Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Volkswagen Corrado submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND A CLOUD OF SMOKE CAME FROM BEHIND STEERING WHEEL. PRIOR TO THIS VEHILCE HAD BEEN RUNNING HOT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR A COOLANT FLUSH, AND HAD THE BELT REPLACED AROUND THE FAN. ALSO, HAD A NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED. CONSUMER WAS IN THE CAR 5-10 MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SMOKED. *AK
CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V295000. PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH VR6 ENGINES. A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT SUCH AS THE THERMO SWITCH, RADIATOR FAN, OR WATER PUMP CAN MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND COOLANT SYSTEM PRESSURE TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. OVER TIME, EXCESSIVE PRESSURE CAN CAUSE LEAKAGE OF COOLANT FROM THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING LEAKAGE FROM THE HEAT EXCHANGER. DEALER INDICATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDE IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AS STATED IN RECALL 98 V 295 000, BUT THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. *NLM
RECALL WORK PERFORMED AND FAILURE IMMEDIATELY OCCURRED. RUPTURED HEATER CORE REPAIRED, BUT CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO COOLANT FUMES. DEALER REFUSES TO FIX RECALL 98V295000. *AK
JUST LIKE TO KNOW ON WHAT PARTS IS VW RESPONSIBLE FOR AND IF A PROBLEM HAS BEEN AFFECTED FROM A RECALL, DO THEY PAY? AND TO SEE IF IT IS WORTH PURCHASING A '92 CORRADO SLC. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK
VEHICLE KEEPS OVERHEATING AND COOLANT LEAKED OUT INTO THE PASSENGER'S SEAT FROM THE DASH. DEALER CAN'T FIND SOLUTION. *AK
RECAL 98V295000, VW/ENGINE COOLANT SYSTEM; THE VEHICLE WAS CORRECTED ON MAY 19, 1999 UNDER NOTICE. THREE WEEKS LATER VEHICLE NEEDED REPAIR AGAIN. MANUFACTURER IS REFUSING TO CORRECT FOR THE SECOND TIME FREE OF CHARGE. *AK
HEATER CORE ALREADY REPLACED ONCE. CAR ON THIRD WATER PUMP, ALSO SECOND OF COOLANT HOSES AFTER THEY BLEW UP.COOLANT BEING FORCED FROM EXPANSION TANK EVERY DAY. VEHICLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVERHEATING, JUST TOO MUCH PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX PROBLEM AT VARIOUS VW DEALERSHIPS HAS GOT NOWHERE WITH PROBLEM. VOA SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL THAT THEY KNOW OF, EVEN AFTER I PROVIDED THEM WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 98V295000. PLEASE HELP! *AK
HEATER CORE FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWED ITSELF FOR NO REASON.VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR PROBLEM. ALSO CAMSHAFT BROKE, AND VALVES BENT. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING AND IT SHUT DOWN. THIS WAS DUE TO THE TIMING GEAR BOLT UNSCREWING BY ITSELF, CAUSING DAMAGE. PROBLEM CORRECTED AT DEALER. *AK
GEARS SHIFT STICKS.
COOLANT HOSE BLOWS ROUGHLY EVERY 35, OOO MILES DUMPING COOLANT ONTO HOT RXHAUST MANIFOLD,, PRODUCING EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF HEAT; ALSO DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION, FREQUENT MISSHIFTS. *AK
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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