This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My 16 bought a car from bommarito VW hazelwood, they told us it had prior engine work and the customer couldn't pay for the charges so they sold us the car. When test driving we heard a clunk every time you would excel. The salesman said it was stuff in the trunk. Come to find out there are no motor mounts holding the motor and the motor goes up in the air when you give the car gas, the motor hit the exhaust and broke it. There is no way this car passed inspection with a motor hanging there, you can't see through the back window because the tint is so bad. A dealership should not of sold a vehicle with a motor like this, it's a bit dangerous to put a young girl in. It has taken me two weeks for someone to call me back.
My passenger wiper is no longer working. And the screw had stripped off. I live in Florida where it rains all the time and is a safety concern especially with children in the car.
The drivers side visor is secured above the windshield with a plastic part. This part has broken for the third time in this vehicle. There are also electrical cords running into the visor for remote controls. When the plastic part securing the visor breaks, the visor drops down obscuring the driver's visibility and is left dangling by the wires. The visor remains a problem for the driver until a repair is made and the new visor costs about $600 installed because of the electrical wiring. I have had 2 new visors previously put in this car. Considering the age of the vehicle it has low mileage and is not driven very often. This happened 3 times while driving on city streets. I am not computer savvy and cannot scan the repair documents.
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the windshield wiper fluid dispenser motor did not work. The failure occurred without warning. When the vehicle was started, the air bag warning indicator illuminated and flashed a picture of an inflated air bag with a "vehicle statue, air bag default" warning message. The failures were not diagnosed. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V078000 (air bags). The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and stated that the windshield wiper motor was not included in a recall and the air bag failure was not recall related. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 120,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available....updated 11/15/17 updated 12/1/2017
The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated while driving various speeds, the windshield wipers stopped working without any warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the windshield wiper motor and windshield linkages were defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000. The current mileage was 143,000. Updated 03/12/14
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