Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006080349 Incident Date: Sep, 26 2006
Consumer's City: WOODSTOCK Consumer's State: GA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 2003
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#: 3VWSE69M83M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 26 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 27 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2003 vw jetta brake light switch became inoperable. this caused me to have no brake lights. this almost caused an accident as a person traveling behind be did not know i was stopping. even more concerning is there is no indication light to let the driver of the jetta know this has happened. vw had a recall on the 2002 model of this car for this exact same problem. why not the 2003? it uses the exact same part! to see just how rampant this problem is just look at http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1158315&page=6. *nm