Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2003

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006098001 Incident Date: Aug, 31 2006
Consumer's City: TRUCKEE Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 08 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle battery goes dead if car sits for more than 3 days without being started. alternator wiring harness has been replaced once. battery has been replace 5 times in 6 months. dealer can not find anything that is draining the battery and insists that "nothing is wrong with the car and that it is perfectly normal (except for a dead battery) for this to happen. "just start the car every 1-2 days" is their remedy. i have never heard of anything so lame in my life!! *jb