Consumer Complaint Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2004
0 Injured
0 Death
Yes Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007109253 | Incident Date: Jun, 18 2007 |
| Consumer's City: | Consumer's State: 00 |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: PASSAT | Model Year: 2004 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 18 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Dec, 04 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The 2004 volkswagen passat 1.8 t car engine caught on fire today while driving the driver barely saved his life from the flames. the car would certainly burn completely if luckily there was no fire extinguisher available at the nearby stores. although the incident was in istanbul, turkey i happened to learn from the internet that nhtsa was conducting an investigations on the same problem for 19 volkswagen passats. volkswagen dealer in turkey told me that an engineer from volkswagen germany will come to turkey to perform an inspection on the car. nobody touched the car yet. since the incident was today ant the car was still at the volkswagen authorized dealer service. i thought this information might be usefull for your investigation, and would like to learn your suggestions that you may want to share with me. please write to my e-mail adress in case you need detailed information or would like to get the photoes of the engine caught on fire. thanks. *ak |