Volkswagen Gti, Jetta, Golf. Published by Transport Canada as 2005012 on 19 January 2005. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Certain vehicles equipped with the comfort seats option may have a seat heater element that can malfunction when the ignition switch is in the "ON" position and the seat heater switch is also "ON". If this happened, the seated occupant may experience excessive heat in this location. The heating mat could damage, or …
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Volkswagen GTI in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2005012
- Recall date
- 19 January 2005
- Make
- Volkswagen
- Models
- GTI, Jetta, Golf
- Model years
- 2002 to 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 108,501
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Certain vehicles equipped with the comfort seats option may have a seat heater element that can malfunction when the ignition switch is in the "ON" position and the seat heater switch is also "ON". If this happened, the seated occupant may experience excessive heat in this location. The heating mat could damage, or melt a small hole in the seat. If this were to occur, an electrical/melting smell or small amount of smoke would be noticeable. In some cases, the small hole in the seat could damage the seated occupant's clothing. In rare instances, this could lead to a minor or superficial skin injury. Correction: Dealers will modify the driver's seat heater by installing an electrical repair kit and will install a new passenger side seat heater switch.
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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.
- 2005107 · 14 April 2005 · GTI, Golf · Fuel System
- 2005192 · 29 June 2005 · Jetta · Fuel System
- 2004435 · 13 December 2004 · Beetle, Golf, Passat · Fuel System
- 2004436 · 13 December 2004 · GTI, Golf, Jetta · Electrical
- 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
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.
- 2005057 · 4 March 2005 · Virago 250 (xv250), Virago 250 Special (xv250s), V-Star 650 Classic (xvs65a) · Seats And Restraints
- 2005101 · 8 April 2005 · Mbiv, Mbii · Seats And Restraints
- 2005112 · 21 April 2005 · LW · Seats And Restraints
- 2005119 · 25 April 2005 · Avalanche, Yukon XL, Silverado · Seats And Restraints
- 2005130 · 29 April 2005 · Freestar · Seats And Restraints
- 2005223 · 20 June 2005 · Sienna · 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 404 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2005.
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