Transmission damage due to faild transmission oil cooler on Volkswagen Vanagon

Problem overview

Extensive transmission damage can occur in some of the automatic transmission models when the transmission oil cooler fails and allows coolant to mix with the automatic transmission fluid.

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Volkswagen Vanagon vehicles with this problem

2 model years affected

1991 Volkswagen Vanagon

1990 Volkswagen Vanagon

1991 Volkswagen Vanagon

1990 Volkswagen Vanagon

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Submitted by Vehicle Owner · May 29, 2025

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