Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 001051680 | Incident Date: Jul, 09 2001 |
| Consumer's City: TIMBERLAKE | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: BEETLE | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWCA21C2YM | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 02 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2000 vw beetle airbag light. my wife's 2000 beetle's air bag light keeps coming on. it has been back to vw service four times to correct the problem. it started well before the warranty ran out. each time they replace either the driver seat wiring harness or driver seat airbag or both. one time they replaced the controller. it has happened again and again and most recently they replaced the airbag and wiring harness for the fourth time. this took care of the problem for a week and then again the light comes on. vw has been good to cover these repairs even though the car is now out of warranty but as we see it, the problem has never really been fixed correctly in the first place so it's only right that they keep spending their dollar to get it right. it has been explained to us by vw service that if the light is on, the airbags system will not function in a crash and this causes us great concern. the vw service manager contacted vwoa tech support and they suggested bypassing a wiring connector by running a wire from the controller to the airbag. (sounds like they are grasping at straws). problem is they want us to pay the $550 to perform this. vwoa has refused to pay for this procedure. www.newbeetle.org is littered with air bag problems so it is not just our car that this affects. please look into these problems and make vw accountable for their air bag systems. sooner or later someone is going to be killed by their airbag failing to inflate. thank you. *nm |