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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006081950 | Incident Date: Oct, 09 2006 |
| Consumer's City: LOS GATOS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: A4 | Model Year: 1996 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:switch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: WAUEA88DXTA | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 12 2006 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 14 2006 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Dt*: the contact stated the vehicles starter completely failed on two occasions. the first time, the vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop, who replaced the starter. the vehicle was driven back to the contacts residence with no problems. that same day, the contact attempted to start the vehicle and the starter failed again. the vehicle was pushed to the nearby independent repair shop, who determined that the ignition switch was defective, and was the cause for the burnt starter. the contact researched the problem online, and noticed an nhtsa recall #00v317000 regarding, electrical system: ignition: switch. on 10/13/06, the manufacturer was contacted, who confirmed the vehicle was included in the recall, but the period to have the recall work performed had expired. |
