Vehicle profile
1994 Volkswagen Passat
Sedan · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 174 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 2.8L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1994 Compact Cars
- 0.51× the 1.97 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1994 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
95V178000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FANIMPROPER MATERIAL WAS USED IN MANUFACTURING THE RADIATOR FAN MOTOR SHAFT CAUSING THE SHAFT TO WEAR AND BECOME NOISY.
Consequence: A WORN AND NOISY FAN MOTOR SHAFT CAN SEIZE RENDERINGTHE FAN MOTOR INOPERATIVE, EVENTUALLY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND STALL. A STALLED VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC CAN INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE COMPLETE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY ON VEHICLE HAVING THE POTENTIAL SHAFT MATERIAL PROBLEM. DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW FAN BLADE INCLUDING A NEW LOCK NUT ON VEHICLE WITH LOOSE FAN BLADE LOCK NUTS.
1995-09-20
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"year": 1994,
"make": "Volkswagen",
"model": "Passat",
"trim": "Passat",
"submodel": "Sedan",
"horsepower": 174,
"cylinders": 6,
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"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
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"recall_count": 1
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