Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006068774 Incident Date: Jun, 19 2006
Consumer's City: PAINESVILLE Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSB69M51M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 06 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving in slow road repair traffic on i90 near kirtland/mentor ohio, my clutch system failed. was driving just fine keeping car in 1st gear and at a stop in stop and go traffic when suddenly the car was staying in gear even when removing foot from clutch pedal. clutch pedal was stuck in full down position. -- could not easily shift gears or get car out of gear once this problem occurred, and was forced to keep starting and shutting off the engine for approx. 2 miles until i could exit. my car had to be towed to classic vw on tyler blvd in mentor. have been told it is the clutch master and slave cylinders must be replaced and then the brake lines must be bled and refilled. repair costs will be between $700 and $1000. *nm