Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002233309 Incident Date: Sep, 23 2002
Consumer's City: MILTON Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: BEETLE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWBK21C11M Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 29 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 08 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: New beetle 2001: vin#[xxx] e air bag system keeps failing. 7 repair attempts have been made by vw authorized repair representatives. vw has not identified the root cause of the problem.*ak vw made me an $2,000.- trade-in allowance offer (against the purchase of a new vw). if traded, this car would very likely be re-sold to a consumer with the dealers full knowledge of the safety problem as vw refuses to take this car off the market place. what should i do ?? information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr