Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 2004

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004271912 Incident Date: Feb, 25 2004
Consumer's City: EL MONTE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GOLF Model Year: 2004
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 9BWBC61J944 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 19 2004 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 8 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The epc light illuminated then the engine cut completely off. *ph vehicle's epc light illuminated on 3 separate occasions at 798, 1,029 and 1,110 miles respectively. on the first two repairs, they found problems with the throttle. *la (throttle valve control system malfunction, idle air control system rpm was higher than expected, and the throttle valve drive-g186 experienced an electrical fault in the circuit-per self diagnosis log) the engine would suddenly die out, idled roughly, whistling sounds were heard, the epc light would come at intermittent times, the vehicle would become unable to be driven over 15mph, and at times, when the epc light would come on the engine would die simultaneously. *sc