Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114925 Incident Date: Aug, 06 2007
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: 00
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:diesel
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSF29M8YM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 08 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: While driving at 65 mph on a 2 lane undivided hi-way; engine cut out, without warning of any kind (1.9 litre diesel-2000 jetta) this obviously caused an unsafe situation. vehicle would turn over but not start. dealer repaired by replacing power relay for engine control module (relay 109). have researched this relay on various sites, and found dozens of failed relays, some in similar circumstances. apparently, the original black relay fails, new relay is a change up (grey in colour). *tr