Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / NEW BEETLE / 2002

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002088817 Incident Date: Feb, 02 2002
Consumer's City: HONOLULU Consumer's State: HI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: NEW BEETLE Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWCK21C82M Date added to File: May, 16 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 21 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car downshifts extremely hard when coming to a stop, causing driver and passengers to be lunged forward in their seat.. dealer states that this is a characteristic of the car. problem is intermittent and increases when vehicle is warmed up. on occasion downshift occurred so hard that i thought i was just rear -ended by another car. i bought the car for my wife and now she is afraid to drive it.*ak