Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007099059 Incident Date: Mar, 07 2007
Consumer's City: TOMS RIVER Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWPD63B51P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 18 2007 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
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 stated that the 2001 volkswagen new passat driver's side airbag didn't deployed upon impact during a crash. while driving at about 40 mph on a cold dry day, another vehicle ran a red light and she hit another head on. the contact stated that the passenger's side airbag deployed, but no one was sitting on the passenger's side, but the driver's side airbag didn't deploy. the contact would like to know why the airbag didn't deploy. the contact had police and insurance reports. the current and failure mileage were both 85,580 . *ak