| NHTSA Record Id: 8507 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: VOLKSWAGEN |
| Recalled Component Id: 000009967000203963000000068 |
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| Model Name: PASSAT |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V131001 |
Mfr Campaign Number: UH/KU |
| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Oct, 01 1997 |
End date of Manufacturing: Feb, 28 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 88121 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Oct, 09 1999 |
Recall Initiator: ODI |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
Report Received Date: May, 21 1999 |
| Record Creation date : Jan, 21 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions. a control valve in the vacuum hose connecting the brake booster to the intake manifold may not open or close fully at temperatures below -4 f under certain driving conditions. |
Consequence Summary: This condition could cause insufficient vacuum to be provided to the brake booster. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will install a vacuum by-pass system into vehicles operated in these states which is designed to provide sufficient vacuum for full brake assist under all weather conditions. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began october 9, 1999.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact vw at 1-800-822-8987 or audi at 1-800-822-2834.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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