Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER - MOTOR | ||||||||||||||||
| 06V470000 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC | from 03/01/2005 to 04/30/2006 | V (Vehicle) | 57291 | 01/12/2007 | MFR | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC | 12/12/2006 | 12/12/2006 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain '6' generation passenger vehicles, the wiper motor may fail during heavy rain due to excessive moisture entering the wiper motor. if this happens, the wipers can become inoperative. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | This could lead to reduced visibility increasing the risk of a crash without warning. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will install a special cover and sealing kit. the recall began on january 12, 2007. owners may contact volkswagen at 1-800-893-5298. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Volkswagen recall no. p6.customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration?s vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov. | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| A/c was not cooling as normal then the a/c was not cooling at all. the day the a/c system failed i was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. all windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where i had no visibility. i pulled over to the emergency lane. i had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. i drove the car home and made an appointment with a vw service shop the next day. the shop checked the a/c system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. they vaccum/drained the sysytem, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the a/c system. the a/c was working as normal for two months then without warning my a/c system was not cooling at all. i took it back the next day to vw service. they found that the a/c compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. to repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. they also cleaned to a/c lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.i was without a vehicle for a week. till this day my a/c system is not working properly. for example, i drive the car one day, the a/c works ans normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. it works at random times. to add, the same time my a/c was broken my air bag warning light came on. vw checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. to fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. my air bag warning light is on again. moreover, the sunvisors lights didnt work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellight antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. all was replaced under warranty. good for that because i couldnt have been able to pay for all the repair costs. | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 volkswagon pssat. the contact stated there are many failures on his vehicle. the air bag light continues to illuminate after the vehicle went to the dealer for repair. the driver side sun visor light did not illuminate they had to replace the light. the air condition system had to be repaired several times under the warranty and it has failed again. they had to vacuum and drain the contaminated solvent and the temperature system. all these failure was completed by the dealership. the manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failure. the failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000....mw | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| A/c was not cooling as normal then the a/c was not cooling at all. the day the a/c system failed i was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. all windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where i had no visibility. i pulled over to the emergency lane. i had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. i drove the car home and made an appointment with a vw service shop the next day. the shop checked the a/c system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. they vaccum/drained the sysytem, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the a/c system. the a/c was working as normal for two months then without warning my a/c system was not cooling at all. i took it back the next day to vw service. they found that the a/c compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. to repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. they also cleaned to a/c lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.i was without a vehicle for a week. till this day my a/c system is not working properly. for example, i drive the car one day, the a/c works ans normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. it works at random times. to add, the same time my a/c was broken my air bag warning light came on. vw checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. to fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. my air bag warning light is on again. moreover, the sunvisors lights didnt work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellight antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. all was replaced under warranty. good for that because i couldnt have been able to pay for all the repair costs. | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 volkswagon pssat. the contact stated there are many failures on his vehicle. the air bag light continues to illuminate after the vehicle went to the dealer for repair. the driver side sun visor light did not illuminate they had to replace the light. the air condition system had to be repaired several times under the warranty and it has failed again. they had to vacuum and drain the contaminated solvent and the temperature system. all these failure was completed by the dealership. the manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failure. the failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000....mw | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| A/c was not cooling as normal then the a/c was not cooling at all. the day the a/c system failed i was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. all windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where i had no visibility. i pulled over to the emergency lane. i had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. i drove the car home and made an appointment with a vw service shop the next day. the shop checked the a/c system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. they vaccum/drained the sysytem, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the a/c system. the a/c was working as normal for two months then without warning my a/c system was not cooling at all. i took it back the next day to vw service. they found that the a/c compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. to repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. they also cleaned to a/c lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.i was without a vehicle for a week. till this day my a/c system is not working properly. for example, i drive the car one day, the a/c works ans normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. it works at random times. to add, the same time my a/c was broken my air bag warning light came on. vw checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. to fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. my air bag warning light is on again. moreover, the sunvisors lights didnt work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellight antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. all was replaced under warranty. good for that because i couldnt have been able to pay for all the repair costs. | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 volkswagon pssat. the contact stated there are many failures on his vehicle. the air bag light continues to illuminate after the vehicle went to the dealer for repair. the driver side sun visor light did not illuminate they had to replace the light. the air condition system had to be repaired several times under the warranty and it has failed again. they had to vacuum and drain the contaminated solvent and the temperature system. all these failure was completed by the dealership. the manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failure. the failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000....mw | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| A/c was not cooling as normal then the a/c was not cooling at all. the day the a/c system failed i was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. all windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where i had no visibility. i pulled over to the emergency lane. i had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. i drove the car home and made an appointment with a vw service shop the next day. the shop checked the a/c system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. they vaccum/drained the sysytem, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the a/c system. the a/c was working as normal for two months then without warning my a/c system was not cooling at all. i took it back the next day to vw service. they found that the a/c compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. to repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. they also cleaned to a/c lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.i was without a vehicle for a week. till this day my a/c system is not working properly. for example, i drive the car one day, the a/c works ans normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. it works at random times. to add, the same time my a/c was broken my air bag warning light came on. vw checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. to fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. my air bag warning light is on again. moreover, the sunvisors lights didnt work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellight antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. all was replaced under warranty. good for that because i couldnt have been able to pay for all the repair costs. | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 volkswagon pssat. the contact stated there are many failures on his vehicle. the air bag light continues to illuminate after the vehicle went to the dealer for repair. the driver side sun visor light did not illuminate they had to replace the light. the air condition system had to be repaired several times under the warranty and it has failed again. they had to vacuum and drain the contaminated solvent and the temperature system. all these failure was completed by the dealership. the manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failure. the failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000....mw | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| A/c was not cooling as normal then the a/c was not cooling at all. the day the a/c system failed i was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. all windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where i had no visibility. i pulled over to the emergency lane. i had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. i drove the car home and made an appointment with a vw service shop the next day. the shop checked the a/c system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. they vaccum/drained the sysytem, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the a/c system. the a/c was working as normal for two months then without warning my a/c system was not cooling at all. i took it back the next day to vw service. they found that the a/c compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. to repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. they also cleaned to a/c lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.i was without a vehicle for a week. till this day my a/c system is not working properly. for example, i drive the car one day, the a/c works ans normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. it works at random times. to add, the same time my a/c was broken my air bag warning light came on. vw checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. to fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. my air bag warning light is on again. moreover, the sunvisors lights didnt work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellight antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. all was replaced under warranty. good for that because i couldnt have been able to pay for all the repair costs. | |||
| 03/21/2008 | 20578 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2007 volkswagon pssat. the contact stated there are many failures on his vehicle. the air bag light continues to illuminate after the vehicle went to the dealer for repair. the driver side sun visor light did not illuminate they had to replace the light. the air condition system had to be repaired several times under the warranty and it has failed again. they had to vacuum and drain the contaminated solvent and the temperature system. all these failure was completed by the dealership. the manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failure. the failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000....mw | |||