Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005050001 | Incident Date: Oct, 07 2005 |
| Consumer's City: ALEXANDRIA | Consumer's State: VA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GOLF | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags:frontal:driver side:inflator module |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 15 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Loose airbag igniter connection under the steering wheel, causing the airbag system to deactivate. this incident is frequent as reported by many owners on various online forums (audiworld, vwvortex, usenet newsgroups, etc). an internet search on "airbag igniter: driver side resistance too high" on google returned numerous reporting on this issue. in my particular instance, this has happened on both a 1999 vw passat 1.8t/20v and a 2000 vw golf 1.9l tdi. *nm |