2004 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Name: NHTSA complaint: 2004 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Start: 2010-03-21

crash · 800257 · 2010-07-19

Vehicle

Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Model: BEETLE
Year: 2004
Manufacturer: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure: 74,000
Speed: 25 mph

Severity

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

Narrative

VW NEW BEETLE WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES THAT ARE DANGEROUS. IT WILL JUMP UNEXPECTEDLY AND AT ONE POINT I ACTUALLY REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE UNCONTROLLABLE TRANSMISSION ISSUES. IT WILL ALSO HESITATE IN AN INTERSECTION MAKING FOR A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. *TR

Source

Authoritative: NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number: 10343890
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown