2001 Volkswagen EuroVan Complaints

WE ARE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED IN VWS PRACTICE REGARDING THE RECALL OF IGNITION COIL FAILURES ON THE 2001 VW EUROVAN. IT BELIES THEIR POLICY AS STATED ON THE INTERNET THAT THEY NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE PROBLEM, HAVE SUFFICIENT PARTS IN DEALERSHIPS, AND OFFER ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION AT NO COST. INDEED OWNERS SHOULD BE ALERTED OF POTENTIAL FAILURES AND VW SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF PARTS ON HAND TO FIX THE PROBLEM. TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTIFICATION FROM VW OF AMERICA. WE DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM WHEN THE ENGINE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIT UP. FORTUNATELY FOR US, THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE TAIL END OF A 10,000-MILE JOURNEY ACROSS THE U.S. AND CANADA. ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL VW DEALER, COMMUNITY VW OF SANTA MARIA, THE REPAIR PARTS ORDERED ON DECEMBER 8 WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS. THE OTHER LOCAL DEALER, KIMBALL MOTORS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, IS ALSO UNABLE TO GET THE PARTS ANY FASTER. YESTERDAY, DECEMBER 18, OUR EUROVAN FAILED TO START. THE LOCAL DEALERSH...

THE ENGINE FELL FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO A MISSING BOLT, ALSO THE TRANSMISSION WAS INOPERATIVE. *JB THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT PRIOR TO PURCHASE. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON, THE CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER HEARD A LOUD RATTLE AND VIEWED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA. ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD COME TO AN INTERSECTION, WHEN ACCELERATED, THE VEHICLE HAD MADE A NOISE THEN WOULD NOT MOVE. THE BOLTS HAD SPRAYED OVER THE ROAD. SCC

WHILE TRAVELING FORWARD AT ABOUT 2 MPH, THE PROPANE GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR BRACKET CAUGHT A SMALL RISE ON A PUBLIC STREET. THE GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR BRACKET BROKE FREE OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS FORCED BACKWARD INTO THE PROPANE STORAGE TANK. THE PROPANE STORAGE TANK RUPTURED AND IMMEDIATELY EXHAUSTED ABOUT 15 POUNDS OF PROPANE. THE PROPANE TANK OBSTRUCTS THE DESIGNATED JACKING POINT ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I PLACED THE SUPPLIED JACK AS CLOSE TO THE JACKING POINT AS POSSIBLE AND PROCEEDED TO JACK UP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE COLLAPSED ON THE JACK CAUSING VEHICLE BODY DAMAGE. I HAD JUST REMOVED MY HAND FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE WHILE RETRIEVING THE PRESSURE REGULATOR BRACKET. UPON INVESTIGATION I DISCOVERED THAT WINNEBAGO HAD FAILED TO SUPPLY A REPLACEMENT JACK AS DICTATED IN THE VOLKSWAGON OWNERS MANUAL.

BRACKET ON VEHICLE THAT HOLDS PROPANE TANK GOT CAUGHT AND ALMOST RUPTURED THAT TANK. DESIGN IS POOR ON VEHICLE FOR THAT PART. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WASA NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

STEEL RIMS HAS WELDS AND AIR IS LEAKING FROM THE TIRE. THIS CAUSES REAR TIRES TO GO FLAT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK