Volkswagen Corrado Official Factory Repair Manual: 1990-1994 [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1064 pages
• Publisher: Bentley Publishers (April 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0837603870
• ISBN-13: 978-0837603872
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #243,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELENT, December 3, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Volkswagen Corrado Official Factory Repair Manual: 1990-1994 (Paperback)

If you own a Corrado, you need this book. Everything needed to fix any problem you may encounter is covered. This book is not like those crappy Chilton and Haynes manuals with 3 pictures and a paragraph for instrucions. It has detailed instructions and practically every step is shown. The book covers not only engine, drivetrain, suspension, transmission, and brakes; but also body parts, windows, interior parts, alighnments, and the ENTIRE electrical system. The text is clear, if I can use it you can too. Buy this book. Do your own repairs. Learn a useful skill. Save a ton of money!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced, overly large but ultimately may be necessary, January 13, 2000

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Robin (Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen Corrado Official Factory Repair Manual: 1990-1994 (Paperback)

Absurdly expensive, but if you own a Corrado you may need tobuy this book. Due to no competition they can charge whatever theylike (none of the standard workshop manual publishers have written a book for the Corrado - probably becuase less than 100,000 were built so the market isn't big enough).

This extremely large book consists almost entirely of diagrams showing the location of every part that is available for purchase from VW. Note this is different to showing the location of every part (eg. note that specifically it tells you nothing about the interior or how to repair the G-lader since VW only sell it as a complete unit, therefore the manual only tells you how to remove it).

The book also only covers the North American models so whilst the book would still be useful to Europeans some sections will not be applicable and others will be missing.

Compared to a Haynes manual which holds your hand and carefully guides you through most proceedures you have to figure out most methods yourself with this book as it only gives you the bare bones of what you need to do for a procedure. Or it tells you to use a special VW tool which you are unlikely to have. Having said all this, if you are reasonably competent the book is invaluable when doing repairs and is also fairly good at helping you troubleshoot (particuarly on the electrical side of things).

The lack of a decent index is irritating (it has a large index which is totally illogically ordered). I can't help feeling it is also excessively large - partly due to considerable duplication of diagrams.

So, in summary, this book is not a Haynes manual equivalent, it is a book that a workshop would use to remind themselves of the order in which to perform a job or how to decide which piece of the car needs replacing. It is not a book that you need if all you are going to do is change the oil yourself. However, you probably do need this if you have a Corrado that you plan to do serious work on - but you are going to find it painful putting black fingerprints all over a book that is this expensive...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just buy it (if you "own" a Corrado!), May 2, 2001

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StevieE "911mann" (Kissimmee, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volkswagen Corrado Official Factory Repair Manual: 1990-1994 (Paperback)

Anyone who owns this car should own this manual regardless of price (yes, I wish it were cheaper too!)but if you value your Corrado and plan on keeping it for a long time like I am, I suggest buying it. The wiring diagrams are very useful once you understand them. It has already paid for itself for the things that I've needed to repair. As for the G60, well, VW doesn't want inexperienced people messing with that because it is a highly precise item and besides some never repair it right and it ends up giving the G60 a bad name, unless you're one of the lucky few who has connections and can get it done right...research it! Get the manual and read it like a book and be proud to get black finger prints on it... ouch.