Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 10/05/1998 | 6 | ||
| Whenever driving air bag light comes on & stays on until motor is shut off. had called dealer & took vehicle in for repairs. | |||
| 12/20/1998 | |||
| No summary provided by consumer | |||
| 09/27/1995 | 7 | ||
| Deployment of airbags was violent in minor accident, causing injury. *sd | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 08/01/2000 | |||
| Ir bag light senor remained o.; dealer notified. feel free to provide any further information concerning this matter. *ak | |||
| 12/01/1996 | 1 | 11/01/1996 | |
| Passenger's airbag deployed in minor fender-bender crash and nearly killed my 3-yr.-old despite the fact that i followed vw's instructions regarding children and airbags! *ak | |||
| 04/15/1998 | |||
| The driver's airbag deployed without any frontal impact. dealer cannot determine problem. *ak | |||
| 11/29/1998 | |||
| Consumer was travleing at 35mph and had an front end collision and the air bags did not deploy. dealer was not contacted. *ak | |||
| Airbag warning light came on due to a weak spring. | |||
| 04/30/1997 | |||
| Air bags : driving approximately 45mph rearended another vehicle and neither air bag deployed. vehicle is in for repairs, waiting for adjuster to inspect. *ak | |||
| 04/11/1997 | 1 | ||
| Dual airbags did not d eploy during front end impact, hit right rear tire of another vehicle traveling 25 mph, vehicle not inspected as of yet. *ak | |||
| 05/03/1996 | |||
| Was in an head-on collision and neither air bags deployed, vehicle was struck by the other vehicle. *ak | |||
| Owner was driving across railroad tracks when her airbag deployed, and burned her face. *ak | |||
| 03/03/1997 | |||
| Consumer crashed into the back of a 93 honda at 15-20 mph, the air bag deflated, upon impact, consumer sustained broken nose/busted eye/both inner arms burned, and right breast black and blue. consumer said airbag released a chocking smoke taste. *ak | |||
| 01/02/1997 | 06/01/1995 | ||
| When driving over a small pothole both passenger's and driver's side airbags deployed. 8-year old passenger received 3rd degree buns on his neck, driver suffered from whiplash. dealer not able to find location of the car at the time. *ak | |||
| 10/20/1996 | 10/05/1995 | ||
| In an accident at 40 to 50 mph, 11:00 position, car hit a dear and neither driver's or passenger's side airbags deployed. *ak | |||
| 12/19/1996 | |||
| Driver removed foot from brake in traffiic and hit the car in front at less then 5mph and the airbag deployed, severely burning the driver's face and neck. *ak | |||
| 05/03/1996 | |||
| In an accident at 12:00 position at 30-35mph, the driver's and passenger's side airbags did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 04/23/1996 | |||
| During emergency stopping, driver and passenager air bags deployed before an accident happened. *ak | |||
| 12/22/1995 | |||
| Vehicle was at complete stop, impact at 6:00 position, hitting another vehicle , dual air bags did not deploy. tt | |||
| 10/28/1995 | |||
| In a 11:00 position at 30mph passengers side airbag did not deploy. tt | |||
| 10/28/1995 | 1 | ||
| In a 11:00 position at 30mph drivers side airbag did not deploy. tt *jb | |||