1993 VOLKSWAGEN CORRADO

52 complaints filed with NHTSA.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Complaints by Component

Component	Count	Fires
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE	18	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM	9	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN	8	1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH	3	0
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM	2	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	2	0
STEERING	1	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY	1	1
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	1	1
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE	1	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE	1	0
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR	1	0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION	1	0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS	1	0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD	1	0

Recent Complaints

20000824ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

HEATER CORE EXPLOTED STEAM AND ANTIFREEZ INTO INTERIOR OF CAR FLOOR AND THROUGH THE DUCTS. NOTE NOT ONLY THE HEATER CORE THAT FAILS BUT ALSO OTHER COOLANT COMPONETS ,INSTALL COOLANT PRESSURE THROTTLE .

19990104FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

FAN MOTOR DEFECTIVE CAUSING WIRING TO OVERHEAT AND CATCH FIRE WHEN MOTOR SHORTED OUT.

19980331VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE

HEATER CORE FAILED CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO CONSUMER, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBILITY/LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.

19971219FireELECTRICAL SYSTEM

A SHORT IN EITHER THE POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE NEAR THE ENGINE OR THE COOLING FAN CIRCUIT WHICH IS POWERED THROUGH THE POWER DISTRUBUTION MODULE CAUGHT FIRE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT TIME OF FIRE.

19970817FireVISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE

HEATER CORE LEAKED ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT AND STEAM THROUGHT VEHICLE'S DUCTWORK. IN ADDITION, PLASTIC HOUSING TO WHICH THE THERMOSTAT ATTACHES WARPED AND WAS LEAKING, AND RADIATOR FAN MOTOR WAS REPLACED WHEN IT STARTED SQUEALING AND SEIZED. *AK

19970817FireSTEERING

19970817FireENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY