Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / VOLKSWAGEN / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005054698 Incident Date: Jul, 31 2005
Consumer's City: WILMETTE Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: VOLKSWAGEN Model Year: 1999
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#: WVWMD63B3XE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 31 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 1999 vw passat v6 with 94000 miles. around 92000, in the summer of 2005, my abs lights started flashing and has been flashing since. after research on the internet it turns out the abs module is defective and causing premature malfunction of the abs unit. there seems to be hundreds of cars affected by this and vw of america has yet to issue a recall for what is a safety issue. *jb