Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006070205 Incident Date: Jul, 04 2006
Consumer's City: NEW RICHMOND Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 5FNRL18034B Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 04 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 05 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Premature driver's side air bag failure. i have received an air bag fault' warning code. further diagnostics have indicated that replacement of the driver's side air bag is necessary. this on a 6-year-old vehicle. considering that there are vehicles 3 times as old that are still on their original air bags, i would consider this failure unacceptable. *nm