Fuel systemTires & wheels
Filed Dec 5, 1996
FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL/STARTING PROBLEMS, ALSO PREMATURE WEA ROF GOODYEAR TIRES. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 511785
- Incident
- Mar 1, 1996
1985 Volkswagen GTI 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 Dec 5, 1996
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.
0
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 Aug 14, 1996
What this page shows
Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1985 Volkswagen GTI. 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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Transmission
Filed Aug 14, 1996
TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 507367
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.
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints, published verbatim
Data on this page last refreshed .