| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003236457 | Incident Date: Sep, 19 2003 |
| Consumer's City: SALINAS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: QUATTRO | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WAUED28DXWA | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 23 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have an audi a4 2.8 quattro 1998 model. i have had nothing but problems with this car icluding a near fire explosion 1 year ago.the other day as i was driving my son home from school traveling at 55 mph the car lost all power and i had to manuely steer the car to the side of the road. the car started started to smell like smoke again .i took my child from the car and called roadside assistance aaa. the car was diagnosed with blown valves to the cost of 3,000$.i have only 60,000 miles on this car and have treated it with kit gloves.it has had all the maintenance you can give.so how can a 35,000$ car almost injure you and then fall apart at 60,000 miles can you refer mr to the appropiate channels to complain about this death trap. |
