OF THE IMPENDING FAILURE. NO RESPONSE FROM THE TRANSMISSION IN ANY GEAR. IT OCCURRED WHILE ON AN ENTRANCE RAMP TO A MAJOR HIGHWAY. TOWED TO FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT "TRANSMISSION FAILURE" HAD OCCURRED. FORD REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT A COST OF $3,455. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS TRANSMISSION CAN FAIL AGAIN WHEN FIVE ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 7, 2011
I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK THIS MORNING WHEN IT FELT LIKE I ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE SHIFTER ON MY 2001 HONDA CIVIC LX INTO NEUTRAL. I LOOKED DOWN TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND SAW THAT IT WAS IN DRIVE AND THAT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL ONLY THE RPM'S INCREASED BUT MY SPEED STAYED THE SAME. I WAS GOING ABOUT 50MPH AND WHEN MY CAR BEGAN TO CRUISE TO A LOWER SPEED I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND M... Read more
Incident date: Mar 1, 2011
I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY 2008 FORD ESCAPE WAS LEAKING SOME FLUID ON THE DRIVEWAY. I HAD ALSO NOTICED SOME SLIPPAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. MY SERVICE STATION ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE TRANSMISSION COOLER. THEY ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER, BECAUSE IT WAS LIKELY UNDER WARRANTY. THE ESCAPE WAS A "CERTIFIED PRE'OWNED" MODEL WHICH CARRIED AN ADDITION... Read more
Incident date: Apr 10, 2009
MY 2007 JEEP COMMANDER REFUSES TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE SERVICE PARK ASSIST LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL GEAR OPTIONS HIGHLIGHT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND OR HIGHWAY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN IS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND APPLY THE ACCELERATOR. IT WILL ALSO BEGIN TO ACCELERATE WHILE AT A STOP ON ITS OWN. I ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
NO SIGNS OF FAILURE UNTIL PUT CAR IN PARK. TRIED TO PUT BACK INTO DRIVE AND SHIFT LEVER WOULD NOT MOVE. READ OWNERS MANUAL AND TRIED THEIR RECOMMENDATION, DID NOT WORK. FOUND THE GROUND WIRE FOR THE BTSI HAD BROKE DO TO FAULTY WIRING AT FACTORY, YET CHEVY WILL NOT COVER THE EXPENSE. REPAIR COST $165.60. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN COLD TEMPS, AN EMERGENCY, AT A TRAIN STOP OR ANYWHERE LIKE THAT IT ... Read more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2011
THE DAY AFTER A HEAVY RAIN, MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR STARTED STALLING OUT AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. I THOUGHT IT WAS A SENSOR AS I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LAST YEAR AFTER A HEAVY RAIN & TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE CAM SENSOR WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION & HE COULD NOT FIX IT. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM... Read more
Incident date: Feb 2, 2011
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE CAR, TRIED TO TURNED LEFT, AND THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY GEAR. THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN FURTHER, WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Mar 2, 2011
MY 94 SUBARU SVX TRANSMISSION WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. VERY COSTLY TO REPAIR SUBARU SHOULD PAY. POOR DESIGN IN TRANSMISSION *TR
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
WE WERE RUNNING SOME ERRANDS ON 3/4/11. IT WAS RAINING . DIFFERENT TIMES I NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF HESITANCY WHEN LEAVING THE MALLS & PULLING AWAY FROM STOPLIGHTS & STOPSIGNS. ON 3/5/11 WE WERE BACKING OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY & PROCEEDED TO PUT IN DRIVE, VAN KIND OF CHUG A LUG AND WENT MAYBE 30 FT & STOP. RESTARTED VAN AND IT WOULD DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN. FINALLY AFTER ABOUT 5-6 TIMES ,WENT AROUND ... Read more
Incident date: Sep 9, 2005
2002 MDX TRANSMISSION SHUDDER, VIBRATE, NOISY BETWEEN 20 TO 40MPH. DEALER INSTALL A/T OIL JET KIT TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 6, 2011
Incident date: Mar 3, 2011
2006 NEW BEETLE TDI TRANSMISSION (DSG) FAILURE. CAN SUDDENLY SLOW AND OPERATED AT HIGH REV'S. LUCKY I DID NOT GET REAR ENDED. *TR
HARLEY-DAVIDSON
FXDL
(2009) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 6, 2011
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
LOUD CLANK AT STARTUP IN FRONT OF PRIMARY. COMPENSATOR PROBLEM. SPOKEN TO MULTIPLE TECHNICIANS WHO HAVE SAID THAT THE OEM HARLEY DAVIDSON COMPENSATORS ON THE 09 96 CUBIC INCH MOTORS HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES. IF THIS COMPENSATOR FAILS WHILE CRUISING IT COULD BE CATASTROPHIC AND CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. THERE IS A FIX BY GOING WITH THE SCREAMING EAGLE COMPENSATOR WHICH IS A HEAVIER BUILD TO... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2011
MY HUSBAND WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM AND HE NARRATES THE EVENTS BELOW. I WAS COMING OUT OF A BASEBALL GAME AND AFTER A STOP SIGN I STARTED MOVING OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION TURNING RIGHT WITH TRAFFIC FROM THE LEFT. SUDDENLY, THE 2005 FREESTAR MADE A NOISE AND ACCELERATED (AS I HAD MY FOOT ON THE GAS) AND LIKE SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL GEAR. I TRIED TO GET IT IN GEAR AGAIN ON... Read more
Incident date: Mar 2, 2011
WAS GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE DOING APPROXIMATELY 65-70MPH WHEN THE TRUCK STARTS SHAKING AND THEN LOOSES POWER. WITHIN ONE TO TWO MILES IT WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 7 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST MONTH AND HALF. THE TRUCK HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO ERROR CODES RECORDED AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS IS A VERY DA... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK NEW DECEMBER 2010. ITS FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS IT STALLED AND DIED APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. I TOOK IT IN AND THE TECH REPROGRAMMED THE ENGINE. I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOR A MONTH UNTIL TODAY. TODAYS PROBLEM SCARED THE CRAP PUT OF ME. I WAS CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD AT 70 MPH WHEN MY TRUCK SHIFTED DOWN FROM 6TH GEAR TO 1ST. I FISH TAILED AND ALMOST LOS... Read more
Incident date: Mar 6, 2011
MY 2000 323I BMW WON'T GO INTO REVERSE. *TR
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON A VERY BUSY ROAD. *TR
Incident date: Oct 11, 2010
I NOTICED IN THE SPRING OF 2010 MY 05 NISSAN XTERRA BEGAN TO STALL AND SPUTTER AT VARIOUS TIMES. I BEGAN TO NOTICE A PINK/ROSE COLORED SUBSTANCE ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. IN JULY CAR WOULDN'T DRIVE AT ALL AND JERKED WHEN IT FINALLY DID MOVE. I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND GOT A DIAGNOSIS OF A FAULTY RADIATOR. HAD THAT REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200.00 WAS INFORMED THAT THE COOLANT A... Read more
Incident date: Apr 24, 2010
BOUGHT VAN WITH 68,000 MILES AND A WEEK LATER WITH 68,500 MILES THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING WITH NO WARNING...HAD TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION $2900.00.......I WOULD LIKE ALL OF THAT BACK....AND SO WOULD EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM....THANKS *TR
Incident date: Mar 1, 2010
I HAVE A 1999 HONDA ODYSSEY EX WITH 190,000 MILES. I HAVE MAINTAINED THIS CAR VERY WELL. TO MY SURPRISE, I JUST FOUND OUT ON 03/05/2011 THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $1,500 (USED) OR $3,000 NEW. THE ENGINE LIGHTS HAD BEEN ON FOR A WHILE BUT HONDA DID NOT ACKNOWLEGDE NOTHING WRONG. TOO MANY HONDA ODYSSEY'S OWNERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS NO DOUBT A DEFECT WI... Read more
Incident date: Mar 5, 2011
ON 3/5/11, MY HUSBAND, MYSELF, AND 2 OF OUR CHILDREN WERE TRAVELING UPHILL ON ROUTE 79 IN UPSTATE NY. SUDDENLY OUR 2004 FORD FREESTAR MINIVAN ACTED AS THOUGH IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. MY HUSBAND PUSHED ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVVED, BUT THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO. WE HAD TO COAST BACKWARDS DOWN THE HILL AND INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY. FORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE DRIVEWAY OF A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO QUICKLY... Read more
Incident date: Feb 10, 2010
EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION FAILURES AT LOW MILES (9,000, THEN 15,000, THEN 17,000). THE FORD DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE TRANSMISSION UNTIL THE 3RD FAILURE OCCURRED. THE FIRST TWO TIMES, THE TRANSMISSION WAS BURNED OUT AND THEY REPLACED THE BAD PARTS. *TR