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1988 Volkswagen Scirocco 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 Jul 22, 2005
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 Jan 23, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco. 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 Jul 22, 2005

DT: CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL 91V201000 CONCERNING FUEL SYSTEM/GAS STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY IN 2000-2001. HE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER, AND THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, CONSUMER WAS HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. HE WAS NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS TANK LEAKING PRIOR TO HAVING IT REPLACED. AFTER THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL GAS TANK STARTED LEAKING GAS AND CONTINUED TO LEAK. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. ALSO, HAD DRIVING PROBLEMS/STALLING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE CAR HAD A BAD LEAK SOMEWHERE ON TOP OF THE TANK. BUT COULD NOT TELL CONSUMER WHY IT WAS LEAKING. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. HE CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER, AND STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK. THE DEALER WANTE DTO CHARGE CONTACT $500.00 TO PULL THE GAS TANK OUT AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. VOLKSWAGON. TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT IF THE GAS TANK THAT WAS REPLACED IN 2001 HAD THE SAME DEFECT AS THE ORIGINAL TANK THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT. BUT IF NOT, THEN CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO PAY $500.00 FOR TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK

NHTSA ID
10129744
Incident
Sep 15, 2004
Mileage
95,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Dec 13, 1999

WHILE IN VEHICLE NOTICED GAS SMELL . ALSO PUDDLE UNDER VEHICLE . NOTIFIED OF A RECALL91V201000 DEALING WITH FUEL TANK LEAKAGE. BUT MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
853994
Fuel system
Filed Jan 23, 1997

THE FUEL TANK CRACKED AND NOW FUEL IS LEAKING OUT OF THE TANK. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS YEAR BUT DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT ON MY VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID
808039
Incident
Oct 1, 1996

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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