Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GTI / 2001

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003026638	Incident Date: Nov, 23 2003
Consumer's City: BALTIMORE	Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN	Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GTI	Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWDC21J81W	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 28 2005	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Oct, 12 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: I was rear ended in nov 2003. my car was pushed into the vehicle in front of me with enough force to signal the airbags to deploy. the airbag did not deploy. i did not find this out until after the accident when the airbag light came on and it was at the dealer for repair. the dealer told me that the signal had gotten scrambled and lost. the problem was fixed. in apr 2005, during my 60k service i was told that my airbag resistance was set too high and the airbag may not deploy. the dealer said this repair would cost $1000 in parts plus the labor which is intensive. i do not feel that i should have to pay to repair faulty safety equipment, especially when this is not the first problem with the airbag.