NHTSA Complaint #11075358 — 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

TAKATA INFLATOR REPLACED, 2 MONTHS LATER, WHILE DRIVING, AND TURNING THE CORNER AT LOW SPEED, ON A CITY STREET, INTO MY SUBDIVISION AT APPROXIMATELY 3-5 MILES PER HOUR, DURING A SNOW STORM. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES, HEAR CRUNCHING SOUND COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, I HAVE NO HORN OR STEERING WHEEL CONTROL BUTTONS. I NOW HEAR THE SAME CRUNCHING SOUND COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN EVERY TIME I TURN THE WHEEL. CALLED DEALER, ADVISED IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CLOCK SWITCH WHICH COMMONLY FAILS AND WOULD COST AROUND $900 TO REPAIR AND WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY, SINCE I HAD 40K AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. I WAS ADVISED THAT MY AIR BAG WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT REPAIR.