Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005021839 Incident Date: Jan, 14 2005
Consumer's City: LANDENBERG Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWMA63B6WE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 26 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 07 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I own a 1998 volkswagen passat gls 1.8t, and i have had the abs control module fail. i was driving the car and my abs and brake lights turned on and started to blink. this would happen everytime i would start my car. i had diagnostics run on the car, and found that the control module could not communicate with the cars ecu. i had my local volkswagen dealer replace the abs module. this cost me $850 for the control module, $360 for labor, then tax. i had to pay $1270 for everything to be fixed. i find that this is a common problem with volkswagen passats, and i do not think that the owners should pay for something like this if it is a recurring problem.