Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998224959 Incident Date: Jun, 30 1998
Consumer's City: WALTHAM Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: PASSAT Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:control arm
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWMA63BXWE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 17 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jan, 31 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Premature failure of upper and lower control arms in 1998 vw passat. had right control arm replaced at 43,000 all four replaced at 68,000 and now at 111,000 need to be replaced for the third time. *jb