1992 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO Problems & Recalls

DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM BEHIND STEERING WHEEL. PRIOR TO THIS VEHILCE HAD BEEN RUNNING HOT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A COOLANT FLUSH, AND HAD THE BELT REPLACED AROUND THE FAN. ALSO, HAD A NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED. CONSUMER WAS IN THE CAR 5-10 MINUTES ...

Mileage: 117,700

CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V295000. PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH VR6 ENGINES. A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT SUCH AS THE THERMO SWITCH, RADIATOR FAN, OR WATER PUMP CAN MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND COOLANT SYSTEM PRESSURE TO INCREASE SIGNIFICA...

Mileage: 99,400

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 295 000, BUT THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NLM

Mileage: 97,000

THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLASHED. THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, AND AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE'S CABIN BECAME FILLED WITH STEAM AND HOT RADIATOR FLUID WAS ON THE FLOOR BOARD. IT WAS DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE FAILED. *NLM

HEATER CORE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. 1 YEAR LATER IT BROKE, CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK AND FRONT WINDSHIELD TO STEAM UP.*AK

RECALL WORK PERFORMED AND FAILURE IMMEDIATELY OCCURRED. RUPTURED HEATER CORE REPAIRED, BUT CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO COOLANT FUMES. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX RECALL 98V295000. *AK

RECALL WORK PERFORMED AND FAILURE IMMEDIATELY OCCURRED. RUPTURED HEATER CORE REPAIRED, BUT CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO COOLANT FUMES. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX RECALL 98V295000. *AK

MY HEATER CORE FAILED SPILLING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND VAPOR THROUGH THE HVAC SYSTEM.. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A PART THAT CONSISTANTLY FAILED IN MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AND AM HOPING THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE RESPONSABLE AND REPLACE THE PART AS A RECALL ISS...

FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMINATES.*AK

FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMINATES.*AK

FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMINATES.*AK

FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMINATES.*AK

HEATER CORE LOCATED BEHIND VENTILATION SYSTEM BLEW UP, HOT COOLANT HIT VENT AND WHITE SMOKE AND COOLANT ENTERED INTO VEHICLE, CHEMICALS WERE VERY STRONG. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY WILL REPLACE HEATER CORE, CONSUMER INDICATED THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURIED, BECAUSE LIQUID WAS HOT,CONSUMER ...

IGNITION SWITCH AND THE HEATER WERE REPAIR WITH USED PARTS AND STILL FAILED. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH AND THE HEATER WERE REPAIR WITH USED PARTS AND STILL FAILED. *AK

PARTS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE UNTIL OTHER REPAIR WAS DONE NOT RELATING TO THIS PART OF CAR IS FAULT OF DEALER BUT MUST BE REPAIRED AT MY OWN EXPENSE! DEALER SERVICE TAKES NO BLAME AND WILL NOT NEGOTIATE .

HEATER CORE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HOT FLUIDS TO ENTER INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT FROM VENT WHICH CAUSED WINDOWS TO STEAM UP. ALSO, CONSUMER MENTIONED RECALL 98V295000. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF THIS VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH STEAM CAME OUT THRU VENTS (NO VISIVILITY) AND HOT COOLANT CAME IN FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD BURNING ME AND MY WIFE'S FEET, IMPAIRING VEHICLE CONTROL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO HOT WATER AND LACK OF VISIBILITY. ACCORDING TO VW A RECALL WAS PERFORMED TO PREVENT THIS FRO...

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF VW IS RESPONSIBLE ON FIXING THE RECALLS AND ANYTHING RELATED TO THEM? NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

HEATER CORE LEAKED INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT AND STEAMED UP THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO NEARLY BE BURNED EVEN AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. TOOK TO DEALER IN RESPONSE TO A RECALL LETTER TO INSTALL COOLANT PRESSURE THROTTLE UNIT, AND DID A CHECK ON COOLANT SYSTEM. THIS W...

JUST LIKE TO KNOW ON WHAT PARTS IS VW RESPONSIBLE FOR AND IF A PROBLEM HAS BEEN AFFECTED FROM A RECALL, DO THEY PAY? AND TO SEE IF IT IS WORTH PURCHASING A '92 CORRADO SLC. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK

VEHICLE KEEPS OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKED OUT INTO THE PASSENGER'S SEAT FROM THE DASH. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL GETS HARD, AND AT OTHER TIMES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. DEALRR SAID THAT MASTER CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

RECAL 98V295000, VW/ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM; THE VEHICLE WAS CORRECTED ON MAY 19, 1999 UNDER NOTICE. THREE WEEKS LATER VEHICLE NEEDED REPAIR AGAIN. MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO CORRECT FOR THE SECOND TIME FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

MY 2ND GEAR SYNCHRO IS FAILING DUE TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS A DEFECTIVE CLUTCH FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THE FACTORY CLUTCH DOES NOT HAVE NI OR CD PLATED SPLINES, EXACERBATING SHIFTING PROBLEMS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

HEATER CORE ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. CAR ON THIRD WATER PUMP, ALSO SECOND OF COOLANT HOSES AFTER THEY BLEW UP.COOLANT BEING FORCED FROM EXPANSION TANK EVERY DAY. VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERHEATING, JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX PROBLEM AT VARIOUS VW DEALERSH...

HEATER CORE ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. CAR ON THIRD WATER PUMP, ALSO SECOND OF COOLANT HOSES AFTER THEY BLEW UP.COOLANT BEING FORCED FROM EXPANSION TANK EVERY DAY. VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERHEATING, JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX PROBLEM AT VARIOUS VW DEALERSH...

HEATER CORE ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. CAR ON THIRD WATER PUMP, ALSO SECOND OF COOLANT HOSES AFTER THEY BLEW UP.COOLANT BEING FORCED FROM EXPANSION TANK EVERY DAY. VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERHEATING, JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX PROBLEM AT VARIOUS VW DEALERSH...

NO SUMMARY. *AK

HEATER CORE FAILED WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION; DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED SEVERE BURNS TO FEET AND LEGS, AND AN ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED.

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE.

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING STEAM TO ENTER VENTS OF VEHICLE.

WHEN THE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED DURING DRIVING HOT COOLANT AND SMOKE CAME IN THROUGH VENTS AND UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD NEAR FEET. ALSO COOLANT WAS SPILLING UNDERNEATH HOOD. ALL METERS INCLUDING DIGITAL MILEAGE METER WERE WET. IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AFTERWARDS DUE TO HEAVY OVERHEATING.

VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO A HEATER CORE FAILURE AND RELEASED A LARGE AMOUNT OF STEAM, WATER AND COOLANT INTO THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE CAME OUT FROM DASHBOARD, DEFROSTER AND VENT OPENINGS CAUSING SEVERE VISUAL PROBLEMS, DUE TO FAILURE OF THE HEATER CORE.

HEATER CORE FAILED.

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HARD TO CLOSE, PASSENGER DOOR TRIM NEAR BOTTOM OF GLASS CROOKED.

FOG LIGHT SWITCH INSTALLED BACKWARDS.

REAR ROOF TRIM PANEL MISSING.

COOLANT LEAK CAUSING OVERHEATING.

HEATING CORE FAILED.

FRONT HEATER CORE FAILED.

HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO SPRAY INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON DRIVER'S FEET.

WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, ON AN 80 DEGREE SUNNY DAY, WITH NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED, SPILLING SCALDING COOLANT ONTO DRIVER'S FEET AND CAUSING STEAM TO POOR FROM VENTS.

NO SUMMARY

HEATER CORE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE FILLED WITH STEAM AND HOT WATER POURED INTO THE INTERIOR.

HEATER CORE RUPTURED.

HEATER CORE RUPTURED.

NO SUMMARY

HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING WINDOWS TO FOG UP, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWED ITSELF FOR NO REASON.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM. ALSO CAMSHAFT BROKE, AND VALVES BENT. *AK

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING HOT SCALDING COOLANT TO SHOOT OUT OF VENTS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE.

NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS.

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING STEAM TO COME THROUGH THE VENT INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT ENGINE COOLANT TO SPILL OVER ONTO DRIVER'S FEET.

HEATER CORE BROKKE OFF, CAUSING VERY HOT STEAM TO COME OUT OF ALL VENTS. ALL WIINDOWS WERE FOGGED UP WHILE DRIVING IN RUSJ HOUR TRAFFIC, IMPAIRING VISIBILITY. *AK

HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING STEAM TO POUR OUT OF THE DASHBOARD VENTS, OBSTRUCTING VISIBILITY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND IT SHUT DOWN. THIS WAS DUE TO THE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWING BY ITSELF, CAUSING DAMAGE. PROBLEM CORRECTED AT DEALER. *AK

GEARS SHIFT STICKS.

ENGINE IDLES HIGH.

SIDE VIEW MIRRORS HAVE ACCUMULATED CONDENSATION ON INSIDE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

HEADLIGHT POPS OUT OF TRACK/DON'T AIM AT ROAD PROPERLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.

TIMING BELT FAILED.

AIR CONDITIONER MALFUNCTIONED.

ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED.

YOKOHAMA RIGHT TIRE BUBBLED.

PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR BOLT FELL OUT.

COOLANT HOSE BLOWS ROUGHLY EVERY 35, OOO MILES DUMPING COOLANT ONTO HOT RXHAUST MANIFOLD,, PRODUCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF HEAT; ALSO DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION, FREQUENT MISSHIFTS. *AK

COOLANT HOSE BLOWS ROUGHLY EVERY 35, OOO MILES DUMPING COOLANT ONTO HOT RXHAUST MANIFOLD,, PRODUCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF HEAT; ALSO DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION, FREQUENT MISSHIFTS. *AK

1) IMPERFECTION ON FRONT WINDSHIELD, MAKING DRIVERS VISION BLURRY. 2) HEADLIGHTS DON'T PROVIDE ENOUGH ILLUMINATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL, REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO MODEL YEAR (91V-068). *AK