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1993 Volkswagen Passat engine and engine cooling problems

18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1993 Volkswagen Passat26% of all complaints for this model year.

18
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
26%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 4
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Fuel leakage in the engine compartment and noisy fan motor shaft. Found two recalls referring to these two problems. Never received recall letters from manufacturer. *jb

    filed Jun 5, 2006

  • Faulty heater cores/heater exchangers located behind the dashboard is a pervasive problem. Heater core leaked. *bf anti freeze leaked into the passenger compartment around the feet of the passenger. The consumer found that this was a common problem. Recall# 98v295000. *sc

    filed Dec 15, 2004

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.