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
WHEN ENGINES COLD, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING JUMPS OUT OF GEAR, FROM DRIVE INTO NEUTRAL. TT
Incident date: Dec 7, 1994
NOISY TRANSMISSION. 8AK
AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
Incident date: Aug 19, 1994
ERRATIC SHIFTING OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE. TT
Incident date: Jan 15, 1995
TRANSMISSION; THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED VAN AT 84,000 MILES PURCHASE VAN USED. TT
Incident date: Dec 27, 1994
AUTO TRANSMISSION FAILURE; REPLACED TWICE. TT
WHILE PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY PUT TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE COMING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, SHIFTING GEAR BAR FLOATED, GEAR WENT INTO PARK AND REMAINED STUCK THERE. TT
JEEP
GRAND CHEROKEE
(1993) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 17, 1995
WHILE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THEN CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO ELECTRICAL SHORT IN TRANSMISSION, ACCORDING TO FIRE DEPT REPORT. TT
Fire
OLDSMOBILE
CUTLASS
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 17, 1995
WHEN SHIFT INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE JOLTED FORWARD. DRIVER THEN PUT INTO PARK WITH HIGH IDLE. 2) OWNERS ALSO HAD DIFFICULTY SHIFTING DROPPING INTO GEAR. TT
MERCEDES BENZ
190
(1990) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 17, 1995
Incident date: Jan 17, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED. TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Jan 17, 1995
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. TT
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; OWNERS HEARD LOUD NOISE W/VEHICLE NO LONGER RESPONDING TO ACCELERATION. TT
Incident date: Jan 1, 1992
AUTOMATIC TRANS FAILURE, ERRATIC SHIFTING OF GEARS. TT
Incident date: Dec 6, 1994
RALLY CHEVROLET 94V093. DEALERSHIP DOESN'T HAVE THE PARTS. TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION STARTING TO FAIL AT 40,000 MILES. TT
Incident date: Jan 9, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT.
Incident date: Jun 15, 1994
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SKD
PONTIAC
BONNEVILLE
(1991) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 12, 1995
Incident date: Jan 1, 1992
AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. TT
Incident date: Jan 11, 1995
WHEN FIRST STARTING VEHICLE AND MOTOR IS COLD, TRANSMISSION STICKS IN LOW GEAR. *AK
Incident date: Dec 1, 1994
VEHICLE WILL STALL AT SPEED OF 50 MPH WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND LOSS OF POWER HEARD A NOISE. TT
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 12, 1995
Incident date: Jan 12, 1995
TRANSMISSION SHIFTS ERRATICALLY. *AK
Incident date: Dec 28, 1994
AUTO-TRAN: WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, TRANSMISSION FROZE; WHEELS LOCKED UP; STARTED MAKING UNFAMILIAR SOUND; SEVERAL LOUD THUMPS, THEN FROZE. TT
FORD
THUNDERBIRD
(1993) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 11, 1995
Incident date: Dec 24, 1994
BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, JUMPPED OUT OF GEAR IN REVERSE CAUSING INJURIES, WHEN VEHICLE IN PARK EXPERIENCE HIGH IDLE. TT
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 28, 1994
PURCHASED BRAND NEW CAR, DEALER PUT A REMANUFACTURED TRANSMISSION AND IT FAILED, ONLY HAD 37,816. TT
Incident date: Jan 11, 1995
TRANSMISSION JUST GOES OUT COMPLETELY AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED JUST 600 MILES OVER THE LIMIT. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT
Incident date: Aug 8, 1994
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, DOWN SHIFTS WHEN TOWING TRAILER. TT
1 injured
Incident date: Jul 4, 1992
TRANSMISSION FELL OUT OF VAN WHEN BEING DRIVEN. TT
2 injured
Incident date: Jan 9, 1995
DOES NOT STAY IN DRIVE AND SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. WHEN CAR SLOWS DOWN IT SHIFTS OUT OF DRIVE AND IT WON'T GO FORWARD ANYMORE. TT
Incident date: Aug 4, 1993
EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE DIDN'T HOLD ON A HILL, CAR WILL ROLL IF THE TRANSMISSION IS IN NEUTRAL. TT
Incident date: Jan 8, 1994
ENGINE RUNNING OPENED DOOR VEHICLE SLIPPED FROM PARK TO REVERSE. TT
Crash
1 injured
Incident date: Dec 5, 1994
WHEN PARKED ON AN INCLINE, TRUCK WILL ROLL BACKWARDS. TT
Incident date: Jan 9, 1995
AT 50K MILES OIL AND TRANSMISSION PAN RUSTED OUT. TT
MERCURY
GRAND MARQUIS
(1992) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 9, 1995
UPON STARTING, WITHOUT PLACING INTO GEAR, SUDDENLY IN REVERSE POSITION VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, JUMPING OVER ANOTHER VEHICLE. TT
Crash
CHEVROLET
LUMINA APV
(1994) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 9, 1995
WHILE DRIVING, NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, PULLED TO SIDE, POPPED HOOD FOUND ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON FIRE, FIRE DEPT SUSPECT TRANS. FLUID LEAKAGE. TT
Fire
Incident date: Jul 21, 1993
PURCHASE THE TRUCK 18 MONTH USED TRUCK BEEN IN THE SHOP 8 MONTHS ON THE TRANSMISSION TWICE AND TURBO CHARGER BEEN REPLACE THREE TIME. TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1994
TRANSMISSION; WHEN DRIVING ON A WET ROAD THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFT FEELS LIKE AS IF YOU WERE PRESSING DOWN ON THE BRAKE YOU CAN LOOSE CONTROL OF CAR. TT
Incident date: Jan 3, 1994
PURCHASE CAR BRAND NEW VAN KEEPS CUTTING OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT GEAR PROBLEM. TT
Incident date: Jan 3, 1994
TRANSMISSION SHIFT GEAR PROBLEM. TT
VOLKSWAGEN
JETTA
(1995) — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Jan 6, 1995
VEHICLE SHIFTS WITH NO WARNING. TT
Incident date: Jan 1, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TT
Incident date: Dec 24, 1994
AUTO-TRANSMISSION FAILS WHILE DRIVING MADE GRINDING NOISES. TT
Incident date: Jan 6, 1995
VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR WHILE ON A SLIGHT GRADE IN A PARKING LOT. TT
Incident date: Dec 31, 1994
CAR WAS IN GARAGE IN GEAR WAS IN PARK WITH THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ON, GEAR WENT INTO REVERSE. TT
Incident date: Jan 3, 1995
TRANSMISSION IS OUT. TT
Incident date: Aug 1, 1994
ABS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT TWICE ONE AT 30,262 MILE AND THE OTHER AT 32,321 MILES STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. TT
Incident date: Jul 1, 1994
AUTO-TRANSMISSION; WHEN IN DRIVE TO PROCEED FORWARD, VEHICLE WILL COAST A FEW FEET AND NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATOR AND SHIFTING OF GEARS. TT
Incident date: Jul 19, 1993
TRANSMISSION VIBRATION AND NOISE WHEN YOU GET UP TO 55 MPH. TT
Incident date: Jan 5, 1995
TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. *AK
AT APRROX. 25K TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REBUILT. TT
Incident date: Feb 22, 1994
WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE, VEHICLE PULLS FORWARD. *AK