Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005037592 Incident Date: Sep, 01 2005
Consumer's City: SPRINGFIELD Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:brake lights:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWTE29M7XM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 06 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact owns a 1999 vw jetta. the contact was having problems with the brake light switch. she started having problems with the switch on 9-2-05. it caused the brake lights to become inoperable or to come on and stay on even though the vehicle was parked. the consumer could not get the car out of park and this problem was in some way tied into the brake light switch failure. a nhtsa recall 04v096000 was issued. the consumer bought the car used from an individual who received a recall notice in 4-04. the notice did not indicate a vin. *ak *mr