One problem related to defogger heater has been reported for the 2001 Volkswagen GTI. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
While driving vehicle's heater core failed. As a result vehicle was hesitant to stalling, then the check engine light came on and vehicle started loosing power. There's a recall for the heater core 92v05000 but VIN # is outside the remedy scope, because a different type of heater core was used, per the manufacturer.
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