Passenger/engine compartment fires

An NHTSA Preliminary Evaluation into Volkswagen vehicles. Closed 28 September 2007.

Investigation
PE07024
Type
Preliminary Evaluation
Opened
10 May 2007
Closed
28 September 2007

What NHTSA investigated

Many of the fire reports allege that the vehicle fire was attributed to ignition coil failure.vw provided additional data regarding its analysis of vehicle fires and a detailed description of the three different engines and ignition systems for the subject vehicles.odifinds the need to further investigate this issue.to facilitate acquisition and analysis of additional information, this investigationhas been upgraded to an engineering analysis (EA07-014).

Vehicles covered

MakeModelModel years
VolkswagenPASSAT2000–2003

Source

From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.