general problems of the 2005 Volkswagen Beetle

The contact's son owned a 2005 Volkswagen Beetle turbocharged. The contact stated that while her son was driving at 60 mph during early evening hours, he traveled over black ice in the road, which caused the vehicle to spin around several times before crashing into the guardrail and concrete wall several times, striking the front and rear of the vehicle, where it eventually came to a stop. The air bags did not deploy. There was no reported fire. The front passenger side occupant sustained a severe concussion. The driver sustained a spinal curvature injury and a severe concussion. Medical attention was received, and both occupants were seen at a hospital. There were no warning lights illuminated before or after the failure. The police were on the scene, but it was unknown if a police report was filed. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA campaign number: 08v178000 (air bags). The contact spoke with the sheriff, who referred to a lawyer. The vehicle was towed to a tow lot. The contact was notified of the crash through the 360 app. A local dealer was able to be located. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was deemed a total loss by the insurance company. The failure mileage was approximately 220,000. The VIN was not available.

Passenger air bag off. Light comes on. 0.

"takata recall" this vehicle airbag signal light shows on the gauge and does not go off during driving for the past 4 months.

Pods unit defective. Diagnosed sept. 23 2015. Still not available. Have been driving w/o air bags since. ( dealer disabled air bags) tech says over $1000. 00 to fix. Dealer says not covered under any recall. Why am I liable for a safety issue?.

The driver seat belt buckle shorts out do to faulty wire routing causing the seatbelt tensioner harness to get cut or shorted by the driver seat.