There has been some interest in recalls lately, so here's some info.

National Highway Safety Adminstration (recall information back to ~1960s):
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recall_links.html

Also of interest:
Volkswagen Electronic Technical Service Information:
http://tech.vw.com

I gather that the tech.vw.com site is not widely known since there is not a
link (that I know of) from VW's main site.  I only recently have heard of
it.  It contains Campaign Circulars (Recalls), Service Circulars, and
Technical Bulletins for what looks like the last 5-10 model years.  This may
not help Vanagon owners, but it looks like quite a few of us have later
model Audi or Volkswagen vehicles in addition to our Vanagons.  I, for one,
find it very nice to be able to read the same technical service bulletin or
recall bulletin that the technician reads before my '99 Jetta goes in for a
recall or known problem.

Hope this helps someone.

_Jeff T.