Volkswagen Fox. Published by Transport Canada as 1995094 on 13 June 1995. System: Heater And Defroster.
What the notice says Defect: if the vehicle is operated after a cooling system component has failed, the coolant could overheat causing the cooling system's pressure to rise to a level where a leak in the heat exchanger could occur. this could allow hot coolant to escape and cause injury to the feet of a passenger or steam up the …
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Volkswagen FOX in the other registers
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1995094
- Recall date
- 13 June 1995
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Fox
- Model years
- 1987 to 1992
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Heater And Defroster
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 36,785
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
DEFECT: IF THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED AFTER A COOLING SYSTEM COMPONENT HAS FAILED, THE COOLANT COULD OVERHEAT CAUSING THE COOLING SYSTEM'S PRESSURE TO RISE TO A LEVEL WHERE A LEAK IN THE HEAT EXCHANGER COULD OCCUR. THIS COULD ALLOW HOT COOLANT TO ESCAPE AND CAUSE INJURY TO THE FEET OF A PASSENGER OR STEAM UP THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. CORRECTION: A BYPASS VALVE KIT AND A PLASTIC COVER UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WILL BE INSTALLED.
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The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1995094.
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.
- 1995048 · 15 March 1995 · Jetta, Golf · Other
- 1995221 · 11 December 1995 · Corrado, GTI, Passat · Engine
- 1996109 · 16 July 1996 · Corrado, Passat · Heater And Defroster
- 1994089 · 10 May 1994 · Eurovan · Brakes
- 1994088 · 9 May 1994 · Eurovan · Steering
- 1994072 · 8 April 1994 · Eurovan · Fuel System
- 1994046 · 10 March 1994 · Eurovan · Other
- 1994025 · 8 February 1994 · Corrado · Electrical
The same system: Heater And Defroster
113 notices in this register name Heater And Defroster. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996017 · 25 January 1996 · Cougar, Thunderbird · Heater And Defroster
- 1996109 · 16 July 1996 · Corrado, Passat · Heater And Defroster
- 1994029 · 10 February 1994 · Premier · Heater And Defroster
- 1994026 · 9 February 1994 · FLB · Heater And Defroster
- 1993100 · 19 July 1993 · 3 Series · Heater And Defroster
- 1998111 · 28 May 1998 · V, Vi · Heater And Defroster
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
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 237 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1995.
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