1993 VOLKSWAGEN EUROVAN Complaints

THIS IS AN ADDENDUM TO THE EARLIER VOQ I POSTED ON 9/10/99. EUROVANS WERE RECALLED IN CANADA FOR THE VERY SAME FUEL LEAK PROBLEM - CANADIAN RECALL # 1994072. THE RECALL IS IN 1994, THEREFORE VW WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY NOTICE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL 1994, AFTER THE 1993 MODEL YEAR PRODUCTION HAD ENDED. THE FUEL SYSTEMS BETWEEN 1992 CANADIAN AND 1993 US EUROVANS ARE IDENTICAL, THEREFORE THE PROBLEM IS COMMON TO BOTH. *AK

FUEL LINE FITTINGS OVER ENGINE LEAK GASOLINE, TYPICALLY AS WEATHER TURNS COLDER. ONE THREE PORT FITTING AND TWO CONNECTIONS TO LINES RUNNING TO THE GAS TANK ARE INVOLVED. TRANSPORT CANADA ISSUED RECALL # 1994072 FOR 1992 EUROVANS WHICH HAD IDENTICAL COMPONENTS. THIS ISSUE IS COMMON TO 5 CYL VW EUROVANS AS REPORTED TO THE INTERNET EUROVAN LIST. *AK

I BELIEVE IT WAS FUEL LINE RELATED AS THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS CENTERED AROUND THE CLUSTER OF FUEL LINES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE, ABOVE THE DISTRIBTOR.

THERE IS A GAS LEAK COMING FROM A GAS LINE THAT GOES TO FUEL INJECTION DUE TO A FACTORY MACHINE PRESSURE CLAMP, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. CLAMP CANNOT BE TIGHTENED, AND THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR ARE UNAVAILABLE. *AK

STARTED UP VEHICLE IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SMELLED GAS. OPENED THE HOOD, AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKAGE. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER WAS NOT AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE LEAKING CRIMP IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE DISTRIBUTOR - HENCE A HUGE FIRE HAZARD. *AK

THE PRESSURIZED HOSES THAT CONNECT THE INJECTOR RAILS AND THE COLD START INJECTOR TO THE MAIN (PLASTIC) FUEL SUPPLY LINES PASS DIRECTLY OVER DISTRIBUTOR. EXHAUST FROM RADIATOR COOLING ALSO BLOWS DIRECTLY TO THIS AREA OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OVER TIME / AT AROUND 116K MILES, SAID HOSES HAD HARDENED DEVELOPING A LEAK THAT WAS SQUIRTING FUEL DIRECTLY AT THE DISTRIBUTOR. SINCE ONE OF THE LEAKING HOSES IS FACTORY CRIMPED TO THE FUEL SUPPY LINE, REMOVING IT ONLY SERVED TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE REPLACEMENT PROCESS. *AK

FIRE HAZARD. SEVERAL VW'S BURND TO THE GROUND. VW WILL NOT RECOGNIZE PROBLEM WITH ORIGINAL FUEL LINE AND CLAMPS! *AK

EVERY EUROVAN OWNER I TALK TO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM!!!. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

FUEL HOSE & CLAMPS LEAKING IN ENGINE COMPARMENT. MANY OWNERS REPORTING EXACT SAME PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE 6-7 YEAR OF OWNERSHIP, SOME HAVE REPORTED FIRES. VW ALSO HAD SAME TROUBLE WITH VW PASSAT WHICH RESULTED IN A RECALL.. COLD WEATHER. 8AK