Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / NEW BEETLE / 2002

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002196709 Incident Date: Jan, 16 2002
Consumer's City: STREAMWOOD Consumer's State: IL
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: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:turbo/supercharger
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWDD21C12M Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 22 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 24 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2002 volkswagen new beetle 1.8 turbo had coilpack fail along with turbo blow off valve. this is a re-ocuring problem among these vehicles and it is inevitable that the other coilpacks will fail at some point. vw would only replace the failed coilpack, i have to wait for the others to fail putting my life and the lives of my passengers in jeopardy