1993 Volkswagen Cabrio

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the service brakes, hydraulic. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
000
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Electrical System › Wiring › Front Underhood1
010
Air Bags › Frontal1
100
Air Bags1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core
Filed Mar 3, 200410,000 milesCT

WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH HEATER CORE BLEW OUT. THIS CAUSED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP AND COOLANT TO LEAK FROM THE DASHBOARD ONTO THE CONSUMER'S LEGS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED,BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Sep 16, 1999MI

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT APPROX. 75MPH VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT FOR NO REASON. WOULD NOT HAVE ANY WARNING. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. BEEN TO DEALER & MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE, NOR FIND THE CAUSE OF STALLING. *AK

Air Bags
Filed Jul 15, 1999IL

AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT COMES ON/STAYS ON. VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALER SHOP AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND WRONG. NOR WAS THERE A DANGER OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Sep 25, 1996MN

VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE 14 WARRANTY REPAIRS, SINCE PURCHASED NEW, INCLUDING BRAKE FAILURE.

Service Brakes, Hydraulic
Filed Sep 10, 1996MN

BRAKES FAILED TEN DAYS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. THERE WERE ALSO CONTROL PANEL MALFUNCTIONS AND STEERING PROBLEMS.

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Aug 2, 1996PA

COOLANT WARNING LIGHT FLICKERS.

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Dec 27, 1995NY

FRONTAL COLLISION IMPACT 12:00 POSITION, SPEED 55MPH, DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TT

Electrical System › Wiring › Front UnderhoodFire
Filed Apr 12, 1995CT

VEHICLE STALLED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE NEAR THE BATTERY UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. TT

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200223030Routine
200138130Routine
200016100Routine
199929020Routine
199821100Routine
199714020Routine
19966000Routine
199515000Routine
1993 — this page8010Routine
19929120Routine
19917300Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.