Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006056737 Incident Date: Jan, 09 2006
Consumer's City: MONTCLAIR Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN 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#: WVWNA23B5YE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 04 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The antilock braking system on my 2000 vw passat failed without warning at only about 61,000 miles. i have checked various websites and found that abs failures on volkswagens from this era are extremely common--so common in fact that an entire industry has sprung up to rebuild the defective bosch abs systems in vw's and audis. although there was no accident or injury as a result of this failure i still received an alarming message on the dashboard to stop while in the left lane of the nj turnpike in heavy traffic and that could have caused a serious accident. there's absolutely no excuse for a failure like this at such low mileage to be so common. *nm