NHTSA Complaint #10129744 — 1988 VOLKSWAGEN SCIROCCO

DT: CONTACT RECEIVED NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL 91V201000 CONCERNING FUEL SYSTEM/GAS STORAGE TANK ASSEMBLY IN 2000-2001. HE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER, AND THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, CONSUMER WAS HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. HE WAS NOT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAS TANK LEAKING PRIOR TO HAVING IT REPLACED. AFTER THE GAS TANK WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL GAS TANK STARTED LEAKING GAS AND CONTINUED TO LEAK. IT GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS. ALSO, HAD DRIVING PROBLEMS/STALLING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY INSPECTED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THE CAR HAD A BAD LEAK SOMEWHERE ON TOP OF THE TANK. BUT COULD NOT TELL CONSUMER WHY IT WAS LEAKING. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK. HE CHANGED THE FUEL FILTER, AND STILL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GAS LEAKING FROM THE TANK. THE DEALER WANTE DTO CHARGE CONTACT $500.00 TO PULL THE GAS TANK OUT AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE. VOLKSWAGON. TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THAT IF THE GAS TANK THAT WAS REPLACED IN 2001 HAD THE SAME DEFECT AS THE ORIGINAL TANK THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT. BUT IF NOT, THEN CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO PAY $500.00 FOR TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. *AK