Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. 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. 34 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.
The 25 most recent of 34, in the owner's own words
THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLASHED. THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE, AND AT THAT POINT THE VEHICLE'S CABIN BECAME FILLED WITH STEAM AND HOT RADIATOR FLUID WAS ON THE FLOOR BOARD. IT WAS DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE FAILED. *NLM
HEATER CORE RECALL REPAIRS DONE. 1 YEAR LATER IT BROKE, CAUSING RADIATOR FLUID TO LEAK AND FRONT WINDSHIELD TO STEAM UP.*AK
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
MY HEATER CORE FAILED SPILLING RADIATOR FLUID INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AND VAPOR THROUGH THE HVAC SYSTEM.. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A PART THAT CONSISTANTLY FAILED IN MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AND AM HOPING THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE WILL BE RESPONSABLE AND REPLACE THE PART AS A RECALL ISSUE.*AK
FOG LIGHTS OVERHEAT. VWOA HAS REFUSED HELLA OEM FOG LIGHT REPLACEMENT DESIGN. HEATED OUTSIDE REAR VIEW MIRROR DELAMINATES.*AK
HEATER CORE LOCATED BEHIND VENTILATION SYSTEM BLEW UP, HOT COOLANT HIT VENT AND WHITE SMOKE AND COOLANT ENTERED INTO VEHICLE, CHEMICALS WERE VERY STRONG. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ,AND THEY WILL REPLACE HEATER CORE, CONSUMER INDICATED THAT HE COULD HAVE BEEN INJURIED, BECAUSE LIQUID WAS HOT,CONSUMER WAS TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY WHITE SMOKE.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER FINALLY REPLACED THE HEATER CORE AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS.*SLC
IGNITION SWITCH AND THE HEATER WERE REPAIR WITH USED PARTS AND STILL FAILED. *AK
HEATER CORE HAS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING HOT FLUIDS TO ENTER INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT FROM VENT WHICH CAUSED WINDOWS TO STEAM UP. ALSO, CONSUMER MENTIONED RECALL 98V295000. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF THIS VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH STEAM CAME OUT THRU VENTS (NO VISIVILITY) AND HOT COOLANT CAME IN FROM BEHIND THE DASHBOARD BURNING ME AND MY WIFE'S FEET, IMPAIRING VEHICLE CONTROL, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO HOT WATER AND LACK OF VISIBILITY. ACCORDING TO VW A RECALL WAS PERFORMED TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING ON JULY 30, 1999 AND THE VEHICLE HAD 63,376 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. NOW THE VEHICLE HAS 68,505 MILES. *AK
HEATER CORE LEAKED INTO PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT AND STEAMED UP THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO NEARLY BE BURNED EVEN AFTER RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. TOOK TO DEALER IN RESPONSE TO A RECALL LETTER TO INSTALL COOLANT PRESSURE THROTTLE UNIT, AND DID A CHECK ON COOLANT SYSTEM. THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *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 CAR WAS IN MOTION; DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECEIVED SEVERE BURNS TO FEET AND LEGS, AND AN ACCIDENT WAS NARROWLY AVOIDED.
HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE.
HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING STEAM TO ENTER VENTS OF VEHICLE.
WHEN THE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTIONED DURING DRIVING HOT COOLANT AND SMOKE CAME IN THROUGH VENTS AND UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD NEAR FEET. ALSO COOLANT WAS SPILLING UNDERNEATH HOOD. ALL METERS INCLUDING DIGITAL MILEAGE METER WERE WET. IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AFTERWARDS DUE TO HEAVY OVERHEATING.
VEHICLE OVERHEATED DUE TO A HEATER CORE FAILURE AND RELEASED A LARGE AMOUNT OF STEAM, WATER AND COOLANT INTO THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE.
HEATER CORE FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING A LARGE QUANTITY OF SMOKE CAME OUT FROM DASHBOARD, DEFROSTER AND VENT OPENINGS CAUSING SEVERE VISUAL PROBLEMS, DUE TO FAILURE OF THE HEATER CORE.
HEATING CORE FAILED.
HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING HOT COOLANT TO SPRAY INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON DRIVER'S FEET.
FRONT HEATER CORE FAILED.
WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY, UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, ON AN 80 DEGREE SUNNY DAY, WITH NORMAL ENGINE TEMPERATURE THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED, SPILLING SCALDING COOLANT ONTO DRIVER'S FEET AND CAUSING STEAM TO POOR FROM VENTS.
NO SUMMARY
HEATER CORE RUPTURED.
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .