Volkswagen Passat. Published by Transport Canada as 2002239 on 13 December 2002. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles equipped with seat heating units, the front seat back heaters may supply concentrated heat in a localized area of the seat back or produce excessive heat that could not be reduced by operating the seat heater controls except by switching off the controls completely. The concentrated heat could …
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Volkswagen PASSAT in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2002239
- Recall date
- 13 December 2002
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- Passat
- Model years
- 1990 to 1997
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 3,900
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles equipped with seat heating units, the front seat back heaters may supply concentrated heat in a localized area of the seat back or produce excessive heat that could not be reduced by operating the seat heater controls except by switching off the controls completely. The concentrated heat could singe the fabric at the lower backrest and, in some instances, injure the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will affect repairs.
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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.
- 2002191 · 16 October 2002 · Passat · Electrical
- 2002028 · 15 February 2002 · Beetle, Golf, Jetta · Brakes
- 2003106 · 17 April 2003 · Passat · Tires
- 2003177 · 29 July 2003 · Touareg · Electrical
- 2003184 · 5 August 2003 · Beetle · Electrical
- 2003194 · 25 August 2003 · Corrado · Heater And Defroster
- 2003313 · 5 December 2003 · Beetle · Label
- 2001293 · 13 December 2001 · Eurovan · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2002220 · 21 November 2002 · Coupe · Seats And Restraints
- 2002210 · 14 November 2002 · Tiburon · Seats And Restraints
- 2002203 · 8 November 2002 · Vue · Seats And Restraints
- 2002158 · 9 September 2002 · Summit - 22-26c · Seats And Restraints
- 2002159 · 9 September 2002 · High Back Booster - 02-C42, Visions - 02-09c, Summit - 22-26c · Seats And Restraints
- 2002157 · 6 September 2002 · Deville · Seats And Restraints
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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 246 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2002.
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