| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043842 | Incident Date: Jun, 30 2005 |
| Consumer's City: HATFIELD | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: A4 | Model Year: 1996 |
| 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#: WAUDA88D4TA | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 23 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 27 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own an 1996 audi a4. recently, my headlights and taillights have stopped functioning all together at various times. sometimes they work fine the next minute they wouldn't. one night i almost got rear-ended by another car because my rear taillights were not illuminated. so i took the car to audi to get the problem taken care of. when i went to audi, they told me i have a bad ignition switch and said the problem would probably be taken care of with the replacement of the switch. i got the work done and then went on the internet to check any recalls from the nhtsa. a recall #00v317000 came up and described the exact problem i had with my audi. however, when i called the dealer and audi they told me the recall did not apply to my vin #. i found it hard to believe that this hazard was taken care of for a select number of cars but there are still cars out on the roadway that have the same exact problem. i think audi would have been much more likely to pay for the repairs if that ford f250 super duty would have placed its v-8 in my passenger's seat as it almost did. it was an awful close call for me and i am having a huge problem with audi not taking responsibility for their defects. *nm |
