Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1996

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005038188	Incident Date: Sep, 01 2005
Consumer's City: ROCHESTER HILLS	Consumer's State: MI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA	Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWWA81H5TM	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 10 2005	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Sep, 29 1996
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: On sept 2, 2005 and sept. 6, 2005, under two circumstances involving quick acceleration with moderate load (two adults and one kid. about 50 lb load in trunk), the engine kept high revving after the gas paddle had been fully released, thus pulling forward hard unintentionally; it kept so doing for seconds, even after braking was applied for the first few seconds, and pumped. it recovered back to normal responsiveness after hard braking for at least five seconds in the first incident and about three second in the second. another problem is the cruise control never worked since the purchase in 1996.