Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / EUROVAN / 2002

0 Injured

0 Death

No Fire
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006065737 | Incident Date: Jan, 31 2006 |
Consumer's City: WAYNE | Consumer's State: PA |
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
Model Name: EUROVAN | Model Year: 2002 |
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Seats:front assembly:seat heater/cooler |
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
Vehicle's VIN#: WV2NB47022H | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
Date Complaint Received: May, 19 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 13 2006 |
Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Bought a used 2002 eurovan with seat warmer in jan 2006. seat warmers worked initially, but on passenger side it overheated and melted through the factory synthetic cloth seat cover causing about a 1 inch charred black spot as well as other discoloration nearby. wife was sitting in the seat and noticed the extremely hot spot and turned it off before it did more damage or injury. i am making this complaint after finding others have had the seat warmer problems on their vw models, documented on a technical service bulletin on edmunds.com for 2002-2003 vw jettas and vwvortex.com internet sites. *jb |