Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 2001

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006079635 Incident Date: Sep, 19 2006
Consumer's City: MINNEAPOLIS Consumer's State: MN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: GOLF Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 20 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 09 2004
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Got transmission work done on 9/19/06. pick car up that evening and drove home on city streets. on 9/20/06 got on freeway to go to work and accelerated to 55 mph at which time the hood snapped back against the windshield. had car towed to dealership where the service work was done. said the problem with the hood was due to a faulty/failed hood latch. dealership replaced the hood and installed a new hood latch. *nm