Volkswagen Dasher, Golf, Cabriolet, Scirocco, Rabbit, Jetta. Published by Transport Canada as 1992149 on 23 November 1992. System: Structure.
What the notice says Corrosion due to road salt may prevent the hood latch and the safety catch from working properly. this could result in hood fly-up while the vehicle is in motion resulting in obscured driver vision and a possible crash. correction: owners of affected vehicles will be advised by mail regarding the necessity for …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1992149
- Recall date
- 23 November 1992
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Dasher, Golf, Cabriolet, Scirocco, Rabbit, Jetta
- Model years
- 1975 to 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 300,000
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
CORROSION DUE TO ROAD SALT MAY PREVENT THE HOOD LATCH AND THE SAFETY CATCH FROM WORKING PROPERLY. THIS COULD RESULT IN HOOD FLY-UP WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION RESULTING IN OBSCURED DRIVER VISION AND A POSSIBLE CRASH. CORRECTION: OWNERS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES WILL BE ADVISED BY MAIL REGARDING THE NECESSITY FOR PERIODIC LUBRICATION OF THE ENGINE HOOD LATCH MECHANISM. DEALERS WILL BE ADVISED TO LUBRICATE THE ENGINE HOOD MECHANISM WHENEVER AN AFFECTED VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED.
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Volkswagen elsewhere in this register
Volkswagen is named on 284 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1992057 · 11 May 1992 · Jetta, GTI, Golf · Heater And Defroster
- 1993009 · 22 January 1993 · Golf · Visual System
- 1993118 · 17 August 1993 · Passat · Suspension
- 1993131 · 22 September 1993 · Golf · Brakes
- 1993132 · 22 September 1993 · Jetta, Golf · Fuel System
- 1993143 · 27 October 1993 · Corrado, Passat · Fuel System
- 1991169 · 9 December 1991 · Cabriolet, Scirocco · Fuel System
- 1991148 · 5 November 1991 · Fox · Structure
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1992141 · 6 November 1992 · Trailer Coupler · Structure
- 1992135 · 27 October 1992 · B Train · Structure
- 1992134 · 23 October 1992 · Trailer Hitch · Structure
- 1992132 · 15 October 1992 · Formula GT · Structure
- 1992128 · 6 October 1992 · Trailer Coupler Model 998 · Structure
- 1992107 · 3 September 1992 · Elandan · Structure
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Volkswagen Jetta, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Volkswagen: 284 in the register, and 169 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1992.
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