Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2002

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007104376	Incident Date: May, 01 2007
Consumer's City: SONOMA	Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO	Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT	Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWVD63B33E	Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 01 2007	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Jan, 18 2003
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: Brake switch light failure. my first indication of failure was the brake lights remained on after shutting down the car. i pumped the pedal and this extinguished the light. the car continued to operate normally for another 500 miles until i noticed the cruise control was out. i then noticed the brake lights were not operating at all. after researching the problem i found that this is a common problem with vw's. to my surprise though the passat which uses the same switch other vws have been recalled on has no recall yet. this switch is a very dangerous switch as it disables the brake lights providing no warning to another driver behind the car. *tr