Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002103657 Incident Date: Sep, 23 2002
Consumer's City: SNELLVILLE Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GOLF Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 9BWBB61J324 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 10 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Passenger side seat and curtain air bags deployed despite vehicle being in no incident or collision. vehicle towed to dealer and problem advised. neither dealer or vw prepared to consider or discuss possibility of such possibility occuraning. both dealer and vw the manufacturers insist that vehicle was involved in major impact of 2g or above and that this should be handled by insurance company despite there being no evidence of impact or collision. despite pleas to vw , they would not investigate possibility of air bag deployment without impact. vehicle still immobile and unrepaired after almost 3 months. vehicle since moved to another vw dealer . dt