general problems of the 2001 Volkswagen Passat

The contact owns a 2001 volkwagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, he would smell a strong odor of gasoline. He then inspected the engine and was unable to locate a fuel leak. He later discovered a trail of gasoline leaking from the vheicle. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they advised him that there were no recalls on his vehicle. The failure and current mileages were approximately 198,000.

I was driving home and my car caught on fire from unknown defect my life was in big dangerous.

I own a 2001 vw Passat and I noticed a very strong odor of gasoline when driving at any speed in temperatures of 17 degrees. I brought my car to the alexandria vw dealership (alexandria, va) twice and they kept it for a few days but found nothing. After reading through the other reports online, I feel that vw corporation of America should replace all associated parts that could cause this and avoid potential vehicle explosions and loss of life.

The fuel sensor fails after about one year of use. It has been replaced twice. The failure mode is that it always reports twice the actual amount of fuel available.