Volkswagen Gti, Golf, Jetta. Published by Transport Canada as 2004436 on 13 December 2004. System: Electrical.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, the hazard switch and flasher system function may degrade over time because of distortion and material transfer of the contacts of certain hazard switch relays which occurs due to substantially increased electrical current load from higher-wattage turn signal bulbs. The subject vehicles utilize a …
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Volkswagen GTI in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2004436
- Recall date
- 13 December 2004
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- GTI, Golf, Jetta
- Model years
- 2000 to 2002
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 80,752
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, the hazard switch and flasher system function may degrade over time because of distortion and material transfer of the contacts of certain hazard switch relays which occurs due to substantially increased electrical current load from higher-wattage turn signal bulbs. The subject vehicles utilize a 27-watt turn signal bulb, instead of the 21-watt bulb used in other VW vehicles, which results in substantially higher current draw through the hazard switch relay. This may result in intermittent or inoperative turn signal and hazard flasher function. Correction: Dealers will replace the hazard switch relay.
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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.
- 2004435 · 13 December 2004 · Beetle, Golf, Passat · Fuel System
- 2004259 · 21 July 2004 · Touareg · Label
- 2004187 · 7 June 2004 · A8, Touareg, Phaeton · Other
- 2004163 · 17 May 2004 · Touareg · Seats And Restraints
- 2004075 · 27 February 2004 · Jetta · Electrical
- 2004057 · 13 February 2004 · Eurovan · Other
- 2005012 · 19 January 2005 · GTI, Jetta, Golf · Seats And Restraints
- 2005107 · 14 April 2005 · GTI, Golf · Fuel System
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2004431 · 10 December 2004 · Durango · Electrical
- 2004432 · 10 December 2004 · T2000, T800, T600 · Electrical
- 2004433 · 10 December 2004 · St1300a, St1300 · Electrical
- 2004409 · 23 November 2004 · Prius, RX 330 · Electrical
- 2004407 · 22 November 2004 · St1300, St1300a · Electrical
- 2004333 · 14 September 2004 · Ford Excursion Limousine, Lincoln Town Car Limousine · Electrical
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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 449 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2004.
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