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Subject:Re: engine dying while driving
From:Loren Busch
Date:Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:33:40 -0700

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> Other opinions?  If the problem occurs often in urban driving, do you all
> agree that it probably isn't vanagon syndrome?
>

Having dealt with Vanagon Syndrome in both an '85 and in my '90 I agree,
strongly.  The symptoms you describe are NOT the symptoms of the
"Intermittent Drivability  Problem" (as VW called it in their service
bulletin) or as commonly called "Vanagon Syndrome" in the Vanagon community
today.