2008 Volkswagen Rabbit Complaints

VEHICLE DOES NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR ON OCASSIONS, NO RESPONSE WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE FRON STOP. HAVE COMPLAINED TO VW DEALER @ 5,000,10,000, & 15,000 MILES. THEY SAY THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A DANGERIOUS SITUATION AS IT STALLS, THEN ACCELERATES VERY FAST . I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AS THERE IS NO SET PATTERN. I FEEL LIKE THE DEALER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE AS THEY SAY IT MIGHT GET WORSE THEN THEY CAN FIND THE PROBLEM. IT DOES NOT SHOW UP ON THE SCANNER,AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON.

I OWN A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT, 2 DOOR MODEL. THIS VEHICLE HAS AN AUXILIARY POWER PLUG (12V CIGARETTE LIGHTER TYPE) INSIDE THE TRUNK. IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE POWER PLUG, THE IGNITION SWITCH MUST BE IN THE "ON" POSITION (WITH THE CAR ENGINE OFF). I REVERSED INTO A PARKING LOT OPENING THE HATCH AND PROCEEDED TO USE THE AUXILIARY POWER PLUG IN THE TRUNK WITH THE HATCH OPEN (REVERSE LIGHTS ARE IN THE HATCH). ONCE I GOT HOME, I NOTICED THAT BOTH REVERSE LIGHTS HAD MELTED AND WERE DESTROYED, IT WOULD APPEAR HAS IF A FIRE TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE LIGHT HOUSING, ALTHOUGH I CANNOT ATTEST TO THAT SINCE I DID NOT NOTICED WHEN THE LIGHTS MELTED. OBVIOUSLY VOLKSWAGEN HAS CHOSEN A POOR MATERIAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE REVERSE TAIL LAMPS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REFUSED TO SEE THIS AS AN ISSUE, I ALSO CONTACTED VW REGIONAL SUPERVISOR AND ALSO THE VW NORTH AMERICA CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT I SHOULD NOT LET THE LIGHTS RUN SO LONG ("?!") I HAD TO PUR...

MY 2008 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT, WITH ONLY 4130 MILES, HAD BEEN PARKED FOR FOUR HOURS (IN A SHADED AREA) WHEN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE IMPACT WAS SUCH THAT THE BUMPER SEPARATED FROM THE CAR. AFTER INSPECTION BY OUR MECHANIC IT WAS SUGGESTED THE REMAINING FOUR CONTINENTAL TIRES BE REPLACED, SINCE THEY SHOWED VISIBLE DEFECTS. THE TIRES SHOWED EXCESSIVE CREASES. *TR

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. THIS OCCURS IN LOW-SPEED, HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATIONS WITH TRAILING THROTTLE (TYPICALLY NO BRAKE APPLICATION). EVENTUALLY THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE ME TO BE REAR ENDED. I HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP (PAUL CLARK VW - ONE OF THEIR TECHNICIANS EXPERIENCED IT DURING A TEST DRIVE) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT OTHER CUSTOMERS HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS BUT THAT VW OF AMERICA SAID THAT THERE WAS NO FIX. I COMPLAINED TO VW OF AMERICA AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A PART OF THE BRAKE-ASSIST PROGRAM AND DESPITE MY TELLING THEM THAT THIS WAS NONSENSE (BECAUSE THE BRAKES HAVE NO ROLE IN THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT TOUCHED WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS). I THEN COMPLAINED TO VW WORLD HEADQUARTERS IN GERMANY AND THEY SIMPLY REFERRED ME BACK TO VW OF AMERICA WITH OUT COMMENT. I THEN W...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT. THE CONTACT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON, WHICH SEVERELY DAMAGED THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND THE CONTACT AND OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE REPAIR WOULD COST MORE THAN $12,000. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,000.