Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2005

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007116980 Incident Date: Aug, 19 2007
Consumer's City: STATE COLLEGE Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2005
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWAE63BX5P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 25 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 26 2005
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Over 2 years since new, car hesitates with soft throttle acceleration likely between 1 and 2 gear, no throttle response for up to 5 seconds, very dangerous when making left turns across traffic or joining traffic from a stop. 2005 volkswagon passat tdi most recent date given, hundreds of incidents of same. vw dealer says normal, he experiences in moving cars around his lot. i say needs fixing and very dangerous. *tr