Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / SEAT BELTS / 9999

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006101214 Incident Date: Nov, 10 2006
Consumer's City: HOT SPRINGS Consumer's State: AR
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: SEAT BELTS Model Year: 9999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:trunk lid
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWRW31C67M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 04 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 20 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen beetle. the contact stated that the vehicle had an electrical system failure on the driver's side. on occasion, several attempts were needed in order to start the vehicle. it was brought to the dealer , north point volkswagen, but they could not locate the cause of the failure. the contact also stated that the trunk fails to open properly. when the key or interior trunk release latch was used, the trunk opened, but then immediately closed. the dealer replaced the trunk actuator, struts, and locks, but the contact still continued to experience a failure with the trunk. also, the contact stated that the radio activated while the vehicle's doors were ajar and the keywas not in the ignition. the dashboard would become hot as well. these failures would last approximately one hour. the current and failure mileage were 17,000.*ak