Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004001361 | Incident Date: Nov, 22 2004 |
| Consumer's City: DURHAM | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: BEETLE | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline:belts and associated pulleys |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWDD21C0YM | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 15 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driving on the freeway in construction zone with close cement barriers on both sides, no shoulder; without warning car stopped running. it turned out the timing belt had failed and had destroyed the vavles and pistons requiring a new engine and timing belt to fix. my car had 68,000 miles on it. warranty on timing belt for first owner is to 100,000 miles, but only 50,000 miles for second owner. i am second owner. i am concerned not only about the extraordinary cost that is involved in repairing this failure but also in the fact that there is no warning and it caused complete failure of my engine. it was extrememy dangerous. i have read about other timing belt failures on this vehicle. volkswagen is completely uninterested in my story because i am a second owner. my feeling is this type of failure which is so severe that it requires a new engine is unacceptble and unexpected and unsafe on a car with only 68,000 miles. it used to be a timing belt failure made a car run poorly not get destroyed.*ak |