Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / GTI / 2002
1 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007093053 | Incident Date: Jan, 16 2007 |
| Consumer's City: CHESTER | Consumer's State: NY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GTI | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Air bags:side/window |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 1 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 9BWDE61J424 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 24 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I was driving on the highway in my 2002 volkswagen gti when suddenly the side and curtain airbags deployed for no reason at all. i did not hit a pothole, rock, or any object of any kind. the engine then shut off but i managed to safely move my car to the right lane. as a result of the airbag deployment i suffered minor burns and a sore back. i called volkswagen of america and they immediately began telling me it was not their fault and that i must have hit something. they advised me to bring the gti into the nearest dealership to check for damage. the dealership inspected the car and found no damage. the technician told me there was no reason for the airbags to have deployed. he then sent that information to volkswagen of america. two day later they called me to ask me to once again bring the car into the dealership so that a representative could inspect the car. i will be bringing the car in tomorrow. i have researched this problem on the internet and found that this is a problem that has been reported over 400,000 times. it does not seem that volkswagen is going to pay to fix the problem since my car is no longer under warranty. i am now pursuing a class action suit against volkswagen of america. i am absolutely stunned that volkswagen of america can get away with not taking responsibility for their manufacture defects. i will never own another vw again, and i will do all that i can to discourage anybody i know from purchasing a volkswagen. these claims need to be taken seriously, and something needs to be done about it before serious injury, or even death, occurs. *jb |