Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2002
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006072170 | Incident Date: Jul, 04 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BETHESDA | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: PASSAT | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WVWTH63B72P | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 19 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 17 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: When it rains heavily, the air bag fault light and the mil come on. water gets into the vehicle and shorts out the electronics. fortunately the oct. 2005 repair was still under warranty. i was without the car for a week that time. i took the car in july 5th, 2006 for the same thing and have not seen the car yet (7/20/06). each time the service person calls, i am told that there is more electrical damage. now the transmission module also must be replaced for $800+. there is obviously a design flaw in the passat. if you cannot keep the car in a garage, you should not purchase a vw passat. the dealership is inundated with these cars whenever we experience heavy rain. i have placed numerous calls to vw, and have received no assistance. the response is that the vehicle is out of warranty. too bad. the car has only 21,000 miles on it. the master cylinder also had to be replaced last year. vw needs to do something about this design flaw. *nm |