NHTSA complaint: 2002 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT — ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN EMITTING SMOKE AND WAS TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation