Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 1997

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004011034 Incident Date: Jan, 24 2004
Consumer's City: GOLETA Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GOLF Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:floor shift
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 09 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 14 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission will not shift when needed into higher gears, and sometimes falls out of the proper gear and into a lower gear when it's not supposed to, causing engine to rev way too high while on the freeway. car does not run properly as a result, and i can't really drive it until it's fixed. i tried to have volkswagon fix the known problem, but they refused. *ak