1998 Volkswagen Eurovan

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering › steering wheel/handle bar. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Windshield › Electrical Heating Element1
000
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Windshield › Electrical Heating Element
Filed Jul 29, 2002CA

SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE THE HEATER/AIR CONDITIONING FAN SPEED CONTROL RESISTOR TWICE. THE PREVIOUS OWNER REPLACED IT TWICE ALSO. THIS TIME THE MECHANIC STATED HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IF THE RESISTOR HEATED UP DUE TO A MALFUNCTION, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF A FIRE. *JG

Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Jul 3, 2000ID

CONSUMER WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY BACKING OUT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN STEERING WHEEL CAME OFF. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND HE REPAIRED THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK THIS IS A NEW VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS ON A 1998 VOLKSWAGEN CHASSIS WINNERBAGO SOLD IT AS A NEW 1999 RIALTA MOTORHOME.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20041000Routine
200315140Routine
200235040Routine
200121110Routine
200025010Routine
199917000Routine
1998 — this page2000Routine
199714110Routine
19956000Routine
199382390Routine
19921000Routine

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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.