Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2008 Columbia Summit

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Aug 30, 20163 milesCA

13M TEST / FULLY CHARGED / UNPLUGGED 24H / DROVE ALONG A RANGE OF SPEEDS FORWARD + REVERSE / 2 BLOCKS ON OREGON STREET / LEFT ON FULTON / U TURN / RIGHT ON RUSSEL / FORWARD MOTION STOPPED / POWER METER FLUCTUATES BETWEEN FULLY DISCHARGED AND 80% / SWITCHING TO N, WAIT 15S / SWITCH TO F / ACCELERATE VERY GRADUALLY FORWARD MOTION RESTORED 5M / NO POWER (REPEAT) 5X, RETURN TO GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED IN 2012 FOR STEERING ISSUES. WE ARE UNSURE WHETHER IT WAS REPAIRED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2008
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20100100Routine
20090100Routine
2008 — this page1000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.