Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2003

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005023034 Incident Date: May, 26 2005
Consumer's City: FLUSHING Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:gas recirculation valve (egr valve)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWSP61JX3W Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 05 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 19 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car stared putting out alot of blue smoke from tail pipe on start up and gas milage was dropping 5-6 mpg and i thought that was alot for a diesel engine. car lost power at freeway speeds and would barely run. entire intake system to the head was full black sticky carbon choking the engine for clean air. intake system had to be completly disassembled (maniflod,egr vavle,ccv tube) and cleaned of carbon, which by searching the internet is a very common problem with vw tdi 1.9 engine.