Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / BEETLE / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007125747 Incident Date: Oct, 14 2007
Consumer's City: GILROY Consumer's State: CA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: BEETLE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Exterior lighting:brake lights
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWDD21C13M Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 06 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 08 2007
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Headlight went out while starting the car. dealer found a burned wiring harness to be the cause. cost to repair $ 159.31. this could have been a major problem if both head lights would have gone out while traveling on a dark hwy at high speed. burned wiring harness is in my possession. second problem was with a brake light that went out date 10/30/07. cause as per dealer was a faulty light socket. cost to repair $ 73.61. *tr