Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / GTI / 1998
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005039092 | Incident Date: Sep, 14 2005 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GTI | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWDB81H4WM | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 16 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 19 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was driving at night, in the rain, when all of a sudden my headlights went out. i had to pull over and see what was going on. i also noticed that my wipers and my fan also stopped working. i turned off the ignition and turned the car back on again, all was fine for about 10 sec., then it went out again. i noticed that when i touched the keys in the ignition that it went back on again, and i held the key forward and held it there, and the headlights, wipers, and the fan started to work again. when i let it go, it stopped working. i had to hold the key in the ignition forward all the way home to have headlights to see my way home. the next day i checked again and knew for sure that the ignition switch was the problem, it needed to be replaced. i looked it up online and found that this problem is very common on volkswagen golf's or gti's and that there wasn't a recall on this dangerous defect. i own a 1998 volkswagen gti. thank you, and i would appreciate it if this problem was addressed to volkswagen and a recall were to be made of this problem. i heard it cost's a lot of money to replace the ignition switch.*jb |