Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2001
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005014053 | Incident Date: Mar, 30 2005 |
| Consumer's City: FALMOUTH | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: PASSAT | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WVWTH63B41P | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Mar, 31 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Sep, 16 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Engine light continually goes on and off, when blinking on, the car shakes, as if it is about to stall, and a bad odor emits. when driving , the car would not exceed 20-30 mph, even when the gas pedal was to the floor. brought the car to vw first time, they said the light came on because the car was idle for a day or so. the 2nd time, after going to an independent repair shop and having all the plugs replaced and a complete tune-up, same thing happened the next day. independent shop said the only other thing was the ignition coils and that they were expensive. called vw dealership(car is on extended warranty-less than 30 thousand miles & a 2001), waited 9 days before they could look at the car, however, the engine light was out again. i explained to them the problem, and all they said was that vw does not have a recall on the ignition coils, they replaced the newly purchased plugs again, and said there was nothing wrong with the coils??? cost me $261.00 plus a rental car, but there was nothing wrong.*ak |