Consumer Complaint Detail

VOLKSWAGEN / EUROVAN / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007123292 Incident Date: Jul, 10 2007
Consumer's City: BLACKLICK Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
Model Name: EUROVAN Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine:gasoline
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: WV3AB47051H Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 17 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 14 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: we just experienced a expensive ($4500) problem with the volkswagen eurovan/winnebago rialta. actually the problem was relatively minor but became major because of the vw engineering. a sprocket that part of the camshaft chain drive assembly was worn to the point that it was almost completely rounded. this caused the timing chain to jump. the warranty is 50,000 miles. the problem started at 52, 000 miles. i had it repaired at 55,000 miles. a little research on the web shows it to be a known problem. the sprocket apparently was not properly hardened on a few of the vr-6 engines. the abnormal wear started from the day the engine was assembled but took 52,000 miles to show-up. a description of the problem with photos can be viewed on my web page at: http://www.reesphotos.com/vw/vw.htm *jb