Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002102277 Incident Date: Mar, 05 2002
Consumer's City: GASTONIA Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:door
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 07 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Outside door handles of both front doors do not work. rear door handles must be pulled hard to work. driver's door handle works only if windows are lowered significantly, but not all the way. during this car entry process, i also discovered that right rear window will go back up when i turn the headlights on. driver's door handle pin was reinstalled by dealer 4/18/2002, but it failed again 2 months later. passenger door handle failed on 10/31/2002. it does not respond to the lowered windows. dt