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 8, 2011
DURING A SNOW STORM, MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION STARTED REVVING UP TO 5000 RPMS WITHOUT SHIFTING INTO 3RD GEAR. I THOUGHT MY TIRES WERE SLIPPING BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, BUT OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS AS MY CAR WOULD HEAT UP, IT WOULD CONTINUE. I HAD A REPAIR SHOP LOOK AT IT AND THEY ADVISED ME TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. TOYOTA SUGGESTED I BRING IT TO A DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THAT I NEED TO H... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
ROUTAN
(2009) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 20, 2011
Incident date: May 15, 2009
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE REAR DOOR OPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT; THE DOOR THEN CLOSED. SHE STATED THAT ONCE A CHILD'S HANDS GOT CAUGHT IN THE REAR DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO AUTHORIZED DEALERS SEVEN TIMES; ONCE THE DEALER VACUUMED THE CHANNELS WHERE THE PUL... Read more
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 11, 2011
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SATURN VUE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER HAVING HIS VEHICLE SERVICED AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT HE FLUSH HIS TRANSMISSION AT 60,000 MILES. WHEN HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE INTO A CERTIFIED DEALER, THEY ADVISED HIM TO NOT FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION SINCE HE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT SOMETIMES THE FLUSH CAUSED MORE PROBLEMS. 20,0... Read more
Incident date: Jan 20, 2011
MY WIFE AND I OWN A 2005 FORD FREESTAR (78,000 MILES). THIS MORNING (1/20/2011) ON HER WAY TO WORK THE CAR LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. WHAT SHE EXPLAINED TO ME OVER THE PHONE I SUSPECTED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN VERNON, CT. MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND SAID THE 'TORQUE CONVERTER' WAS SHOT AND WOULD COST $1,700 TO REPLACE. TH... Read more
Incident date: Nov 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 HONDA ACCORD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO JERK. THE D4 LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A LEAK INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10... Read more
Incident date: Jan 18, 2011
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THE FREEWAY. INITIALLY HARD-SHIFTING, THEN LOSS OF POWER WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS. MILES LATER WHILE CRUISING ON LEVEL GROUND ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRANSMISSION DISCONNECTED (FELT LIKE IT WENT TO NEUTRAL) AND I NEEDED TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. TURNED OFF ENGINE, WAITED AND RE-STARTED CAR. USED A MERGING RAMP TO SAFELY MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC... Read more
Incident date: Nov 14, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CADILLAC DEVILLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2011
WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL WITH MY HUSBAND AND SON. APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 40 MPH WHILE PRESSING GAS SLIGHTLY TO GO UP SMALL INCLINE MOTOR REVVED AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. VAN HAD NO POWER TO MOVE, NOT EVEN REVERSE. HAD TO HAD TOWED. MECHANIC STATES PUMP IN TRANSMISSION IS OUT AND TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY GONE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR ANYTHING. IT WAS 12 DEGREES OUTSIDE WHEN WE WERE STRANDED. AF... Read more
Incident date: Oct 10, 2008
IN OCTOBER OF 2008, MY 2003 FORD TAURUS SES SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO MOVE WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED - THE VEHICLE HAD 41,086 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. COST OF REPAIR WAS $1260.96. *TR
Incident date: Nov 26, 2010
TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 110K MILES; REQUIRED TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. *TR
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(2009) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 20, 2011
Incident date: Jan 3, 2011
2009 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED AS SHE APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE RPM WOULD SPIKE AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE VEHICLE DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER AS IF THE GEAR SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE ARE TWO OPEN... Read more
CHRYSLER
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(2007) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 20, 2011
Incident date: Jan 20, 2011
MY 2007 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY IS HAVING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE PROBLEM. WITHOUT WARNING MY VEHICLE'S TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NO LONGER SHIFT INTO IT'S THIRD RANGE. EVEN AFTER I SHUT OFF MY VEHICLE AND RESTART IT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON AND THE COMPUTER CODES ALL SET HARD. ONCE TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP EVERYTHING CAN B... Read more
Incident date: Jan 20, 2011
DRIVING OF VEHICLE HAS RESULTED IN THE FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE COOLING SYSTEM TO LEAK ONTO THE TRANSMISSION CAUSING FAILURE. THE ONLY OPTION IS REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
Incident date: Jan 19, 2011
I HAVE A 2008 HONDA ODYSSEY. WAS PREPARING TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT, WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UPON STEPPING ON THE BRAKES. HAD TO PUT CAR INTO PARK AND SHUT OFF TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. RPMS WERE UP TO 6. THAT WAS 2 1/2 WEEKS AGO. YESTERDAY 1/19/11 THE SAME THING HAPPENED UPON STEPPING ON THE BRAKE TO STOP FOR A CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE CAR ACCELERATED AGAIN TO WHERE I COULD NOT STOP THE VE... Read more
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 15, 2011
REVERSE STOPS WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. *TR
Incident date: Jun 23, 2008
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 BMW Z4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING HER VEHICLE AND STARTING IT, SHE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE AUTOMATIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED YET THE FAILURE RECURRED WITHIN 32,000 MILES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED TH... Read more
Incident date: Jan 19, 2011
TRANSMISSION SHUDDERING BETWEEN 35 MPH - 40 MPH ON LEVEL GRADE ROADS. NOT APPARENT UNDER MODERATE OR HEAVY ACCELERATION OR ON UPHILL GRADES. TRANSMISSION MECHANIC CONFIRMS TORQUE CONVERTER FAILING - TYPICAL HONDA SUV & VAN PROBLEM HE SEES ALL THE TIME. NO RECALL FROM HONDA, VEHICLE MILEAGE IS 85,000. *TR
Incident date: Jan 15, 2011
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FREESTAR SEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE BUT THE GEAR SHIFTER WOULD NOT RESPOND. HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT FROM PARK AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED THE TORQUE CONVERTER LOW STALL, PERFORMED A MASTER OVERHAUL, AND REPLACED THE FILTER, PUMP SHAFT, OVER ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 2, 2011
WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT "THE VEHICLE WILL BE REAR ENDED AS A RESULT TO THE FAILURE". *TR
Incident date: Dec 7, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CADILLAC SRX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT TURN THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED FROM THIRD TO SIXTH GEAR WHEN THE CONTACTS FOOT WAS TAKEN OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR AND ALSO THE VEHICLE WOULD LOSE POWER WHILE DOWN SHIFTING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESPONDING AS IF IT HAD NO CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE. WHEN THE BRAKES WE... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 18, 2011
Incident date: Oct 1, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE RPMS WOULD INCREASE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ANY FASTER CAUSING IT TO HESITATE. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK IT WOULD HESITATE BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR AND IT WAS HARDER TO SHIFT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT... Read more
Incident date: Jan 6, 2011
MINOR DRIVING CAR, WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS SIGNS OF TROUBLE,NO WARNING LIGHTS, ETC., AFTER TURNING CORNER, CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. COULD NOT ENGAGE CAR IN GEAR AFTER THAT. HAD TO GET HELP PUSHING INTO NEARBY PARK AND HAVE IT TOWED IN FOR REPAIR. THANKFULLY, NOONE WAS HURT, AND PARK WAS NEARBY. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS I DON'T WANT TO IMAGINE THE OUTCOME. THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY ... Read more
LAND ROVER
RANGE ROVER
(2005) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 18, 2011
Incident date: Jan 2, 2011
FRONT DIFFERENTIAL FAILURE ON A 2005 LAND ROVER, RANGE ROVER HSE. THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR, AND FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HAMPERED AS WELL AS MY STEERING. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WASN'T NEAR ANOTHER VEHICLE AND I WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND APPARENTLY A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC SAYS TH... Read more
Incident date: Dec 22, 2010
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE TO HIGHER SPEEDS. APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE JUST COMPLETELY STALLED. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT SHE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE VE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2011
ORIGINAL OWNER 2001 HONDA ACCORD FAITHFUL MAINTENANCE VIA HONDA DEALERSHIP- TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN PULLING OUT AT INTERSECTION WITHOUT WARNING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 10, 2011
I BROUGHT A NEW 2003 SATURN VUE AND MY TRANSMISSION FAILED AND GM WILL NOT REPLACE IT. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT BUT HAVE LITTLE INFORMATION ON WHERE TO GO. *TR
Incident date: Dec 30, 2010
RECEIVED OUR "REPAIRED" 2011 KIA SORENTO BACK, AFTER 6 WEEKS OF BEING WITHOUT IT FROM PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ON 29 DEC 2010. THE VEHICLE SMELLED AS THOUGH IT WERE HOT ON DRIVE HOME FROM DEALERSHIP. THE NEXT MORNING 30 DEC 2010, WITH THE VEHICLE RUNNING AND WHILE AT AN INTERSECTION, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE BUT NOTHING HAPPENED EXCEPT A GRINDING NOISE. I MOVED THE SHIFT UP AND DOWN FOR SE... Read more
FORD
EXPEDITION
(2002) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 18, 2011
Incident date: Jan 18, 2011
MY 2002 FORD EXPEDITION HAS ALWAYS HAD TRANSMISSION SHIFTING PROBLEMS. OVER THE YEARS, IT WILL SOMETIMES NOT GO OUT OF 4X4 WITHOUT SOME GENTLE COAXING. JUST THE OTHER DAY, IT SHIFTED OUT OF GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I STARTED TO HEAR A SOUND LIKE I WAS DRAGGING SOMETHING. WHEN I STOPPED, I HAD TO DRIVE IT IN MANUAL 2 JUST TO GET IT HOME. AT HOME, IT WOULD N... Read more
Incident date: Jan 17, 2011
2006 FORD FUSION S 2.3 L WITH 5SP AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION... WITH LESS THAN 20,000 MILES I BROUGHT MY CAR TO A FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION... NOW I KNOW IT SOUNDS HUGE, BUT 3 YEARS LATER HARD SHIFTING AND SOMETIMES REFUSING TO SHIFT FOR A CAR WITH AN MSRP OF 19800 AND 100000 MORE MILES OF EXTREMELY IRRITATING SHIFTING (CLUNKING) I AM UP A CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 18, 2011
WHEN IN TRAFFIC THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM DRIVER. THE CAR BUCKS BACK AND FORTH, ALMOST LIKE THE CAR IS STALLING. ON A HILL, IF YOU TAKE YOUR FOOT OF THE BRAKE, THE CAR BEGINS TO ROLL BACKWARD - FLOORING THE GAS PEDAL CAUSES THE CAR TO STOP ROLLING BACKWARDS. *TR
Incident date: Jul 1, 2008
MY 2005 ACURA MDX HAS ENCOUNTERED PROBLEMS WHERE THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPS WHEN THE BRAKE IS APPLIED AND FAILS TO ACCELERATE SMOOTHLY (THE CAR LURCHES DURING ACCELERATION). THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT SLOWER SPEEDS (<30MPH). THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. ACURA SERVICE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM DESPITE OUR PLEAS TO FIND THE PROBLEM. SOMETIMES THE PROBLEM IS AMELIORATED WHEN THE... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2011
FORD FREESTAR 2004- GOING DOWN HWY, ENGINE SUDDENLY REVVED LOUDLY THEN WE HAD NO GEARS WHATSO EVER. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FINE BUT COULDN'T PROPEL THE VEHICLE. MECHANIC TOLD US THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. *TR
Incident date: Jan 1, 2009
I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE 4T65E-HD TRANSMISSION IN GENERAL MOTOR'S LINEUP OF V8 POWERED W-BODY PLATFORM CARS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY ISSUES OF THIS TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND HESITATING ON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE ISSUE FOR ABOUT 30K MILES NOW. THE CAR IS NOT BEATEN, OR DRIVEN HARD AT ALL. ALL MY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE. I FIRST TOOK IT TO THE ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
2005 FORD F250 SD HAD CRACKED TRANSMISSION BECUASE OF LOW/REVERSE SNAP RING FAILURE IN THE 5R110 TORQSHIFT TRANSMISSION. FORD ISSUED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 05B27 BUT PUT AN EXPIRATION DATE ON IT. THE PROGRAM WAS NOT EVER FOR A WHOLE YEAR. FORD IS NOT WILLING TO REIMBURSE OR ISSUE A RECALL WHEN THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM. THE SNAP RING FAILED INSIDE AND BUSTED MY TRANSMISSION. ALOT OF PEO... Read more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
HONDA ODYSSEY 2001 TRANSMISSION FAILURE WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE 2ND TIME. IT HAS BEEN 54 THOUSAND MILES SINCE IT WAS FIRST REPLACED. *TR
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
DRIVE BELT IN MY 2003 HONDA CIVIC HYBRID BROKE ALL OF SUDDEN WITH NO WARNING WHILE DRIVING. COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH SPEED. LUCKILY WAS TRAVELING AT VERY LOW SPEED. VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICED AT HONDA DEALERSHIP AND IS UP TO DATE, THEY HAVE NO EXPLANATION HOW THIS OCCURRED AND HONDA IS NOT WILLING TO HELP FIX THE ISSUE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD NEW CVT TRANSMISSION... Read more
PONTIAC
GRAND PRIX
(2008) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 17, 2011
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
CAR DOESNT ROLL FROM A DEAD STOP. *TR
Incident date: Sep 1, 2009
2005 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD AND SLIPPING. IT SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR AND BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD. IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 2ND & 3RD AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A NISSAN SERVICE CONSULTANT THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. SO, I WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION. THE INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST TOLD ME THIS... Read more
Incident date: Jan 16, 2011
MY 2006 TOYOTA PRIUS WAS PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. I POWERED IT ON THEN TRIED TO PUT IT IN DRIVE. THE SHIFT KEPT BOUNCING OUT OF DRIVE WITHOUT MY MOVING IT, INTO N, R AND FINALLY BACK INTO DRIVE AT WHICH POINT I RELEASED THE HAND BRAKE, THEN EASED MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL. I DID NOT PUSHED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER TO TURN ONTO THE ROAD SLOWLY. BUT THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED REALLY FAST. AS ... Read more
Incident date: Jan 14, 2011
TRANSMISSION ON MY 2011 KIA SORENTO WENT WHEN I WAS EXITING A ROADWAY. CAR JUST WOULDN'T MOVE FORWARD ANYMORE. ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. *TR
Incident date: Jan 9, 2011
SOME SORT OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE DEALING WITH THE SHIFTING SOLENOID. THIS LEADS TO SPORADIC SHIFTING BETWEEN THE LOWER GEARS. THIS LEAD TO VERY HARD DRIVING IN SLOW AND ICY CONDITIONS. THE CAR WOULD BE AT SUCH HIGH RPMS AT SLOW SPEEDS SUCH AS 20-30 MPH THAT THE CAR WOULD LOOSE TRACTION, SO FAR I HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENTS WITH THIS PROBLEM BUT THE POTENTIAL IS VERY APPARENT. *TR
Incident date: Jan 17, 2011
I WAS DRIVING WEST ON KIMBERLY RD IN DAVENPORT,IA. IN OUR 2005 FORD FREESTAR. ON 1/17/2011 APPROXIMATELY AT 1230PM. AT THE INTERSECTION OF DIVISION ST AND KIMBERLY THE STOP LIGHT WAS RED AND THERE WERE THREE CARS IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, MY FREESTAR WOULDN'T MOVE. IT HAS ONLY A LITTLE OVER 117,000 MILES ON IT, AND DIDN'T GIVE ANY WARNING OF GOING OUT. AFTER REVIEWING EDMUNDS.C... Read more
Incident date: Jan 15, 2011
2003 HONDA PILOT EX EXPERIENCES SHUDDER/VIBRATION BETWEEN 35-40 MPH, LASTING IN DURATION OF 5 TO 10 SECONDS. DRAIN OF TRANSMISSION FLUID REVEALED FRICTION MATERIAL PRESENT. DEALER SUSPECTS TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE, SAME AS ACURA MDX. *TR
Incident date: Dec 20, 2010
2003 HONDA ACCORD RECALLED IN 2004 TO INSTALL OIL COOLING LINE IN TRANSMISSION DUE TO OVERHEATING ISSUE. TRANSMISSION HAS NEVER SHIFTED SMOOTHLY. TRANSMISSION STARTED SHIFTING VERY ROUGH FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR WITH A LOUD NOISE AND SHUTTER. AFTER IT WAS WARMED UP IT WOULD SLIP. WITHIN A WEEK IT FAILED COMPLETELY. FLUID WAS BLACK AND SMELLED BURNT. MILEAGE WAS 130400. HONDA DEALER REPLACED TRANS... Read more
VOLKSWAGEN
BEETLE
(2003) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 16, 2011
Incident date: Jan 6, 2008
MY 2003 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE, WITH UNDER 50,000 MILES ON IT WILL SHIFT DANGEROUSLY HARD. WHEN IT SHIFTS INTO 1ST OR 2ND GEAR, IT SHIFTS WITH A SLAM AND LURCHES FORWARD. THERE IS A PAUSE BEFORE IT SHIFTS WHICH MAKES IT VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD WHEN IT SHOULD THERE IS THAT PAUSE WHILE IT LURCHES DOWN AND SLAMS INTO GEAR. IT DOES THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS. *LN
Incident date: Jan 8, 2011
FIRST OWNERS OT 2005 ODYSSEY, VAN HAS 65K AND ALL SERVICE RECORDS, DEALER TELLS US WE NEED NEWTORQUE CONVERTER AND 2 NEW ENGINE MOUNTS. ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED BY THIS SINCE PREVIOUS HONDA CRX LASTED OVER 180K WITH NO MAJOR REPAIRS...CONTACTED HONDA USA FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. *LN
Incident date: Jan 11, 2010
THE ECM IS TOYOTAS 2001-2003 RAV4 CAUSES ROUGH SHIFTING IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT EVENTUALLY CAUSES THE TRANSMISSION TO STOP FUNCTIONING. THIS MEANS THE CAR CAN AND WILL COME TO AN ABRUPT HALT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW THE TRANNY IS NO GOOD AT ALL. THIS IS ALL AFTER RECEIVING A FEW LETTERS FROM TOYOTA REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND BRINGING IT IN FOR SERVICE ON THE ECM AFT... Read more
MERCEDES-BENZ
C230
(2006) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 15, 2011
Incident date: Dec 27, 2010
WE OWN A MERCEDES BENZ C230. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BALANCE SHAFT ERROR. IT TURNS OUT THE BALANCE SHAFT IS BROKEN. THE PART COST ONLY ABOUT $400. BUT SINCE REPLACING IT REQUIRES PULLING OUT AND TAKING A PART THE ENGINE, THE REPAIR IS OVER $3000. WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. IT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *TR
Incident date: Dec 24, 2010
(FORD F150 XLT V-8 / 4.6 LIT.) PARKED IN PARKING SPACE AT WAL-MART CAME OUT OF STORE CRANKED UP MY TRUCK PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACK UP. THE TRANSMISSION WITHOUT WARNING COMPLETELY BAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEVER PULLED A TRAILER OR TREATED HARD IN ANYWAY. BOUGHT THE TRUCK NEW AND HAD IT 9 YEARS 49,000 MILES. I HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM WITH OTHER F-150 OWNERS. FORD... Read more
Incident date: Jan 6, 2011
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING 2004 FREESTAR VAN WHEN JUST PASS A INTERSECTION WHEN TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, SHE IS OK BUT, HAD TO REPLACE CONVERTER IN TRANSMISSION COST $838.34 ONLY 72925 MILES ON VAN THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN , I THINK FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS VAN. *TR