Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Volkswagen Passat

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
39
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
13
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

39 filed
3
Crashes
1
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    11
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    4
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    3
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER Core
    3
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER Cylinder
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
92V131000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1992-09-15

THE VENTURI TUBE LOCATED IN THE THROTTLE VALVE HOUSING CAN BECOME LOOSE AND FALL AGAINST THE THROTTLE PLATE.

RiskTHE VENTURI TUBE CAN PARTIALLY BLOCK THE THROTTLE PLATEAND PREVENT IT FROM RETURNING TO ITS FULL IDLE POSITION, RESULTING IN UNWANTEDENGINE SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PLACED IN A FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR.

FixREPLACE THE PRESS-FIT VENTURI TUBE WITH A THREAD TYPE TUBE.

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