Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005024758 Incident Date: Jun, 15 2005
Consumer's City: WALDORF Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: BEETLE Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWDD21C9YM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 16 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 19 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: consumer's car stalled about 6 months ago with mostly deceleration and down shifting. when this occurred vehicle lost power. every time it stalled and stopped, but always restarted. was taken to dealer twice before, but currently a total of 3 times. yesterday at full speed while passing a truck with no indication the car began to decelerate and lost power. when trying to move into another lane the steering wheel locked. had to be towed to dealer, is currently awaiting an explanation of what makes this happen. *ak