Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / JETTA / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999287646 Incident Date: Dec, 17 1999
Consumer's City: DAVIE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: JETTA Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body:bumpers
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3VWSA29M1XM Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 06 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 22 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When parking against a concrete parking stop, if you pull the front tires all the way to the stop when you back out you just about pull the entire bumper off. this happened only a couple months after we bought the car. we pulled into the parking spot not thinking anything of it. we owned similar sized cars before. the grillwork pops out and snaps back in. we lost two of the three pieces of grillwork from not realizing that they do come out when you simply park your car. the first i mentioned the incident to the service tech he said i guess they don't have those parking stops in germany. the second time i mentioned it the service tech said you have to remember this is a compact car and you don't have to pull all the way in. i believe the newer jetta models have more clearance than the "troubled jettas" do.we have somewhat gotten used to not pulling in so far but not all the time. we also refuse to get it repaired at our expense. *ak