Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1998

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998076173 Incident Date: Sep, 18 1998
Consumer's City: CORVALLIS Consumer's State: OR
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Unknown or other
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWRF81HXWM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 18 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1) when the steering failed it could hav e caused a fatal accident 2) when the brakes failed again it could have caused a fatal accident. 3) when the oil light indicated that there was no oil the motor could have locked up, causing a fatal accident. i find the above problems very serious. i bought the vw jetta new 09/12/98 with 15 miles on the odometer. thank you bill hamann.