Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GTI / 2002

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002093558 Incident Date: May, 24 2002
Consumer's City: FARMINGTON HILLS Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GTI Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 9BWDE61JX24 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 28 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving my company car (golf gti 1.8t - mi license vvd 493) along 86th street in indianapolis, in on saturday 25th may 2002 with mr dario rossi (sales manager of magneti marelli motorsports) sitting in the passenger seat; when crossing ditch rd at about 20 mph i hit a pothole that was not signaled with the right front wheel and the two side airbags on the passenger's side went off (from the passenger seat and from the roof), hitting mr.rossi. also the ignition cut off and shut down the engine.