Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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.

2
Open recalls
9
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

9 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK Assembly
    6
  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2
  • Power Train
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
91V201000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1991-11-18

A CRACK CAN DEVELOP IN THE FUEL TANK ADJACENT TO A SEAM WELD IN THE REAR OF THE TANK.

RiskFUEL CAN LEAK FROM THE CRACKED FUEL TANK WHICH COULDCATCH FIRE IN THE PRESENCE OF A SOURCE OF IGNITION.

FixCHECK VEHICLE WITH A SPECIALLY DESIGNED TOOL FOR THE PRESENCE OF A FUEL TANK CRACK, AND REPLACE FUEL TANK IF DEFECT IS FOUND.

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.

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