Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005031460 Incident Date: Jul, 27 2005
Consumer's City: HARTSDALE Consumer's State: NY
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: Suspension:front:control arm
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWAH63B21P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 31 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 10 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car was making noise at slow speed and would shake at faster speeds. i was told i needed 2 tie rods which were replaced. the problem continued and i was then told it was the control arms and i needed all 4 replaced. my car is not even 4 years old and has only 45,000. i understand from other sites that this is a problem on vw's and audi's. *jb