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NHTSA recall 77V175000

Equipment › Other › Labels

Volkswagen Rabbit

Reported Oct 13, 197778 vehicles affectedVOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

The defect

The involved vehicles do not conform to federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 105, "hydraulic brake systems". The involved vehicles were inadvertently equipped with a brake fluid container cap on which the warning text was printed in german.

The remedy

The dealer will install a supplement label, printed in english, on the brake fluid container, displaying the required statement, free of charge.

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Vehicles in this recall

Volkswagen Rabbit
1976

Notes

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles.system: equipment; certification labels.consequences of defect: because the caps on the vehicles have warning textsprinted in german, owners not familiar with the german language may use thewrong type brake fluid. The wrong type of brake fluid will impair the vehicle"sbrake performance thus increasing the likelihood of a vehicle accident.