The title says it all. I had this same issue in v2.82 and still have the issue in v3.02. The related products disappear and navigation fails when clicking the "text link" in related products, however if you click the Product Thumbnail it works fine.
Here is a video demo showing the issue in Internet Explorer 8.
http://fatcatphonics.com/relatedprodu...
Thanks for your help resolving this!