Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / GTI / 2001
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004285297 | Incident Date: Mar, 24 2004 |
| Consumer's City: MIDDLETOWN | Consumer's State: CT |
| 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: Exterior lighting:brake lights:switch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 9BWDD61J314 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 22 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 11 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Premature brake switch failure: after 41k miles the brake switch started to fail and burned out my brake lights. a collegue saw that i was driving without brake lights and warned me. volkswagen customer service had no recall in the computer even i know that the beetle has one going on and is using the same part. no injuries, no crashes but i feel that driving without brake lights endangered me. *ak |