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Engine And Engine Cooling
08/15/2007
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN. THE CONTACT NOTICED VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE FAILURES WOULD OCCUR ONLY WHEN THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING. THE COOLING FAN FAILED, BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT OVERHEAT. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 112,000.
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Engine And Engine Cooling
07/12/2007
WHILE TRAVELING ON A UPHILL PAVED ROAD GRADE AROUND 11 AM GOING AT A SLOW SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND THE BLADE ON THE COOLING FAN ON THE 2002 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN BROKE OFF. FAN WAS UNBALANCED AND BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE. ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THE FAN STILL CONTINUED TO RUN VIOLENTLY SHAKING THE VAN, FINALLY STOPPED AND IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE FAN TURNED ON AGAIN VIOLENTLY SHAKING THE VAN. RIALTA HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME VOLKSWAGEN PROBLEM WITH FAN BLADES SEPARATING FROM COOLING FAN. NHTSA RECALL. 04V107000/VOLKSWAGEN RECALL NO. WB NHTSA CASE NUMBER PE0315 OPENED ON APRIL 2003 AND CLOSED AUGUST 2003. WHAT WAS THE FINAL OUT COME OF THE INVESTIGATION? THIS IS A ON GOING SAFETY ISSUE, THERE ARE OTHER CASES POSTED ON YAHOO WEB SITE. VOLKSWAGEN ISSUE FAN WARNING LABELS (LABEL WAS ISSUED A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN I ASKED FOR DATE OF ISSUE VW DID NOT HAVE ANY DATE ON RECORD! I RECEIVED THIS LABEL A FEW YEARS AGO.) TO BE AFFIXED TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WARNING OF FAN BLAD...
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Power Train
02/10/2007
I BOUGHT A 2002 IN 2005 WITH 30,000 FROM A CERTIFIED USED VOLKSWAGEN DEALERSHIP. AFTER ONLY DRIVING THE CAR SOME 29,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. FORTUNATELY I HAD 11 MILES LEFT UNDER WARRANTY SO THE NEARBY DEALERSHIP HONORED THE WARRANTY AND FIXED MY CAR. HAD IT NOT I WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT $7-9,000. *TR
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Engine And Engine Cooling
05/24/2007
RADIATOR FAN BLADE EXPLODED/PARTIALLY DISINTEGRATED WITHOUT WARNING. VIN [XXX] HAD ONLY 16000 MILES ON IT, AND NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO THE ENGINE TO DISTURB THE FAN BLADE. *TR UPDATED 07/10/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)
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Power Train
05/05/2007
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO GO INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE GEARS. SLOW TO GO INTO GEAR. CONTACED REPAIR SHOP, TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING NEEDED NEW ONE. COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY.*AK
