1993 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO Problems & Recalls

The contact owns 1993 Volkswagen Corrado. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle, he heard an abnormal popping sound. The contact then saw a significant amount of smoke coming through the front of the dashboard. The contact stated that he lost visibility of the surrounding of the vehicle....

Mileage: 190,000

MY 1993 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO SLC OVERHEATS LEAK AND SOMETIMES FULLY EJECTING ALL ITS COOLANT FROM TIME TO TIME. IT HAS DONE THIS FOUR TIMES IN TWO YEARS. *JB I HAVE HAD THE RADIATOR, COOLING FANS AND HOSES REPLACED AS WELL AS MULTIPLE COOLANT SYSTEM TESTS PERFORMED. THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. NEIT...

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE DRIVING VEH AT ON HIGHWAY APPROX 5 MINUTES, HEATER IN DASH STARTED PUTTING HOT STEAM INTO CABIN AND OVER WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE BECAME UNDRIVABLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY, BUT VISION THROUGH WINDSHIELD WAS AFFECTED AND STEAM CONTACTED MY WIFE AND MY LEGS-NO INJURY DUE TO QUICKLY SHUTTING O...

Mileage: 123,889

FAILURE OF HEATER CORE IN 1993 VW CORRADO SLC RESULTING IN A NEAR INSTANTANEOUS FOGGING AND COMPLETE LACK OF VISIBILITY IN THE CAR.

Mileage: 94,500

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HEATHER CORE FALILURE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD "POP" NOISE AND VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH STEAM ELIMINATING CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION. TS

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING I SUDDENLY FELT A BURNING SENSATION ON MY RIGHT FOOT THAT COINCIDED WITH THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FILLING UP WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE STEAM. I HAD TO TAKE IMMEDIATE EVASIVE ACTION TO PULL OFF ONTO THE STEEP SHOULDER OF A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. APPARENTLY THE HEATER CORE FAILED, AND WHAT ...

AS MY 11 YEAR OLD SON AND I WERE DRIVING SLOWLY, DURING INTERMITTENT COMMUTE TRAFFIC, IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, MY 1993 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO BLEW HOT STEAM AND MOISTURE OUT OF THE VENTING SYSTEM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WINDOWS SUDDENLY FOGGED UP AND I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDOWS UNTIL I WIPED TH...

THERE WAS SOME FUEL LEAKAGE COMING FROM VEHICLE, IT WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL LINES TO THE FUEL RAIL AND CAUSING A FUEL SMELL, DEALER REPLACED THE FUEL LINES. *SLC

WHITE THICK GAS WAS COMING FROM VENTS OF VEHICLE. THERE WAS A LITTLE ODOR. ALSO, THICK WHITE GAS MADE VISIBILITY POOR. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER INDICATED PROBLEM WAS HEATER CORE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COOLING FAN BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND VEHICLE TO STALL OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE WIRES FOR COOLING FAN HAD BEEN MISROUTED AND NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.*AK

RADIATOR FAN SEIZED UP, LOUD GRINDING NOISE HEARD, THEN IT STOPPED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL, ALTHOUGH OTHER VEHICLES IN THE SAME YEAR HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

CONSUMER HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEM WITH COOLING SYSTEM FAN JUST LIKE IN RECALL 98V295 000 COOLANT SYSTEM FAN. *AK

COOLANT LEAKAGE FROM DUCTS ONTO FLOOR AND STEAM RELEASED THROUGH FRONT WINDOW VENTS, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY. *AK

HEATER CORE FAILED SOON AFTER I STARTED ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS COLD. FUMES/VAPOR STARTED COMING FROM THE VENTILATION SYSTEM INTO THE CAR. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH 1990 CORRADOS (NHTSA 96V115000 CORRADO RECALL) BUT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR LATER MODELS, DESPITE SIMI...

WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER ONCE, AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE COOLING SYSTEM, HOWEVER, WATER PUMP WAS NOT INCLUDED UNDER THE CORRECTIVE ACTION.*AK

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AFTER HEATER CORE FAILURE REPAIRS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED INTERMITENT ELECTRICAL FUNCTION . CHECKED TO FIND COOLANT DAMAGE AND ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE DUE TO THREAT OF ELECTRICIAL SHORT LEADING TO DASH FIRE .*AK

AFTER REPAIRS ON HEATER CORE RECALL.NOW THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCING INTERMITENT ELECTRICAL FUNCTION IN DASH .*AK

HEATER CORE EXPLOTED STEAM AND ANTIFREEZ INTO INTERIOR OF CAR FLOOR AND THROUGH THE DUCTS. NOTE NOT ONLY THE HEATER CORE THAT FAILS BUT ALSO OTHER COOLANT COMPONETS ,INSTALL COOLANT PRESSURE THROTTLE .

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND ENGINE OVERHEATED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMTON.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. DEALER/MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. OWNER WAS INFORMED THAT VEHCLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN 95V178000 ENGINE COOLING FAN. VEHICLE HAS THE SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN RECALL. *AK

I HAD CHECKED BEFORE HAND IF MY HEATER CORE WAS UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL FOR 93 CORRADOS, BUT IT WASN'T. NOW MY HEATER CORE IS HAVING PROBLEMS AND LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE $600 THE DEALER IS ASKING FOR PUTTING IN A $60 PRODUCT. THEREFORE I HAVE...

THE HEATER CORE FAILED, ALLOWING FLUIDS AND STEAM TO RELEASE INTO THE INSDE OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE VENTS . VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V295000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

HEATING CORE IS NOT WORKING, AND FOR THAT REASON THE HEATER DOESN'T WORK. CONSUMER HADN'T REPLACED IT YET. *AK

PRESSURE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE COOLING SYSTEMS HOSES CAME OFF. RECALL #98V295000. DOES NOT AFFECT THIS VEHICLE, BUT HAS THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. *AK

HEATER CORE EXPLODED IN STEAM, COMPONENT RECALLED BUT CONSUMER NOT NOTIFIED.

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER. *AK

THERE HAVE BEEN A SEVERAL SMALL DEFECTS, BUT THE LAST TWO WERE MAJOR. THEY WERE THE FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN OCT 1998 ($1,440), AND THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED IN JAN 1999 ($440). THE COOLING SYSTEM STILL SEEMS NOT TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT OPERATES BETWEEN 215 AND 230 DEG...

THERE HAVE BEEN A SEVERAL SMALL DEFECTS, BUT THE LAST TWO WERE MAJOR. THEY WERE THE FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN OCT 1998 ($1,440), AND THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED IN JAN 1999 ($440). THE COOLING SYSTEM STILL SEEMS NOT TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT OPERATES BETWEEN 215 AND 230 DEG...

THERE HAVE BEEN A SEVERAL SMALL DEFECTS, BUT THE LAST TWO WERE MAJOR. THEY WERE THE FAILURE OF THE IGNITION CONTROL MODULE IN OCT 1998 ($1,440), AND THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED IN JAN 1999 ($440). THE COOLING SYSTEM STILL SEEMS NOT TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY BECAUSE IT OPERATES BETWEEN 215 AND 230 DEG...

EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE WATER PUMP LEAKING. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. DEALER INFORMED OF NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER ALSO INFORMED CONSUMER OF NO KNOWLEGE OF RECALL OF VW/ COOLANT SYSTEM, NHTSA # 98V-295 000. COULD I RECEIVED SOME HELP IN THIS MATTER? *AK

THIS SERVES AS NOTIFICATION OF AN INCIDENT WHICH I WAS URGED TO REPORT TO THE NHTSA VIA THE CORRADO CLUB OF AMERICA. THE OFFICIAL NHTSA INVESTIGATION NUMBER IS EA98-012. THE INCIDENT WAS NOT REPORTED TO VW OF AMERICA BY MYSELF, BUT PERHAPS BY THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED THE REPAIRS; VW OF SANTA MONICA ...

FAN MOTOR DEFECTIVE CAUSING WIRING TO OVERHEAT AND CATCH FIRE WHEN MOTOR SHORTED OUT.

ALTHOUGH THE DEALER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE IT SINCE IT IS INTERMITTENT. REPAIR HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED BY THE DEALER WITH NO IMPROVEMENT. VWOA HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND THEIR POSITION IS THE CAR MEETS FACTORY SPECIFICATIONS' SINCE THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ...

HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO POUR ONTO FLOOR, WINDOWS BECAME STEAMED UP, AND DRIVER COULDN'T SEE OUT OF WINDOW.

HOSE TO HEATER CORE BURSTED, RELEASING STEAM INTO VEHICLE CABIN, FILLING CABIN WITH STEAM AND FOGGING UP WINDOWS, SERIOUSLY COMPROMISING VISIBILITY, COMPROMISING VISIBILITY.

VW STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A HEATER CORE RECALL, ALTHOUGH THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED, DUMPED ANTI-FREEZE IN THE INTERIOR FOOTWELLS.

HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED.

ENGINE CYLINDER BLOCK CONSUMED OIL AND AN OVERHAUL WAS DONE AT 49000 MILES.

VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS GONE BAD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CLYINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURES ON EARLY VOLKSWAGON VR6 ENGINES ARE ALMOST GUARNATEED. FAILURE RESULTS IN OVERHEATED ENGINE.

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (#95V178000), ENGINE COOLING FAN. THE RECALL WAS DONE OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT THE PART HAD FAILED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP & DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR IT AGAIN DUE TO 1 YR EXPIRATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE HEATER CORE BLEW UP, WHICH CAUSED WINDOWS TO STEAM UP AND SPRAYED HOT ENGINE COOLANT OVER THE FLOOR AND DRIVER'S FEET. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO OWNER'S HOME. *AK

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO CONSUMER, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY/LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.

MAIN POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE FAILURE.

A SHORT IN EITHER THE POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE NEAR THE ENGINE OR THE COOLING FAN CIRCUIT WHICH IS POWERED THROUGH THE POWER DISTRUBUTION MODULE CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT TIME OF FIRE.

HEATER CORE LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT AND STEAM THROUGHT VEHICLE'S DUCTWORK. IN ADDITION, PLASTIC HOUSING TO WHICH THE THERMOSTAT ATTACHES WARPED AND WAS LEAKING, AND RADIATOR FAN MOTOR WAS REPLACED WHEN IT STARTED SQUEALING AND SEIZED. *AK

HEATER CORE LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT AND STEAM THROUGHT VEHICLE'S DUCTWORK. IN ADDITION, PLASTIC HOUSING TO WHICH THE THERMOSTAT ATTACHES WARPED AND WAS LEAKING, AND RADIATOR FAN MOTOR WAS REPLACED WHEN IT STARTED SQUEALING AND SEIZED. *AK

HEATER CORE LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT AND STEAM THROUGHT VEHICLE'S DUCTWORK. IN ADDITION, PLASTIC HOUSING TO WHICH THE THERMOSTAT ATTACHES WARPED AND WAS LEAKING, AND RADIATOR FAN MOTOR WAS REPLACED WHEN IT STARTED SQUEALING AND SEIZED. *AK

ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL,, DRIVER'S VIN NOT INCLUDED AMONG THOSE RECALLED. *AK

ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILURE. FANS WERE RECALLED ON SOME VOLKSWAGON CORRADO'S BUT THIS VEHICLE'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.