Other Engine Info: 50-St./Can. Tier 1 emission.
Emissions Certification Test Group: 1VWXV01.9233.
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt
Plant City: Curitiba
Plant Country: Brazil
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2010
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR
STOPPED AT STOP LIGHT , MY FOOT/SHOE GETS STUCK UNDER THE BRAKE PEDAL BY THE TIME I REALIZED WHAT HAPPEN , THE CAR GOES FORWARD AND REAR ENDS THE VAN IN FRONT. THE WAY THE DRIVER IS SECURED IN THE SEAT AND THE FACT THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL IS HIGHER THAN THE GAS PEDDLE, WHEN YOU SLIDE YOUR FOOT OVER TO THE BRAKE YOU CAN GET YOUR SHOE/FOOT STUCK UNDER BRAKE PEDAL, YOU HAVE TO LIFT YOUR ENTIRE LEG IN ORDER TO BRAKE.. THIS IS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. AND I HAVE BEEN IN 2 MINOR ACCIDENTS ONCE WHILE STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND ONCE WHEN PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE [XXX] PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH
THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED TO OPERATE ON MY CAR AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SINCE OWNING THE CAR, I NOTICED HAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ONLY CAME ON IF THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AT STOP LIGHTS (PROVIDED I SLOWED DOWN) WITHOUT EVER HAVING THE BRAKE LIGHT COME ON. I REALIZED THIS WHEN SOMEONE ALMOST HIT ME. A FRIEND VERIFIED THAT THE LIGHTS DIDN'T COME ON UNLESS I PUSHED THE PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS CAR. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED WHEN I NOTICED A BULB BURNT OUT, BUT THE DEALER TOLD ME THEY SWITCH AT THE PEDAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS SOON AS IT WAS REPLACED (FOR 90.00), THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON IMMEDIATELY WHEN I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. I THEN REALIZED THAT THE PART WAS PROBABLY DEFECTIVE FROM DAY ONE. I ALSO REALIZE THAT I WAS LUCKY NO ONE HIT ME BEFORE. THE DATE I HAD IT FIXED IS BELOW - THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR "INCIDENCE."