1992 Volkswagen Corrado Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“My heater core failed spilling radiator fluid into the passenger compartment and vapor through the HVAC system.. I have been told this is a part that consistantly failed in my type of vehicle and am hoping that the manufacturer of the vehicle will be responsable and replace the part as a recall issue.”

“While driving at 30mph steam came out thru vents (no visivility) and hot coolant came in from behind the dashboard burning me and my wife's feet, impairing vehicle control, almost causing an accident due to hot water and lack of visibility. According to vw a recall was performed to prevent this from happening on july 30, 1999 and the vehicle had 63,376 miles on it at the time. Now the vehicle has 68,505 miles.”

“Heater core leaked into passenger's compartment and steamed up the interior of the car. This caused the consumer to nearly be burned even after recall repairs were done. Took to dealer in response to a recall letter to install coolant pressure throttle unit, and did a check on coolant system. This was suppose to prevent the problem from happening.”

“Heater core located behind ventilation system blew up, hot coolant hit vent and white smoke and coolant entered into vehicle, chemicals were very strong. Took vehicle to dealer ,and they will replace heater core, consumer indicated that he could have been injuried, because liquid was hot,consumer was temporarily blinded by white smoke. Consumer stated the dealer finally replaced the heater core after numerous complaints.”

“Heater core has malfunctioned, causing hot fluids to enter into passenger's compartment from vent which caused windows to steam up. Also, consumer mentioned recall 98v295000. Consumer not sure if this vehicle was subject to recall. Please provide any further details.”