Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2005

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006084853 Incident Date: Oct, 14 2006
Consumer's City: HOLLIS Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:door
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWYU63B55E Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 08 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 15 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Passenger side rear door molding has warped twice now and first replacement done months after lease inception, having been told it's not under warranty by potamkin vw in manhattan, ny. called vw and potamkin about second warping on replaced molding, only to be told that i must have hit it and that i pulled it off (which i did to keep it from further scratching the front door)...just read zillions of complaints on the web about the same issue with the car, some citing that it could be door's alignment and others that it could be molding alignment...don't know, but neither dealer nor vw customer service cooperating. *jb