Recall Detail
VOLKSWAGEN / GOLF / 1995
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Record Id: 16998 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: VOLKSWAGEN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000007328000206480000001085 | Manufacturer Supplied Component Name: |
| Model Name: GOLF | Model Year: 1995 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 95V054000 | Mfr Campaign Number: |
| Component Name: EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:INTEGRATED JACK/LEVELER/STABILIZER | Manufacturer That Filed Report: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1993 | End date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1994 |
| Report For : V | Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 104000 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : May, 05 1995 | Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. | Report Received Date: Mar, 13 1995 |
| Record Creation date : Mar, 23 1995 | Federal Motar Safety Number: |
| Defect Summary : The jacks supplied with these vehicles were assembled with an improperly machined spindle, so that a sharp ridge on the edge of spindle's thread would have remained. | Consequence Summary: This ridge can damage the inside thread of the jack's scissor shoe when the jack is used to lift the vehicle. the jack could collapse with the possibility that a person standing close to the vehicle could be injured. |
| Corrective Summary : Owners will be provided with a new jack. | Recall Notes: System: equipment; jacks.vehicle description: passenger vehicles.note: if a replacement jack has not been provided free of charge within a reasonable time, please contact volkswagen at 1-800-822-8987. also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393. |
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