2002 VOLKSWAGEN GTI — POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2002 VOLKSWAGEN GTI — POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Start: 2003-03-04

crash · 398095 · 2003-03-17

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: GTI
Year: 2002
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure: 75,000

Severity

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

Narrative

THE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED , WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO START IN GEAR WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH. WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. (MANUAL TRANSMISSION) *JB THE UNIT FAILURE ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO START IN NEUTRAL OR ANY GEAR. SCC

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10011844
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown