1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

Name: NHTSA complaint: 1999 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Start: 2000-01-27

crash · 195853 · 2000-02-04

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: JETTA
Year: 1999
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
Speed: 15 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

WHILE TRAVELING NORTH ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE THE VEHICLE, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, SUDDENLY STALLED IN THE CENTER OF THREE LANES AND WOULD NOT RESTART. I WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR FROM THE CENTER LANE. SHORTLY AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE A TRACTOR TRAILER STRUCK THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE TOTALLY DESTROYING THE VEHICLE.*AK

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 718323
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown