Volkswagen Rabbit Engine Problems

PULLED CAR UP TO PROPANE DISPLAY OUTSIDE OF HEB GROCERY STORE. ONCE TANKS WERE EXCHANGED, NOTICED SMOKE BILLOWING FROM ENGINE. TURNED CARE OFF, GOT OUT AND NOTICED FIRE UNDERNEATH ENGINE. STORE EMPLOYEE GOT HOOD OPEN, DOUSED FIRE. CALLED...

I HAD OBSERVED TWICE THAT THE ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHTS ILLUMINATED UNDER HEAVY BRAKING. I READ THE SERVICE MANUAL AND SEVERAL VW FORUMS AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS WAS NORMAL UNDER WHAT IS CALLED 'EMERGENCY BREAK'. I BOTH CASES...

THE CAR WOULD SHAKE IN THE HIGHWAY AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT CERTAIN MOMENT. ALSO STOPS RANDOMLY I DON'T KNOW WHY MY CAR ACTING THAT WAY AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE EVEN THE REPAIR SHOP DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

***NOTE: THIS WAS A VW RABBIT, NOT A VW GOLF, BUT RABBIT WAS NOT AN OPTION UNDER THE REQUIRED MODEL*** AT 12:30AM ON DECEMBER 23, 2006, I PARKED MY 2006 VW RABBIT IN MY DRIVEWAY. I THEN PLUGGED IN THE BLOCK HEATER, AS USUAL. AT 11AM THAT...

LIGHTAIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR REVS AND SLOWS ABRUPTLY; FUEL SYSTEM LIGHT PAINT FLAKING OFF VEHICLE

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2006 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT ON US 98 PREPARING TO ENTER I-4 WHEN THE VEHICLE ENTERED LIMP HOME MODE (EPC LIGHT & CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON) RPMS WENT TO OVER 3000 AND VEHICLE REFUSED TO GO ABOVE 25MPH, SHE WAS ALMOST KILLE...

#1: BODY: NOTED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT LOCK AND TROUBLE WITH SECURING. DOOR OPEN ALARM WOULD NOT SOUND WHEN DOOR WAS OPEN. SUBMITTED VEHICLE TO VW DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. DOOR LATCH WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE DOOR LAT...

I OWN A 2007 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT. ABOUT 4 MONTHS AFTER I GOT IT, IT STARTED STALLING. ONLY WHEN MY CAR IS IDLING. IT ALSO SPUTTERS AND IS NOT RUNNING SMOOTHLY. RECENTLY I STARTED HEARING A KNOCKING NOISE UNDER MY HOOD. I'VE TAKEN IT INTO T...

I OWN A 2009 VW RABBIT. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER OWNING IT, I STARTED NOTICING A MOLDY SMELL IN THE CAR EVERY TIME I TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER AND/OR THE HEAT. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THERE WAS MOLD IN THE AIR CONDIT...

FREQUENT NEAR STALLS OF MY 2007 RABBIT 2.5 AUTOMATIC. THIS IS MY 2ND REPORT TO YOU AND ADVISED BY THE ORLANDO SENTINEL REPORTER . THE CAR'S RPM DROPS ABOUT 1000 RPM ON NORMAL ACCELERATION FOR ABOUT 4-6 SECONDS, NEVER SHUTTING OFF BUT JUS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A KNOCK SENSOR AND IT WOULD LIMIT THE ENGINE RPMS AND IT WOULD NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO DOWN SHIFT. HE CONFIRMED WHEN ACTIVATED, THE AMOUNT OF FU...

I PURCHASED A 2008 VW RABBIT, W/MANUAL TRANSMISSION, NEW DURING APRIL OF 2008. SINCE THE FIRST MILES DRIVEN TO TODAY, THERE HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT FUEL SHUTOFF PROBLEM THAT RESULTS IN A STALL OR A LURCH THAT RESULTS IN A NEAR-STOP. THI...