Budd, I just spoke to my local VW dealer Service Manager about the AC tunnel
recall, but he didn't know what I was talking about. Said he had never even
heard of it, much less know anything about what was involved. He was somewhat
incredulous that there would be a current fix on a vehicle 12 years old. I gave
him the recall number from your post below, and he is going to look into it
Monday.

So, what all went into your repair. The ends of my tunnel peices have been
damaged pretty badly from the fall. Looks like the PO tried to fix it himself
once or twice and wasn't successful. PO managed to get it to stay put until I
bought it and then it fell on me.  I was roaring up Interstate 65 through
Birmingham, AL during rush hour when it fell. Scared hell out of me when it hit
the floor.

John Rodgers
88GL Driver

Budd Premack wrote:

> My a/c roof vents came a crashing down three weeks ago.  One call to the
> local VW dealer and after two days in his shop it was fixed FOR FREE under
> the Warranty Recall Campaign SU, # 93V175000.  AFAIK, all dealers are
> obligated under Federal law to fix any and all items whenever a recall
> campaign is issued.  This, I believe, is true regardless of whether the
> vehicle is still owned by the original purchaser, or has gone through a
> multitude of owners.
>
> VW (VOA) apparently will overnight any parts required for a recall repair,
> so it doesn't matter if your local dealer has the repair kit or not.  Mine
> didn't, but it showed up the next morning, Fedex from the Chicago warehouse.
>
> So, the moral is:  If it ain't broke, don't fix it, but if it does break,
> hope it is a recall item!
>
> Budd Premack
> 86 Syncro, 73 Super
> Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky-Blue Waters)