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1998 VOLKSWAGEN CABRIO — POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY

crash1 injured · 148792 · 1999-04-28

Vehicle

Make
VOLKSWAGEN
Model
CABRIO
Year
1998
Manufacturer
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
Speed
45 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
Yes
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

CLUTCH INHIBITOR RELAY WAS FAULTY--CAR WOULD NOT START AND HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX, PASSENGER SEATBELT HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY, ABS LIGHT CAME ON 4 DAYS BEFORE ACCIDENT TOOK CAR INTO CHAPMAN'S TO BE FIXED BUT WHEN I WENT TO STOP AT A LIGHT I PRESSED ON BREAKS AND IT SLOWED A LITTLE BIT, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM TO VERY MUCH SO I THEN PRESSED HARDER AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP RESULTING IN HITTING THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME, PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR DEFROSTER INOP, LACK OF POWER WHEN SHIFTING INTO 1, 2, AND 3RD GEAR, FINALLY GET POWER WHEN GOING ABOUT 60MPH, E-BRAKE WOULD STICK AND COULD NOT GET IT DOWN, WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE, IT WOULD POP OUT OF GEAR,

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
706080
Machine
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