NHTSA Complaint #10703633 — 2014 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

THIS VEHICLE WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE ON 3/26, BUT DRIVEN <30 MIN THAT EVENING. ON 3/27, IT WAS DRIVEN A GREAT DEAL (2-9PM). IN THE P.M.. I SAT IN THE VEHICLE, WINDOWS UP, HEAT ON, AWAITING SOMEONE'S ARRIVAL FOR APPROX. 20 MIN., I BEGAN TO FEEL WEIRD BODYWISE & EXITING THE VEHICLE, NOTICED HOW SLUGGISH I WAS. I ARRIVED HOME AT 9PM & WALKING IN, I FELT FATIGUE & NOTICED THAT MY BODY WAS BECOMING SORE. BY THE NEXT HOUR, I'D BECOME EXTREMELY FATIGUED & DECIDED TO BATHE & CALL IT A NIGHT. I SHARED MY CONCERNS WITH MY DAUGHTER NOTED MY SYMPTOMS & WENT TO SLEEP. BY MORNING, I WOKE UP FEELING EVEN MORE SORE, PLUS HAD A FEVER. UNABLE TO FUNCTION, I CALLED MY FAMILY & DR. & WAS ADVISED TO VISIT THE ER. I WAS TOLD I HAD THE FLU, BUT I DENIED THE DIAGNOSIS & A SWAB CAME BACK NEGATIVE. THEY SAID MY WBC WAS UP WI/ NO EXPLANATION FROM THE CULTURES. THEY COULDN'T PUT A FINGER ON IT & THEY DECIDED TO KEEP ME OVERNIGHT. BY THE A.M., MY WBC HAD INCREASED & MORE TESTS WERE RAN. THEY SAID IT WAS POSSIBLY VIRAL BUT LATER SAID THEY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO TELL ME. THEY PUT ME ON TWO ANTIBIOTICS & MY HOSPITAL STAY LASTED UNTIL 3/31. INITIALLY, THE CAR WAS NOT SUSPECTED SUSPECTED THE CAR, UNTIL 3/28 WHEN MY DAD CALLED THE HOSPITAL & MENTIONED HOW HE FELT WHEN IN IT..HE SAID SOMETHING IS WITH THIS CAR & HE FELT HIS EYES ROLLING IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. HE SAID HE COULDN'T BE DRIVING IT AS IT WAS. HIS SYMPTOMS LED HIM TO DO THE INTERNET & HE CAME ACROSS NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT VWS' SMELL & IT SICKENING PEOPLE. HE DIRECTED ME TO THE SAME INFO & TOLD ME TO TELL THE DOCTORS ABOUT THE CAR AND HIS FINDINGS. I DID SO, BUT TO NO AVAIL. HAVING SEEN THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO DEVELOPMENTS, RECALLS, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS KNOWN ISSUE, I AM ALSO SUBMITTING THIS COMPLAINT. THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN MY SYMPTOMS AND OTHERS' LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS TO PREVENT SICKNESS. *TR