I noticed that between Richard Jones' description of the bushings "groaning" that I have had this problem since spring of '87. Now the control arms are about to fall off (damn near!!) and I find out that there is a lousy tech bulletin concerning lousy VW parts!!!! I stopped by the 'friendly' (yeah, right!) local VW dealer and informed him of my plight, and his response was "yea, so what do you want me to do about it?" I say "fix it for free, it's been broke for years, and I didn't know what was wrong with it, and now it's become a safety problem". His answer was "well, your van is no longer under warrenty, so you'll have to talk to Volkswagen". Do you think that if I call VW, they will fix the damn thing? I think that if a lot of people start calling the NTSHA they would have to issue an official safety recall!!! I really feel that this is not safe, and I wouldn't have noticed it unless I had recently jacked it up to bleed the radiator and got curious about the wheels. Would I have any legal recourse if the control arm wears through the pivot pin and causes an accident, and Volkswagen has admitted in a service bulletin (not a recall) that there are defective parts involved? Sorry, just venting!!!
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