Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007091951 Incident Date: Jan, 15 2007
Consumer's City: SPRINGFIELD Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSE29M3XM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 15 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 28 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This is a follow-on of my nhtsa complaint #10175337, because today, i experienced a third water ingestion into my son's 1999 vw jetta, and vw of america said, basically, "sorry, we cannot cover this water damage any more than we could cover the second water damage you had on 27 nov 06 -- unlike the water damage we covered for you on the 13 oct 05 damage!" with hundreds of blogs complaining of water leakage into the jetta's -- including thru 2006 models and ackowledgement by the dealer that this is a common occurrence! -- nobody with any smarts should consider buying one of these cars that the manufacturer declines to admit there is a design flaw or from a dealer who refuses to sign a pledge that if any future leak occurs it will be covered at their expense! as an aside, not a single homeowner in my 80-home subdivision had 1-drop of water entry during rains that entered my son's car! i returned the car to the dealership today because of water ingestion for a third time at the same point of entry it did on the second time for an out-of-pocket expense of over $1000.00! i'm a die-hard vw owner, having owned one since high school in 1961, but my wife has just decried i or our son will never own another! a recall must be issued by vw at the behest of nhtsa, period! *nm