Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2001

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005043925 Incident Date: Aug, 31 2005
Consumer's City: FORT LEWIS Consumer's State: WA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWPD63B11P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 24 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact states that the vehicle is a 2001.5 volkswagen passat. there is a problem with the windows fogging. this occurs when the temperature is around 50 degrees or less. the fog will appear on the window after the vehicle is started. sometimes the fog will appear after the contact was driving. it will occur wither or not the heater or fan turned on. the problem seems to be less severe once the vehicle was heated . the only way the fog will go away is if the air conditioner is turned on high. she has already taken it to the dealership twice, each time they did a pressure check to the heater core , but no repairs were made. she is taking it back again to the dealer. there was a previous problem with the radiator leaking. the radiator was replaced on october 4, 2005. the fog problem appears to have gotten worse since the radiator was replaced. *ak