Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 2006

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007126217 Incident Date: Oct, 23 2007
Consumer's City: UNION Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWEU93C96P Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 09 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 11 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: There is an unsafe throttle lag on the 2006 volkswagen passat 3.6 liter. approx 4 sec delay when depressing the accelerator pedal after the car comes to a stand still or in the event of an evasive maneuver, merging, passing and stop and go traffic. nothing happens until you've depressed the pedal approx. 3/4 to an inch of pedal travel, then all of a sudden, the car lurches and accelerates at what feels like half to full throttle. *tr