Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:30:24 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject: Re: a/c recall question
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Budd, glad to know where to call if all does not go well with the AC kit
installation.
One of my big concerns is that when my ductwork fell on the floor (my middle
seat is out) the wide lip on the long center section shattered, leaving no real
material for the front piece to fit over. Now instead of the ductwork pieces
fitting to gether like pieces of stove pipe, onsection into the other, they are
simply butt to butt. No overlap. I'm wondering what VW and the Dealership is
going to do about that. I have seen the new support kit, and it ain't much. Two
simple sheet steel plates. Nothing impressive at all. With the ends not being
able to sleeve together, there is going to be gap-osis and air blowing through
in the wrong places.No tight seal.
I am having concerns that the dealership is going to put the kit in and call it
good, when it really isn't finished because there is related broken ductwork to
be repaired.
May be just fretting for nothing, but I have gotten the shaft before, and I
don't like being the recipient!!!!
John Rodgers
88GL Driver
I am going to be watching
Budd Premack wrote:
> I have a copy of the official recall notice, dated February 1994. It is
> Campaign SU, Campaign 93V175000.
>
> 29,500 Vanagons are covered, all of those with factory air (with center
> ducts, which obviously excludes Westys) built from August 1985 to June 1991.
>
> This seems to me to cover all 1986-1991 model year (non-Westys) that have
> factory a/c.
>
> If your dealer is recalcitrant, the Recall Notice says to contact VW U.S.,
> Inc., Customer Relations 3F02-SU, 3800 Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326,
> (800) 822-8987.
>
> You might as well get the recall done prior to the ducts crashing down (as
> happened to me a few weeks ago). The only negative I can think of is if
> hundreds of Listees and their friends suddenly demand the recall, VW may run
> out of the repair kit, at least temporarily. However, wouldn't that be a
> tribute to the power of the List? Let's go for it!
>
> Budd Premack
> 86 Syncro, 73 Super
> Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky-Blue Waters)
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