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: Feb 25, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHRYSLER 300M. THE CONTACT WAS DECELERATING FROM 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND WHEN RESTARTED, THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH... Read more
Incident date: Oct 14, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 FORD TAURUS. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A HIGHWAY WITH THE OVERDRIVE ACTIVATED. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT DISENGAGED THE OVERDRIVE AS THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION UNTIL THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2011
I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD EXPLORER SUV WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED, SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL/LOSING POWER IN TRAFFIC. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. *TR
Incident date: Feb 25, 2011
2006 FORD FREESTAR, TRANSMISSION GONE WITHOUT WARN OR NOISE. JUST QUIET STOP WORKING DURING DRIVING. UNREASONABLE! THE WEATHER WAS SNOWSTORM. I AM NOT HAPPY AFTER HAVE BEEN WITH FORD FOR 30 YEARS. FORD SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBLE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP US OR I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD. THANKS. *TR
NISSAN
PATHFINDER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 25, 2011
Incident date: Feb 17, 2011
RADIATOR CRACKED AND LEAKED INTO TRANSMISSION WHICH LEAD TO TRANSMISION FAILURE
Incident date: Dec 28, 2010
2003 HONDA ODYSSEY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, LEADING TO EVENTUAL FAILURE. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, ENGINE REVS, WHEELS LOSE POWER. EVENT HAS OCCURRED 10-12 TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 MONTHS, PARTICULARLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A SLOW SPEED (TRAFFIC LIGHT, STOP SIGN, TURN, ETC.). IT GETS HAZARDOUS WHEN THERE ARE CARS BEHIND YOURS BECAUSE YOUR VEHICLE LOSES POWER TO... Read more
Incident date: Feb 16, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE OVER-DRIVE AND ENGINE SERVICE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE WARNING INDICATORS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED WHICH DETECTED THAT THE GEAR RATIO AND PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID WERE DEFECTIVE WITHIN THE TRAN... Read more
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 24, 2011
Incident date: Jan 20, 2011
2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO, PULLING ONTO HIGHWAY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER. PRND ON DISPLAY WERE ALL SELECTED AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD , PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK, CYCLE VEHICLE OFF THEN BACK ON AND POWER WAS RESTORED. SINCE THE INITIAL OCCURRENCE THE EVENT HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE. SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT WITH REPAIR DEPARTMENT. *TR
Incident date: Oct 10, 2010
I HAVE TAKEN MY ACCORD INTO THE DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION LEAKS AND PROBLEMS THREE TIMES AND HAVE TO TAKE IT IN AGAIN. THE CAR JERKS AND SLIPS OUT OF GEARS AND I HAVE HAD A FEW CLOSE CALLS IN INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Incident date: Feb 18, 2011
SOME GEAR SLIPPAGE FOR A FEW DAYS PRIOR WHEN FIRST GET GOING IN THE MORNING. THE DAY IT FINALLY WENT, IT DID IT SUDDENLY WHILE GOING ABOUT 35 MPH. FELT LIKE IT KICKED A GEAR OR TWO MAKING THE CAR JERK VIOLENTLY ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ONLY A BLOCK OR SO AWAY FROM HOME, ALL THE WAY HOME IT WOULD ALMOST REV TO REDLINE WHILE GOING ABOUT 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS REVERSE NOW AND I'M GOING... Read more
Incident date: Jan 1, 2010
BEGINNING IN JAN. 2010 THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 TOYOTA RAV4 SUDDENLY BEGAN SHIFTING ERRATICALLY. JUST AFTER ENTERING I-35 IT DOWNSHIFTED FROM OVERDRIVE TO I'M GUESSING SECOND GEAR. THIS SUDDEN DECELERATION NEARLY GOT ME REAR ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK. IT ALSO DESTROYED THE TRANSMISSION. I AM ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ECM THAT CAUSED IT MUST NOW BE REPLACED, @ A COST OF $4200. THE CAR ... Read more
FORD
FIVE HUNDRED
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 24, 2011
Incident date: Aug 20, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT IT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB MOVED AND THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE GEARS WOULD NOT CHANGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THE GEARS TO CHANGE BUT COULD DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 21, 2011
WE HAD OUR 2006 FORD FREESTAR TRANSMISSION REPLACED BACK IN LATE 2009 DUE TO WATER GETTING INTO THE TRANSMISSION. ON FEB 21, WE BROUGHT IT BACK IN TO FIND THAT OUR TRANSMISSION HAS YET AGAIN GOT WATER IN IT!!! WE ARE LUCKY THAT THIS FALLS UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY, BUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR WHEN WE ARE BOUND TO ENCOUNTER THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. FORD TELLS US THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2011
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE GEARS ARE SLIPPING IN 1ST AND 2ND. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO 2ND GEAR. *TR
Incident date: Feb 16, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN REGARDS TO RECALL 10V384000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). PRIOR TO HER TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR, SHE EXPERIENCED THE DIFFICULTY SHIFTING. AFTER HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, SHE NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS IN... Read more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
WHEN DRIVEN IN TOWN CAR WILL STALL FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 SECOND THEN JERK FORWARD AROUND SPEED BETWEEN 25- 40MPH WITH A SUDDEN INCREASE IN SPEED UP TO 10MPH. WHEN ENTERING HIGHWAY AND MERGED INTO TRAFFIC. I BEGAN SPEEDING UP TO 60 MPH THE TRANSMISSION HESITATEDTHE STALL FOR 10 SECONDS THEN JERKED,LIKE IT FINALLY SHIFTED BUT THEN TURN AROUND AND STALL GAIN. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDA... Read more
Incident date: Feb 7, 2011
ON FEBRUARY 07, 2011 I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN XTERRA AT 55 MPH ON A TWO LANE HIGHWAY WHEN IT BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AS IF I HAD RAN OVER SPILLED LUMBER OR RUMBLE STRIPS. I BRAKED HARD AS I THOUGHT I HAD RAN OVER SOMETHING. I HADN'T, SO AFTER PULLING OVER AND CHECKING FOR LOOSE TIRES OR DRIVELINE I CONTINUE ON PERPLEXED AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. A FEW MILES LATER IT DID IT AGAIN. COME TO FIND OUT... Read more
Incident date: Jan 4, 2011
I JUST RECENTLY STARTED EXPERIENCING A 'SHUDDER' UNDER MILD ACCELERATION BETWEEN 40-60 MPH WITH MY 05XTERRA, V6 4X4 (~120K MILES). FEELS LIKE MY REAR WHEELS ARE GOING OVER A RUMBLE STRIP AND ONLY LASTS A FEW BRIEF MOMENTS. TOOK MY XTERRA BACK TO DEALER AND THEY INDICATED POSSIBILITY OF TRANSMISSION COOLER LEAK ALLOWING ANTIFREEZE TO ENTER TORQUE CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION CAUSING SLIPPAGE; ALTHOUG... Read more
Incident date: Feb 23, 2011
MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SHIFTER IN "DRIVE". WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I APPLIES GAS AND THE VEHICLE WENT INTO REVERSE WITH THE SHIFTER STILL IN THE DRIVE POSITION. TRANSMISSION WILL NEED REPLACING. REPAIRING DEALER ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE. *TR
Incident date: Apr 5, 2009
TRANSMISSION FAILURE OF 2005 FORD TAURUS. GOOGLED 2005 TAURUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND FOUND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT. *TR
Incident date: Feb 18, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 5 MPH BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND SHUT OFF. UPON RESTARTING, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE ALL WHEEL ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 23, 2011
2008 FORENZA SUZUKI THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING AND THE COMPUTER ON THE DASHBOARD MAY CHANGE FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, PARK OR NEUTRAL WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THE DEALER STATES THAT IT MAY NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. *TR
Incident date: Feb 23, 2011
I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 FORD FREESTAR VAN TO WORK. MY TRIP TO WORK WAS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY. NO PROBLEMS AND WORRY FREE. I WAS AT WORK PULLING INTO MY PARKING PLACE AND IT WAS JUST LIKE SOMEONE HAD PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR, OR IN ANY DIRECTION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR MANY PEOPLE NOW INCLUDING MYSELF. *TR
Incident date: Feb 18, 2011
I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SL WITH AROUND 88,000 MILES ON IT. THIS CAR IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ESPECIALLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND REVERSE TO PARK AND PARK TO REVERSE. THE CAR REVS TO VERY HIGH RPMS BEFORE SHIFTING TO GEAR AND THEN JERKS VIOLENTLY. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT 1800-647-7261 AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT I HAVE TO TAKE TO A NI... Read more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2011
TRANSMISSION ON MY 07 BMW X3 IS NOT HANDLING PROPERLY. I HAVE HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE MULTIPLE TIMES, AND YET AGAIN FOR REDLINING AND STALLING. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, AND I WOULD HAVE NEVER EXPECTED THIS FROM A BMW. WAITING FOR SERVICE DEPT. TO CALL BACK WITH A CRAZY PRICE THAT I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM NOW. *TR
Incident date: Jun 1, 2010
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SWITCH BETWEEN GEARS INDEPENDENTLY AND VIOLENTLY JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED OCTOBER 2010. THE CONTAC... Read more
Incident date: Feb 11, 2011
2004 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 4DR, ORIGINAL OWNER 88.7K MILES NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION PER THE DEALER. YOU HAVE TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES! THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE 5 SPEED TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS STEMMING 2000!! *TR
Incident date: Feb 20, 2009
MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS: AT APPROX 55K MILES, ENGINE WOULD REV OUT BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS, AT APPROX. 72K MILES STARTED VIBRATION WHEN AT STEADY SPEED (APPROX 45 MPH), SO PURCHASED NEW TIRES. AT APPROX. 76K MILES TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD FLUCTUATE AND VIBRATION AND GEAR SLAM INCREASED. AT APPROX. 79K MILES BLOWER STOPPED WORKING AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WOULD GO UP AND DOWN. AT 80,532 MI. HAD RADIATOR REP... Read more
Incident date: Feb 22, 2011
TRANSMISSION SLAMS HARD INTO GEAR UPON ACCELERATION AND WHEN BRAKING. DOES THIS ALL THE TIME. WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, IT DOES NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY AND THEN ENGAGES HARD WITH A SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED LURCH BACKWARDS. THIS HAPPENS 8 OF 10 TIMES WHEN SHIFTING TO REVERSE. NO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT AS IT APPEARS THERE IS NO FIX SHORT OF A NEW TRANSMISSION = $$$ I DON'T HAVE. *TR
Incident date: Feb 23, 2011
BOUGHT OUR 2005 FORD FREESTYLE NEW. SUMMER 2010 BEGAN HAVING STALLING AND LURCHING PROBLEMS. FALL 2010, "KNOCK" IN TRANSMISSION WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND REVERSE. WINTER 2010, "KNOCK" BECOMES MORE PROMINENT AND IS NOW BEING HEARD WHILE SLOWING TO A STOP. CALLED SEVERAL NON-FORD TRANSMISSION SHOPS, THEY WILL NOT TOUCH THE CVT'S. FINALLY GO TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, BEARINGS ARE GOING BAD, BEST CASE ... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 23, 2011
Incident date: Dec 1, 2006
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, DOESN'T GRAB WHEN YOU FIRST PUT IT INTO DRIVE. SHIFTS HARD, BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS. HAVE ALMOST BACKED INTO CARS WHEN IN DRIVE. THEN I HAVE TO GIVE IT GAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND ALMOST HIT CAR PARKED IN FRONT OF ME, WITH PARALLEL PARKING. ALSO JUMPS REALLY BAD WHEN I GIVE IT A LIL GAS SOMETIMES, LIKE AT STOP LIGHTS. *TR
Incident date: Jan 27, 2011
MY 2007 SUZUKI FORENZA HAS 51,000 MILES AND IT APPEARS THE TRANSMISSION RANGE SENSOR HAS FAILED. I ONLY USE MY CAR FOR NORMAL DRIVING FROM HOME TO WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES ONE WAY AND OTHER IN-TOWN DRIVES SUCH AS SCHOOL OR GROCERIES. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, AZ SO HEAT MAYBE A FACTOR. ABOUT TWICE A WEEK FOR THE LAST MONTH, WHEN IM AT A STOP THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO GET STUCK IN SECOND GEAR WITH ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 12, 2011
2002 TOYOTA RAV4. STARTED A MONTH AGO HARSH SHIFTING FROM LOWEST GEAR TO THE NEXT, HESITATION THEN ABRUPT SHIFTING OR NO SHIFTING AT ALL BY TRANSMISSION, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT OVERDRIVE APPLIED. REPLACED OXYGEN SENSORS AND ECM, OKAY FOR A WEEK BUT BACK AGAIN. REPEATS THE SAME PROBLEM FROM COMPLETE STOP THEN SLOW ACCELERATION, GEAR SHIFTING IS NOT TIMELY AND SUDDEN UNEXPECTEDLY CREATING A JERKY MO... Read more
Incident date: Oct 18, 2010
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED JERKING AND SLIPPING WHILE DRIVING. IT OCCURS QUITE OFTEN DAILY BUT THEN SOME DAYS NOT AT ALL. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT STARTED AROUND 80,000 MILES. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT CHANGING THE FLUID WOULD JUST DAMAGE IT WORSE I JUST NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Dec 1, 2010
THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND BANGS INTO GEAR JUST LIKE IS COMMON WITH LOTS OF OTHER OWNERS AND IT CONVENIENTLY HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOUR WARRANTY RUNS OUT! *TR
Incident date: Feb 17, 2011
GOING OUT OF TOWN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN TRAFFIC AT 65MPH. O/D LIGHT STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY AND I FELT THAT I LOST 5TH AND 2ND GEARS. SHOP RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND CODES P0732, P0735 AND P0775. CODES CONFIRMED PROBLEMS WITH 2ND AND 5TH GEARS AND SOLENOID B MALFUNCTION. *TR
Incident date: Jan 16, 2011
CAR STARTED RUNNING SLUGGISH MORE AND MORE UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION DIED AND NEEDS A REBUILD. TAKEN TO A SHOP TO GET IT REBUILT. *TR
Incident date: Jan 9, 2011
TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SLIPPING AND NOT ENGAGING PROPERLY/ ON THE WAY HOME AT THE HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION START TO SLIP AND REV UP, LOSE SPEED SUDDENLY WAS ABLE TO MERGE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE LUCKY THERE WAS NO VEHICLES AROUND OR BEHIND ME, THE VEHICLE IS AT MY HOME NOW AFRAID THAT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH MY KIDS ABOARD. VEHICLE ONLY HAVE APROX 80,000 MILES 2001 HONDA CIVIC EX SEDAN. *TR
Incident date: Jul 26, 2010
2009 4RUNNER TRANSMISSION SLIPS (REVS TO HIGH RPMS) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AFTER SLOWING BELOW 15 MPH (WHILE MAKING TURNS OR SLOWING FOR TRAFFIC). THIS HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHERE A SIGNIFICANT LAG TIME BETWEEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AND WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGES WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ACROSS ON COMING TRAFFIC OR WHEN A QUICK ACCELERATION IS NEEDED AFTER SLOWING. ... Read more
Incident date: Feb 18, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREE STAR. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT SELECTOR WOULD NOT MOVE INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THEY WILL SEND A LETTER TO THE LOCAL DEALER ON THE CONTACT'S BEHALF. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 63,000.
Incident date: Nov 14, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BECAME STUCK BETWEEN GEARS, USUALLY BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 05/02/11
Incident date: Jul 11, 2010
I HAVE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHERE IT SLIP INTO NEUTRAL FOR A FEW SECONDS BETWEEN 1-2 AND 2-3 CAUSING AN ACCELERATION DELAY WHILE IN TRAFFIC. THE ENGINE JUST REVS AND THEN A SHUTTERED LURCH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO THE NEXT GEAR. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR, WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WAS FINE AND ALL IT NEEDED WAS A REPROGRAM. NOW I STILL HAVE THE ISSUE, I'M TAKING THE CAR BACK IN... Read more
Incident date: Aug 24, 2010
I HAVE A 2003 HONDA ODYSSEY WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM . SEEMS IT SLIPS OUT OF SECOND GEAR A KNOWN PROBLEM IN HONDA ODYSSEYS FROM 1999 TO 2004. HONDA ISSUED A RECALL FOR A TEMPORARY FIX TO GET THE CARS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE SALES MANAGER AT HONDA IN GURNEE ILLINOIS CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IN HONDA ODYSSEY AND HONDA IS BURYING THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND. MY CAR NOW NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSI... Read more
MERCEDES-BENZ
S550
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 22, 2011
Incident date: Feb 22, 2008
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCEDES-BENZ S550. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND TRYING TO PLACE THE VEHICLE INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR, IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO SHIFT AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF WAITING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS ... Read more
Incident date: Aug 1, 2009
I FINANCED A 2004 FORD EXPLORER IN 2008 AND ABOUT 6 MONTH LATER I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION STARTING TO SLIP. SOON AFTER IT WOULDNT HARDLY GO INTO GEAR UNLESS I REVED UP THE ENGINE THEN IT WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR REALLY HARD. NOW IT IS GETTING WORSE. IM A DISABLED SINGLE FATHER OF MY SON WHO IS ALSO DISABLED AND WE ARE ON A FIXED INCOME AND DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX THIS, [XXX] I STILL OWE ON IT. I P... Read more
FORD
FIVE HUNDRED
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 22, 2011
Incident date: May 22, 2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE NOTICED THAT THE GEARS BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. IN ORDER TO GET THE GEARS TO SHIFT, THE CONTACT HAD TO GENTLY RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED TO INDICATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILUR... Read more
Incident date: Feb 4, 2011
DRIVING 35 MPH ON VEHICLE WITH 115000 MILES. ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES AND SPEED UP IN ORDER TO PASS SLOW MOVING VEHICLE, ENGINE REVVED UP TO 6,000 RPM WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHANGING GEARS OR MOVING FASTER. TRANSMISSION PUMP & TORQUE CONVERTER FOUND TO BE FAULTY. *TR
Incident date: Jul 10, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 GMC ACADIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN IN PARKED OR IDLING, THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL BACKWARD WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY ALTERED THE TRANSMISSION SO IT WAS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO ITS DESIGN. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS FOR SINCE 2010. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS AP... Read more
Incident date: Feb 20, 2011
TRANSMISSION FAILURE!!! !THE O/D WARNING BEGAN TO FLASH...THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO SERVICE TRANSMISSION ASAP. THE ONLY ISSUE IS THAT MY 2004 FORD EXPLORER ONLY HAS 61,672 MILES. THE ESTIMATED REPAIR COST IS APPROXIMATELY $2000-3000. *TR
Incident date: Feb 19, 2011
I PURCHASED A 2007 FORD EDGE ONE MONTH AGO. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 3 OUT OF 4 WEEKENDS.THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE AND WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AFTER TRYING TO TAKE OFF THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MAITLAND AND WAS TOLD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. THE SAME THING HAPPENED 1 WEEK LATER AND I AM NOW BEING TOLD THAT IT IS AN ENGINE SENSOR THAT IS THE PRO... Read more