Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Volkswagen Scirocco

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.

3
Open recalls
0
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Recalls

3 campaigns
87V053000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1987-04-14

FUEL PUMP, LOCATED INSIDE FUEL TANK, COULD SEIZE DURING HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES BECAUSE OF AN EXTREME FINE MESH FUEL FILTER RESTRICTING THE FUEL FLOW.

RiskFUEL SUPPLY TO ENGINE WOULD BE PARTIALLY INTERRUPTED,RESULTING IN STALLING.

FixINSTALL A MODIFIED FUEL PUMP AND FILTER.

85V090000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1985-07-18

THE FUEL PUMP LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK COULD FAIL DURING HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES. THIS FAILURE IS CAUSED BY BEARING TOLERANCES WHICH DO NOT ACCOMMODATE TEMPERATURE EXPANSIONS. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IN THE EVENT THAT THE FUEL PUMP FAILS, IT WILL INTERRUPT THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE, THE VEHICLE WILL STALL AND COULD CAUSE A TRAFFIC HAZARD ON THE HIGHWAY.

FixA MODIFIED FUEL PUMP, HOSE AND CLAMPS WILL BE INSTALLED.

84V152000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL1984-11-27

THE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE PUMP LOCATED INSIDE THE FUEL TANK MAY BECOME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN USE. IF THIS HAPPENS, THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THE ENGINE WILL BE INTERRUPTED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL.

FixTHE DEALER WILL INSTALL A MODIFIED FUEL HOSE FREE OF CHARGE.

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