general problems of the 2003 Volkswagen Passat

I was stopped at a light with several cars in front of me. When the light changed and the car ahead of me moved and was about 15 feet in front I took my foot of the brake and the car accelerated forward with out me touching the gas pedal. I was startled and I slammed on the brakes. The car did not slow down at all and only the rear end of the car in front of me stopped my car. I looked down at my foot to make sure I had hit the brakes and not the accelerator. My foot was squarely in the middle of the brake pedal. Normally when the brakes are hit hard the front end of the car dips and the sudden stopping of the car jerks the driver forward. None of this happened until my car hit the car in front of me.

On a super highway(315), columbus, ohio,at rush hour in the morning, the engine rpm suddenly jumps from about 3000 to the red line at 7500. The car quickly accelerates to almost 100 miles an hour. I try to press the brakes as hard as I can, and maneuver the car to avoid collision with slower vehicles. It takes about seven minutes to slow the car to a relatively safe speed. In the meantime the engine is revving at 7500 rpm all the time. I stop the car safely and wothout collision. The clutch appears to be completely un-operational. The car is towed to to the dealer(mag in dublin, ohio). The dealer dignoses driver error for cluth damage, and no fault with the car. They are adamant that I sign a letter accepting all the blame. I refuse. They charge me $ 456. 00 before releasing the disabled car back to me. Vw of America confirms the two false dignoses of the dealer. The manufacturer in wolfsburg is not helpful or interested. I have driven 7 manual vw's for 42 years! I have kept many of those cars for 15 -20 years and have never had any problem with the clutches or engines before. The car is a manual Passat, 2003 with 2400 miles.

Manual five speed 2003 Passat turbo's engine suddenly revs up to 7500 rpm, and the car jumps forward about 13 feet after starting from a stop at a light fortunately, I had enough distance from the car in front not to have a collision. It took about 20 -30 seconds of hard braking to slow the car down. The rpm dropped to normal at this time.