Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 0000098355 Incident Date: Jan, 01 1970
Consumer's City: PHOENIX Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: BEETLE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:power window devices and controls
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWCA21CXXM Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 22 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2099
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Shortly after i bought the vehicle, engine"check light came on and stayed on. also, cd player was not operating correctly and temperature display (by rear view mirror) did not work. took in to dealer's svc dept. many times, but problems persited . dealer svc. dept. claimed everything working fine. recently, the window on the driver side failed and it would not go up. took car in to dealer svc. dept. and got repaired. shortly after that, car died. it was not the battery, so car was towed to dealer service dept. on 8-14-02. dealer examined car and said it was the tri-lock system and didn't know how to fix it. tri-lock system removed by dealer but car still not working. problem: power windows did not work, push window button and trunk would pop open, air bag light stayed on, etc. etc. etc. the car has been at dealeship for over a week and dealer keeps telling me it's fixed, but when i go pick it up (3 times), the car is still doing the same thing, and the air bag light is still on all the time. very frustrated and disappointed.*ak