Other Engine Info: 50-St./Can. ULEV emission.
Emissions Certification Test Group: 1VWXV02.0223
All models except Golf
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt
Plant City: Puebla
Plant Country: Mexico
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLS
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER EXPERIENCING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL CUT OFF. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. AT TIMES, WILL NOT FUNCTION AT ALL. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER . ALSO, REPLACED TRANSMISSION/ THROTTLE BODY AND ALTERNATOR. IN ADDITION, FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED AND FRONT PADS CRACKED/ENGINE IDLES/BUCKS AND STALLS. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON/OFF. *AK
PAASENEGER SIDE TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTION IN DECEMBER WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER. ALL TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS DEAD AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2005. I SAW SOME POSTINGS ABOUT A RECALL ON AN INTERNET SITE. THE DEALER HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RECALL AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT RECALLED THE VEHICLE YET . THE NHTSA WEB SITE LISTS THIS PROBLEM TO BE RECALLED THIS MONTH. *AK