Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
48
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-11-13 | 98V295000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | 6,217 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-05-31 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM BEHIND STEERING WHEEL. PRIOR TO THIS VEHILCE HAD BEEN RUNNIN… |
| 2004-06-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V295000. PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH VR6 ENGINES. … |
| 2003-04-07 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLASHED. THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, AND AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE'S CABIN BECAME FILLED WITH STE… |
| 2003-03-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 295 000, BUT THE VIN N… |
| 2002-09-13 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. 1 YEAR LATER IT BROKE, CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK AND FRONT WINDSHIELD TO STEAM U… |
| 2002-06-15 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | MY HEATER CORE FAILED SPILLING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND VAPOR THROUGH THE HVAC SYSTEM.. I HAV… |
| 2001-08-24 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE LOCATED BEHIND VENTILATION SYSTEM BLEW UP, HOT COOLANT HIT VENT AND WHITE SMOKE AND COOLANT ENTERED INTO VE… |
| 2001-06-01 | VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR | No | 0 | FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMIN… |
| 2000-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL WORK PERFORMED AND FAILURE IMMEDIATELY OCCURRED. RUPTURED HEATER CORE REPAIRED, BUT CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE … |
| 2000-04-04 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 2 | WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH STEAM CAME OUT THRU VENTS (NO VISIVILITY) AND HOT COOLANT CAME IN FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD BURN… |
| 1999-10-25 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE LEAKED INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT AND STEAMED UP THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO NEA… |
| 1999-04-01 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | MY 2ND GEAR SYNCHRO IS FAILING DUE TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FACTORY CLUTCH D… |
| 1999-03-23 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1999-01-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY. *AK |
| 1998-11-23 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING STEAM TO ENTER VENTS OF VEHICLE. |
| 1998-08-05 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 1 | HEATING CORE FAILED. |
| 1998-07-03 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO SPRAY INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON DRIVER'S FEET. |
| 1998-07-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM | No | 2 | HEATER CORE FAILED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION; DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED SEVERE BURNS TO FEET AND LEGS, AND AN ACCIDEN… |
| 1998-06-30 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, ON AN 80 DEGREE SUNNY DAY, WITH NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE THE HEATE… |
| 1998-06-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | WHEN THE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED DURING DRIVING HOT COOLANT AND SMOKE CAME IN THROUGH VENTS AND UNDERNEATH THE DASHB… |
| 1998-04-06 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING WINDOWS TO FOG UP, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. |
| 1998-02-02 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 1 | HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING HOT SCALDING COOLANT TO SHOOT OUT OF VENTS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. |
| 1998-01-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 1 | HEATER CORE RUPTURED. |
| 1998-01-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE RUPTURED. |
| 1997-12-14 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT ENGINE COOLANT TO SPILL OVER ONTO DRIVER'S FEET. |
| 1997-12-10 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE BROKKE OFF, CAUSING VERY HOT STEAM TO COME OUT OF ALL VENTS. ALL WIINDOWS WERE FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING IN R… |
| 1997-07-01 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING STEAM TO COME THROUGH THE VENT INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. |
| 1997-05-31 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE CAME OUT FROM DASHBOARD, DEFROSTER AND VENT OPENINGS CAUSING SEVERE VISUAL PROB… |
| 1997-05-31 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | FRONT HEATER CORE FAILED. |
| 1997-05-30 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING STEAM TO POUR OUT OF THE DASHBOARD VENTS, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. *AK |
| 1997-04-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND IT SHUT DOWN. THIS WAS DUE TO THE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWING BY ITSEL… |
| 1997-03-13 | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE. |
| 1997-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEATER CORE ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. CAR ON THIRD WATER PUMP, ALSO SECOND OF COOLANT HOSES AFTER THEY BLEW UP.COOLANT BEI… |
| 1996-12-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | IGNITION SWITCH AND THE HEATER WERE REPAIR WITH USED PARTS AND STILL FAILED. *AK |
| 1996-09-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS | No | 0 | COOLANT HOSE BLOWS ROUGHLY EVERY 35, OOO MILES DUMPING COOLANT ONTO HOT RXHAUST MANIFOLD,, PRODUCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT O… |
| 1996-03-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | GEARS SHIFT STICKS. |
| 1995-08-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL, REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO MODEL YEAR (91V-068). *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECAL 98V295000, VW/ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM; THE VEHICLE WAS CORRECTED ON MAY 19, 1999 UNDER NOTICE. THREE WEEKS LATER VE… |
| — | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | 1) IMPERFECTION ON FRONT WINDSHIELD, MAKING DRIVERS VISION BLURRY. 2) HEADLIGHTS DON'T PROVIDE ENOUGH ILLUMINATION. PL… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GETS HARD, AND AT OTHER TIMES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. DEALRR SAID THAT MASTER CYLINDER … |
| — | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | JUST LIKE TO KNOW ON WHAT PARTS IS VW RESPONSIBLE FOR AND IF A PROBLEM HAS BEEN AFFECTED FROM A RECALL, DO THEY PAY? AN… |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF VW IS RESPONSIBLE ON FIXING THE RECALLS AND ANYTHING RELATED TO THEM? NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED … |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. |
| — | VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE | No | 0 | HEATER CORE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HOT FLUIDS TO ENTER INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT FROM VENT WHICH CAUSED WINDOW… |
| — | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | PARTS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE UNTIL OTHER REPAIR WAS DONE NOT RELATING TO THIS PART OF CAR IS FAULT OF DEALER BUT MUST BE RE… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWED ITSELF FOR NO REASON.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM. ALSO CAM… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE KEEPS OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKED OUT INTO THE PASSENGER'S SEAT FROM THE DASH. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. … |