Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2003
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006082122 | Incident Date: Oct, 14 2006 |
| Consumer's City: INDIANAPOLIS | Consumer's State: IN |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | 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#: 3VWSE69M93M | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Oct, 15 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Aug, 19 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Driving on the highway at night i noticed that my cruise control was inoperative. i researched the problem when i got home on a vw related website and found out that this was most likely due to a brake light switch located under the driver near the brake pedal. when the brake light switch is not working it causes the cruise control to also stop working. what i also found out is that since this switch was broken all my brake lights were not functioning. there would have been no way for me to become aware that my brake lights were not functioning unless i had connected the problem by researching it online. this poses a serious safety risk for those who would not associate a cruise control problem with the brake switch and therefore be driving around unknowingly without brake lights and could cause an accident by not having the proper brake lights operational. fortunately in my situation it did not result in a rear end collision. i understand that vwofa has issued a recall for 1999-2002 models and i have a 2003 jetta. it frustrates me that vw is not responsible enough to extend this warranty to later model years as the part has not changed. in my opinion they wait until they get enough complaints for the newer years before they authorize recalls for those years. (the 2004's will fail later and so on and so on). the part number that failed on my car is 1j0 945 511 c (on my car, but current part number is f revision). i hope that this complaint will get vwofa to be responsible for this serious safety related issue. *nm |