Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2002

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006083093 Incident Date: Aug, 01 2006
Consumer's City: MIDDLE VILLAGE Consumer's State: NY
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: Engine and engine cooling
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWVD63B02E Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 22 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 06 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I would like to lodge a complaint regarding the excessive failure of vacuum hoses causing the engine malfunction indicator light to come on repeatedly on the 2002 vw passat wagon. on august 2, 2006, the vacuum hose failed (replaced with p/n 06b-133-783 bc). the cost of the repair was $271.63. on september 11, 2006, the vacuum hose was replaced as per vehicle recall (replaced with p/n 06b-103-221p). and on october 18, 2006, the vacuum hose failed (replaced with p/n 1n-020-353-5). the cost of this repair was $137.93. also to be considered is the inconvenience of taking the car to a repair facility time after time. *nm