Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 1998

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011564 Incident Date: Mar, 11 2005
Consumer's City: ROCK HILL Consumer's State: SC
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWMA63B4WE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 16 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was involved in a collision on 3/11 where a woman cut me off by making a left hand turn as she was headed toward me. the front passenger side of my car stuck the side of her car. the front right side of my car was smashed in but no airbag on the passenger side deployed. i was traveling about 30 mph and have not idea how fast the other driver was going. my car has been declared totaled. my passenger sufferd a bruised chest from her seat belt. should either of the airbags in my car have deployed? thanks for your help.*ak