Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1985 Volkswagen Vanagon

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
1
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
85V152000·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1985-11-19

THE LATCH OF THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR MAY BECOME DAMAGED IF EXCESSIVE FORCE IS USED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DAMAGED DOOR LOCK MECHANISM WILL NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE AND THE DOOR COULD OPEN IF VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER BUMPY ROADS. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF THIS OCCURS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A PASSENGER COULD FALL OUT CAUSING INJURY OR DEATH.

FixMODIFY THE SLIDING DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY SO DOOR WILL PROPERLY ENGAGE.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
PE93043·VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM1993-05-05 → 1993-10-29

OVERHEAD A/C SEPARATION

Led to recall93V175000

EA91026·STRUCTURE1991-06-04 → 1992-01-27

SLIDING DOOR LATCH FAILURE

PE90024·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1989-12-04 → 1990-02-20

FUEL LEAK, EVAPORATIVE VNT

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