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1989 Volkswagen Cabrio Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 14, 2018
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since May 14, 2018

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1989 Volkswagen Cabrio. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Fuel system
Filed May 14, 2018

THERE IS A RECALL ON THE FUEL TANK OF MY 1989 VW CABRIOLET.I CONTACTED THE DEALER 4 WEEKS AGO AND ASKED THEM ABOUT IT. THEY SAID THEY FOUND THE RECALL AND IT WAS STILL OPEN. I SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME NO PROBLEM. THEY THEN SAY THEY CANNOT FIND PARTS. IT'S IS A HUGE DEAL IF THE GAS TANK BLOWS UP AND THEY ACT LIKE IT'S NOT. THEY SAID THEY CAN'T FIND PARTS SO THEY DON'T CARE. I FEEL LIKE THE SEAMS OF THE TANK ARE LEAKING AND VW IS RESPONSIBLE.

NHTSA ID
11093775
Incident
Apr 19, 2018

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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