Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005052364 Incident Date: Nov, 14 2005
Consumer's City: OAKLAND Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWNA23B6YE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 09 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 09 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: In november of 2005 my vw passat began to intermittently have the abs warning light come on. my local dealer said it would be $2000 to replace the abs control module and that the part was not even available. after a simple search under "vw abs control module failure" it is clear that many hundreds of people have had exactly the same problem. this is clearly a defective part. it goes to the safety of the vehicle as warning lights indicate "brake failure" and stop immediately. from the many threads, and my experience, it is clear that vw is aware of this defect but does nothing. why are they not forced to replace this defective part that effects the safety of my car? *jb