Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006072150 | Incident Date: Jul, 16 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BRIER | Consumer's State: WA |
| 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: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WVWMA23B3YP | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 19 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 23 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The problem is intermittent, having occurred approximately fifteen to twenty times during the past year. it can be best described as a sudden lurching, which has occurred while stopped, while at freeway speeds (60-70 mph), and at speeds between these two extremes. while stopped, it is as if the transmission engages, and the vehicle lurches forward; extra brake pressure must be applied during these occurrences, which last less than a second or two, but which occur without warning. while the vehicle is in motion, the problem manifests itself as a sudden, unexpected, virtually instantaneous decrease in speed of between five and ten miles per hour; this decrease in speed occurs in less than a second. one good way to describe the feeling is that it is as if the vehicle has hit something. i consider this an extremely dangerous condition, because if this were to happen, for example, at freeway speeds while on a curve in the rain, control of the vehicle could be lost. i have informed my local dealer of this issue, but since they have been unable to reproduce the problem themselves (due to its intermittent nature), they have done nothing to rectify it. *nm |