Hot Off The Press
Below is a list of the most recently reported car problems & complaints.
- 2019 Ford F-150: excessive oil consumption (17 complaints) Many trip to local Ford dealer with same thing, these trucks with the 5.0 use oil. all updates done and nothing ever resolved. This isn't normal. Dealer failed to many times to even document complaint. love truck just wanted resolution. read more »
- 2020 Tesla Model 3: charging problem (1 complaints) A two month old car that I can't charge ! Nearest service centre160km/100 miles from me. With autoroute tolls. They did agree to collect the car on a trailer but I had to pay someone to bring it back to me. It was a lot of hassle and I told them I wanted a refund and they could keep the car, think that might have helped get the ... read more »
- 2020 Tesla Model 3: charge port door won't open (1 complaints) 2nd charging problem within 5 months of purchase. Brand new car. Pretty fed up 160km/100 miles to nearest service centre, plus autoroute tolls. Charge door replaced in minutes but 5 hours travelling for me. read more »
- 2020 Tesla Model 3: charge problem (1 complaints) Yet another problem with the charging pistol/port. Getting seriously hacked off by this continuing problem not being correctly rectified. Had to pay this time too as my car is now four and a half years old even though it's only 8000km/5000 miles. Very low mileage I know but I walk locally and don't do much more than 30 miles from base ... read more »
- 2020 Tesla Model 3: message reads can't add more charge (1 complaints) Message reads battery has reached full charge even though it was only 55¨%. I followed all the instructions to no avail. I waited until it was 30% and tried again, same message. Getting worried now . Contacted Tesla service and they said this time it was a faulty high voltage battery which would need replacing. They sent a trailer to pick up the car, again. That was 22 July 2025. Estimated date for work to be completed 4 September 2025, 7 weeks from breakdown! Latest date for finishing has moved to 12 September ... read more »
- 2013 Ford Explorer: turbo failed (4 complaints) Issue started at 75K miles. Driving home from trip, 150 miles. Start out ok, at about 50 miles, sluggish pickup. Small amount of smoke when acceleration, which became worse. Freeway smoking became so bad after about 100 miles had to stop and have car towed home. Repair shop advised both turbos shredded, shavings in engine, complete tear down. Catalytic converters filled with oil, needed replace also. After repair, lasted to 90K miles. Engine light came on, timing issue. Ran ok, rough idle. Took to dealer, ... read more »
- 2014 Ford Focus: complete loss of power while driving (2 complaints) I am writing to file a complaint regarding my 2014 Ford Focus, which is experiencing transmission failures related to the known defective transmission system. Ford acknowledged widespread issues with this transmission in Customer Satisfaction Program 14M02, which extended coverage for the Transmission Control Module (TCM). Unfortunately, my vehicle’s failure occurred after the program expired in June 2025, and I was informed by my dealer that Ford will no longer cover the repair. Aamco is quoting me $1900 for ... read more »
- 2016 Kia Sorento: steering sticks (6 complaints) This red light of a steering wheel with an exclamation point comes on the dashboard more often now and when it comes on my power steering goes out while the truck is in motion almost causing an accident while turning it goes out and I had to grip the wheel tight and turn it hard as I could to keep from plowing into a truck in the pathway, this issue is very dangerous having an electric power steering pump is a nuisance. I'm now looking into how to have it fixed before I lose my life, there should be a recall to ... read more »
- 2018 Honda Odyssey: fan relay stopped working at 90k miles (1 complaints) There are two large cooling fans in the vehicle: one for the A/C condenser located on the passenger side, and the other for engine cooling. Both fans operate at two speeds—low and high. At around 90,000 miles, the relay for the main fan failed. This caused two noticeable symptoms: On hot days, when the car was stopped, the A/C began blowing warm air. The main fan failed to switch to high speed when the car was stationary and the engine was hot. After researching online and using a relay tester, I was able to ... read more »
- 2018 Honda Odyssey: tailgate controller corroded after a heavy rain (1 complaints) After a heavy rain in Texas, the tailgate stopped working. Further inspection revealed a malfunctioned rear control module that is located above rear drivers side wheel, behind plastic panes. The controller extensively corroded inside it's plastic housing. I had to replace it with 74970-THR-A12 Control Module My own observation is that the water leak occurs when the car is parked in the driveway nose first, higher than the back. The short rubber seal at the top of the tailgate is not enough to keep the strong ... read more »
- 2015 Ram 1500: my car got on fire from a cooling leak (1 complaints) MY CAR GOT ON FIRE THE CAR HAS A RECALL AND STILL NO ONE WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT read more »
- 2014 Ford Focus: bad hesitation/jerking when starting from a stop position (138 complaints) Transmission won't shift and grinds. Ford Canada extended their recall warranty on the transmission up to 10 years and just recently added another year .. 11 years total expiring July 2025. I call Sept 5/25 and told my ford dealer the trany went again wont shift grinding ect. they said just drop it off Monday. and they will look at it. for free i ... read more »
- 2018 Ford F-150: excessive oil consumption / rattling noise (7 complaints) Excessive oil usage in 15,000 miles, oil is barely on the dipstick. read more »
- 2018 Ford F-150: engine rattle (6 complaints) Engine rattling noise happens when you let off the gas pedal. read more »
- 2024 Ford Ranger: does nothing after stepping on accelerator (2 complaints) Dealer updated PCM with new software but problem is still happening. Engine RPM does not go up and gears do not engage until I depress the accelerator pedal 3+ times, at which point the transmission "thumps" into gear. This has happened a few times after decelerating from 35 to 15, or from 60 to 35, when going around a ... read more »
- 2023 Toyota Corolla Hybrid: side mirrors will not move (1 complaints) Mirrors are all supposed to be working to pass Maryland inspection so how was this missed. TPS low pressure light also lit on car that was supposed MD inspected. read more »
- 2020 Jeep Wrangler: everything electrical went haywire - car died (2 complaints) DASHBOARD DUMMY LIGHTS ALL FLASHING, LOSE SPEEDOMETER, POWER STEERING GOES IN AND OUT, WIPERS POP ON. THEN AFTER ISSUES HAPPEN AND WHEN STOP THE JEEP ALL LIGHTS GO BACK TO NORMAL ONLY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THAT GOES OFF EVENTUALLY. NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AND VERY SCARED NOW TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE ..THIS MUST BE SET AS A RECALL AND A HAZZARD TO ALL JEEP DRIVERS!!!!IMINE IS NOW IN SHOP AND HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I WILL GET BACK AT WHAT COST!! THERE MUST BE A RECALL FOR ALL WITH THIS ISSUE NOW!!!!! BEFORE ... read more »
- 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan: sliding doors are not opening and closing properly (2 complaints) I think should be fixed under extended warranty, there should be a recall if usually happens to this problem. read more »
- 2020 Ford F-150: consuming oil (1 complaints) Warranty company will not cover repairs of this engine consuming oil read more »
- 2019 Honda Accord: blown head gasket (2 complaints) My car was jerking. Looking into honda app. Found out theres a recall for fuel pump. Had it replaced. Still jerking. Brought in back to the dealership and they said it's not the fuel pump. It's the gasket. Why didn't they mention about that earlier? Only when the 2nd time they discovered it. They asking for 7k to fix! When online says it's only about 3k to ... read more »