Consumer Safety Complaints
Search 2,192,899 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 137,559 crashes, 55,854 fires, and 8,555 deaths.
Showing 48,514 complaints — component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN ALL GEARS. TT
Incident date: Apr 20, 1993
VEHICLE HAS HAD TWO COMPLETE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
Incident date: Mar 6, 1995
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OVERDRIVE. TT
VOLKSWAGEN
PASSAT
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 10, 1995
Incident date: Oct 31, 1994
GEAR SHIFT MOVES WITHOUT PRESSING ON THE BRAKE. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
Incident date: Apr 1, 1994
AUTO-TRANSMISSION 3.8 LITRE ENGINES; WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLES' TRANSMISSION DISINTEGRATED COMPLETELY COASTING TO STOP. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Sep 8, 1994
NOISE DEVELOPES VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING. RESULTING IN TRANSMISSION LOCKUP. TT
Incident date: Jun 1, 1993
TRANSMISSION FAILED/SHIFTS ROUGHLY UPON ACCELERATION/DECELERATION. *AK
Incident date: Jun 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO UPPER GEARS. *SKD
Incident date: Mar 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
Incident date: Jul 5, 1994
TRANSMISSION GEARS FAILED TO SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY. *AK
Incident date: Mar 1, 1995
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. *SKD
BUICK
PARK AVENUE
(1989) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 8, 1995
Incident date: Dec 1, 1990
TRANSMISSION VIBRATES WHEN SPEED IS INCREASED ALSO GEARS STICK. TT
Incident date: Mar 8, 1995
DURING START UP SHIFT INTO REVERSE TRANSMISSION FEELS LIKE ITS IN NEUTRAL. NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE. TT
Incident date: Feb 21, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
Incident date: Feb 25, 1995
WHILE IDLING VEHICLE GEARS SELF SHIFTED AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, NO DRIVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
Incident date: Mar 4, 1995
DOWN SHIFTS FROM 55 TO 30. PLEASE EXPLAINS. TT
Incident date: Feb 17, 1995
GEARS DON'T ALWAYS ENGAGE PROPERLY. WHEN BELOW 50 DEGREES THERE IS A DELAY OF 4-6 SECONDS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. TT
Incident date: Oct 7, 1994
AFTER SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR AND FOOT ON BRAKE TRANSMISSION VIBRATES. TT
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
ONCE CAR IS DRIVEN COMPUTER DISPLAY SHOWS SEE DEALER PROBLEM TRANSMISSION STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR. COULD CAUSE DRIVER TO BE BROADSIDED. TT
Incident date: May 12, 1993
TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK
MAZDA
MX-5 MIATA
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Mar 6, 1995
Incident date: Mar 4, 1995
OWNER SPEAKS PORTUGUESE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL AND SURGED. STEMS FROM BACKUP LIGHT CABLE THAT GOES INTO TRANSMISSION. TT
Incident date: Mar 6, 1995
TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
Incident date: Jan 1, 1992
CAN BE DRIVING ALONG VEHICLE DROPS INTO REVERSE. TT
Incident date: Feb 6, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO DISENGAGE FROM PARK INTO REVERSE. *AK
Incident date: Sep 27, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
Incident date: Jan 1, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
Incident date: Jan 21, 1995
VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE GEAR UNTIL SHIFT LEVER IS MOVED INTO ANOTHER GEAR AND THEN INTO DRIVE. *SKD
Incident date: Sep 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED 5 TIMES DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *AK
Incident date: Dec 10, 1994
TRANSMISSION SUPPORTS/TRANSAXLE FAILED. *AK
Incident date: Feb 10, 1995
4 SPEED OVERDRIVE. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR IT WILL NOT GO OVER 40 TO 45MPH. TT
Incident date: Sep 16, 1994
TRANSMISSION LEAK. *AK
Incident date: Feb 15, 1995
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF PARK INTO GEAR, LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY. TT TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 2, 1994
ELECTRICAL OVERDRIVE. RPM RED LINES THE MOTOR AT CERTAIN SPEEDS REVVES THE ENGINE UP. TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT TO A LOWER SPEED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. TT
Incident date: Sep 10, 1993
AUTO-TRAN 4SP: AFTER 36,000 MILES, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL; WOULD NOT DOWNSHFT; AT TIMES VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFT; VARIOUS SPEEDS. TT
WHILE DRIVING, DUE TO TRANS. LOCK OUT VEHICLE WON'T SHIFT FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR, SUDDENLY AT 40MPH IT ACTS AS THOUGH IN NEUTRAL GEAR, RENDERING INOPERATIVE.
Incident date: Feb 22, 1995
REPLACED TRANSMISSION PAN. *AK
Incident date: Jan 30, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
CHRYSLER
NEW YORKER
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 28, 1995
Incident date: Apr 28, 1992
ERRATIC OPERATION OF TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. IT JUMPS AND STOPS IN TRAFFIC. TT
Incident date: Feb 28, 1991
TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR TWICE EVERY MONTH. MECHANIC INFORMED OWNER COMPONENT WAS NOT BUILT FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. TT
Incident date: Jun 27, 1994
TRANSMISSION STICKS IN GEAR. CAUSING AN INABILITY TO STOP THE CAR. TT
Incident date: Feb 13, 1995
AT 76000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO WARNING, AS IF SOMEONE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1994
THE RIGHT INNER TIE ROD IS BROKEN, THE TRANSMISSION NEED TO BE OVERHAUL # AXO6. TT
Incident date: Dec 12, 1994
REPLACED NOISY TRANSMISSION. *AK
Incident date: Feb 4, 1995
ASK FOR MRS. PUGLIESE. TRANSMISSION FLUID CAME OUT OF VENT TUBE LEAKED ONTO CATALYTIC CONVERTER. RESULTING IN VEHCILE FIRE. TT
Fire
Incident date: Feb 26, 1995
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC, TRANSMISSION FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO COAST TO A STOP. *AK
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 24, 1995
Incident date: Feb 24, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
OLDSMOBILE
ACHIEVA
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 24, 1995
Incident date: Jan 1, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
MITSUBISHI
ECLIPSE
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Feb 24, 1995
Incident date: Aug 20, 1993
PREMATURE WEAR OF TRANSMISSION GEARS DUE TO DEFECTIVE MACINING. *AK
Incident date: Jan 3, 1985
TRANSMISSION LEAKS.
Incident date: Jul 24, 1989
TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY SLIPS OR STICKS IN 2ND GEAR. *TW