Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / CORRADO / 1992

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000035245 Incident Date: Apr, 03 2000
Consumer's City: JACKSONVILLE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: CORRADO Model Year: 1992
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Visibility:defroster/defogger/hvac system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: WVWEE4502NK Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 04 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 31 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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 from happening on july 30, 1999 and the vehicle had 63,376 miles on it at the time. now the vehicle has 68,505 miles. *ak