Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / CABRIO / 2001

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004305978 Incident Date: Oct, 19 2004
Consumer's City: EAST BEND Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: CABRIO Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:wheel bearing
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWCC21V71M Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 02 2004 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 03 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The consumer stated while traveling out of town, she heard a noise. the consumer took the vehicle to a dealer, who told her that she had three (3) wheel bearings going bad at once. then she states that last week she heard a similar noise, she took the vehicle to a dealer in her home town, this time the dealer told her the same thing, that she now has the 4th wheel bearing going bad. she states she has called vw, and has also written them. she said vw refused to recognized the problem. the consumer states the first 3 wheel bearing started to go at 57,000 miles, then the other one started to go at 59,200 miles. *jb *sc