Gasoline Fuel System Problems of Volkswagen R32

1) purchased the car and noticed the jumps twice on my way home. It has since continued to be an issue for the whole two weeks of my ownership. 2) accelerating from a full stop the car hesitates, hangs, and then jumps forward after a moment. This happens about half the time. I notice when I roll slowly ~5 mph it does not hang or jump nearly as much or as often. 3) nothing has been done as of yet. I plan to take my 2008 vw R32 to the dealership to see what may be the cause.

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No event lead up to failure. The car sputters, hiccups, what ever you want to call it. It has stalled in traffic, and had to be pushed out of the intersection, it would not start back up and smelled of fuel. On numerous occasions it will not start. It cuts out around corners, and has done it with the vw service manager in the car.

The car loses power (I. E. Hiccups or hesitates) at highway speeds, most noticeable on even the slightest acceleration - even with cruise control on. At times it will idle in a similar staggered way. When city driving the same problem occurs on acceleration. It happens randomly but once it starts, it persists until the car has been shut off and cools down.

On October 27, 2008 I was traveling on one of the local highways, when I began to experience a loss in power, rapid misfire and hesitation in my 2008 vw R32. Prior to said date, I experienced the same faults several times, which I mentioned to my local service advisor. My local service advisor informed me that Volkswagen of America (vwoa) was aware of the wide-spread problem and was currently working on a solution. Currently, I have been working with my regional case manager from vwoa. However, the last time that I spoke with my regional case manager was on December 11, 2008. When I briefly spoke with my regional case manager from vwoa, he explained to me that the parts needed for repair of my R32 would soon be released. However, I received that same statement in October and November when I asked about the service status of my vehicle. On the 17th of Dec 2008, vwoa received a letter from me stating that I no longer have faith in the reliability and safety of the R32 that I purchased, and that I wish to seek state-specific (lemon-law) warranty for my R32. ¿ in addition, I express that prior to pursuing the lemon-law option; I am willing to resolve this issue amicably. However, as of 4 January 2009, I have not received any information from vwoa.

Fuel leak causes the car to lose fuel. The fuel leaks out externally. The car will sometimes jerk and stall or lose power.

1. Car was running fine till about little less than a month. On 10/13/08 put car in reverse and car was experiencing rapid fluctuations in rpms and engine would die when shifting to drive. Had difficulty in re-starting car. Put car in drive and felt jerky non-responsive acceleration with transmission banging and engine died again while driving. 2. Car died 4 times engine would stop while driving totally loss of power. Consequences are major safety concerns and possible accidents can occur from this malfunction 3. Brought into dealer, they could not reproduce problem & said they couldn't do anything. Gave car back & said they hoped it didn't happen again. No parts replaced. Car recently experienced this problem again 1/11/2009 & 1/12/2009.

Fuel system on car broke while driving 75mph on the freeway causing the car to jerk and drop in speed in the middle of traffic. Fuel smell out of a/c vents. Vw has acknowledged the problem and has said they've had this on many cars of the same model. Vw is replacing the entire fuel system resulting the car to be in the service shop for 30 plus days.

Usually during hot weather conditions, the failure is present. The failure - car hesitates under acceleration almost as if the fuel is being cutoff. Other times it stalls during idle at stop light. Other times the car will take two or three tries to restart. When parked after a drive the vehicle leaks fuel behind the passenger side rear wheel. Occurs randomly and the dealer cannot reproduce the issue. Parts replaced - purge valve to fix the fuel leak and hesitation. The car does not leak fuel anymore, however the hesitation issue is still present.

The engine power of my 2008 vw R32 continued to cut out periodically for a few weeks, the cel never once came on. This problem persisted regardless of the weather or vehicle speed. One day while my wife was driving, she was stopped at a traffic signal and the car died, she restarted it and noticed a fuel odor. Since she was near my work (approx three miles) she restarted the car once she got there and turned off the car, fuel started leaking behind the right rear wheel.

The car hiccupped and began to run very ruff no power and I was on freeway in the valley area (hot over 100 f) car seemed to correct itself after reaching cooler area. Visited the dealer they found no faults with car. This has been happening to numerous 2008 vw R32 cars.

My brand-new 08 vw makes severe hiccups on moderate acceleration when the outside temperature is above about 95 f. (sudden loss of power and come back up in short period of time. )have starting problem after the symptom, sometimes smell of gas from outside rear. The problem does not leave any error codes on computer, therefore dealers cannot fix or replicate problem. (usually takes about 30 min constant drive in the hot weather to have the symptom. ) had numerous visit to a vw dealer but no fix. Always end up with my claim comments; "customer states. . . " and dealer states, "can not replicate the problem". I keep having the same problem since last year, only when outside is really hot (for California), above 95f. Total of 6-7 days I've had the same problem since last year.