2000 Volkswagen Eurovan Engine cooling Problems

“Three times in the last 3 years (2003-2005) I have had to replace my engine cooling fans on a 2000 vw Eurovan, twice because they exploded. In each case additional damage was incurred due to the flying pieces of fan. The vw dealers (in nj, va/fl, and pa) asserted that there was no history of this occurring, despite correspondence between vw and NHTSA in 2003.”

“On june 13, 2003 both of our rialtas electric cooling fans self destructed after staring the descend down eagle ridge mountain in tn. After a few scary minutes my wife successfully navigated the rv to safety with my two young children and sister aboard. Because of the missing blades the unit continued to vibrate excessively for five minutes until it cooled down. Twenty minutes later my wife was able to restart the vehicle and everything appeared to be working in idle until the cooling fan attempted to start its cooling function again. …”

“My wife, on a recent drive from no. California to southern ca noted an unusual sound from under the hood. No overheating or other issues though. When she stopped she noted one of the plastic radiator fans was broken in multiple pieces. Since she was away from home I told her to go to the local dealer for repairs. They decided the entire fan assembly had to be replaced, and that the radiator had to be replaced as well. The parts alone were about $2300 total repair for this about $2900. When they returned the car she found that the AC was no longer working. So back to the dealer. …”

“I am an owner of 2000 volkswagon camper owner. My engine cooling fans came apart. I would like to know why it is not recalled. In may 2004, I received from Volkswagen a sticker to put at the side of the hood for warning the engine cooling fans may cause personal injury. It was not a recall notice. On july 4 weekend, I planned with the family from san francisco to central california shaver lake for a retreat. We drive up on route 168. Suddenly we heard a loud noise from our 2000 vw camper. We ask each other what it was. We thought it might be something we hit underneath the camper. …”

“Our rialta 2000 hd had a catastrophic fan failure on june 6, 2003. The incident occurred in late afternoon while the temperature outside was above 100 degrees. The A/C was running full speed and we were ascending the siskiyou summit south of ashland, or. The first symptom was a thud as if we had run over something, but there had been nothing in the road. I saw what might have been a piece of one of the fans bouncing in the road behind us. Fortunately there was not a vehicle directly behind us. Any such close following vehicle could have been hit by this piece of engine debris. …”