Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037553 | Incident Date: Aug, 17 2005 |
| Consumer's City: MOON TOWNSHIP | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: JETTA | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Steering:column |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 12 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: It was raining. my windshield wipers were on. white smoke came up from my steering column for a couple seconds. what makes this particularly frustrating, this happened on a 94 jetta i once owned. this happened on a 96 jetta my sister owned. eventually, something in the steering column burned out and had to be replaced. we both paid for those to be replaced. now, years later, i am faced with another burning steering column. i hope to find that vw is owning up to poor design, and when this one finally breaks, that they foot the bill for their failure. referred to this site by this link: http://www.sportcompactracing.com/vbulletin/printthread.php?t=36741 i did a quick yahoo search to find that this was not a jinx that hit just my family. *nm |