Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 2002

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006069196 Incident Date: Jun, 15 2006
Consumer's City: TEMPE Consumer's State: AZ
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GOLF Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 23 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was driving down the parks highway near talkeetna, alaska in my 2002 vw golf and had the side-curtain and passenger seat airbags deploy suddenly for no apparent reason. 5 persons were in the car, all experienced a loud bang and a car full of acrid smoke, two were struck as the bag deployed. i stopped at the side of the road to check out the passengers and find out what happened. no damage was done to the vehicle to cause airbag deployment, and it was in no way impacted or subjected to extreme driving forces. i believe my car to be defective and am seeking payment from volkswagen. *jb