Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002194316 | Incident Date: Oct, 31 2002 |
| Consumer's City: TUCSON | Consumer's State: AZ |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: JETTA | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWRF81H8WM | Date added to File: May, 16 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 04 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 31 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The front disk brake rotors were undersized in diameter. this allowed the disc brake pads to wear in a manner that allowed the pads to contact outside of the rotor and result in reduced pressure on the rotor. photographs of the problem are available. brake fading and loss of breaks from overheating on mountain roads then occurred. the car model is a volkswagen jetta tdi model year 1998. the car was bought used but it would be unlikely that the disk rotors would have been replaced with less than 80000 miles. |