The defect
PIN IN SHIFT LOCKING PAWL MAY NOT BE PROPERLY WELDED TO THE PAWL.
The risk
IF PIN SEPARATES FROM PAWL, DRIVER WOULD BE ABLE TO MOVETHE SHIFT LEVER DURING DRIVING INTO ANY POSITION WITHOUT PRESSING SAFETYRELEASE BUTTON.
The remedy
REPLACE SHIFT LOCKING PAWL.
NHTSA's own wording · initiated by MFR
Vehicles covered
| Model | Model years |
|---|---|
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1987 |
Components: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Model years in this recall
NHTSA complaints and the number of recall campaigns for each model year this recall covers.
| Model | Year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volkswagen Vanagon | 1987 | 13 | 7 |
Other power train recalls in 1987
9 of the 197 recall campaigns reported to NHTSA in 1987 concerned the power train; VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC filed 204 campaigns in all.
| 87V194000 26 Dec 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V188000 14 Dec 1987 | MACK TRUCKS, INCORPORATED |
| 87V168000 26 Oct 1987 | GENERAL MOTORS CORP. |
| 87V134000 1 Sept 1987 | MITSUBISHI FUSO TRK, AMER |
| 87V098000 6 Jul 1987 | NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. |
| 87V040000 26 Mar 1987 | CHRYSLER CORPORATION |
| 87V026000 5 Jan 1987 | AM GENERAL CORPORATION |
| 87V008000 3 Jan 1987 | VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC |
NHTSA recalls (public domain) · all recalls of 1987