Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005101484 Incident Date: Jan, 14 2005
Consumer's City: DENVER Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: BEETLE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seats
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWBB61C7WM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 08 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 09 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: With normal use of the seats in the vehicle, the 2 bolts that hold the rail to the seat of the floor of the vehicle came loose and the seat slid around recklessly. it almost caused numerous accidents because it would come loose while driving the vehicle. we finally had to use lock tight on the bolts to hold them in place because even after tightening it back it place it would still come loose.*ak