Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / EUROVAN / 2002

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Components - Details
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