Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006071214 Incident Date: Jul, 11 2006
Consumer's City: KENT Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:brake lights:switch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSC29MXXM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 11 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 03 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My brake light switch has malfunctioned causing total loss of exterior brake lights on my 99 jetta passenger vehicle. this malfunction has been recalled by the nhtsa on many other 99 vw jettas, however my particular vehicle did not fit in the vin number range of the safety recall. i suggest this safety recall should be extended to include other models because evidently it is a problem and it is a serious safety hazard. *jb