2001 Jetta VR6 Money Pit!
The first thing that went was the Mass air flow and that made the cat. go bad, thank god that was a recall. Next the coil pack went everytime it rained the CEL would come on and it would misfire. The dome light does not always come on when you open the driverside door? The alarm does not always cirp when you arm the vehicle? But the alarm is on, when you open the driverside door the alarm does not go off, all other doors it goes off. The hinge on the glove box is broken. That net holder in trunk is broken. The hinge on the middle console broke. The red message area in dash goes black sometimes. The most recent is the dealer states I need a new fuel pump. It sputters when you first start off or really get on the gas and the CEL comes on and stays on.
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Beck Said,
March 30, 2005 @ 3:20 am
That’s good ole, Volksyugo German Engineering for you! – Nice and crispy fragile!
You might be able to sell it as an exploding circus clown car, at the rate it’s going bad!
Or worse, you might have to pay someone to take it!
My Passat VR6 has the same sputtering and CEL light symptom since I first got it. I found out that you have to thoroughly warm up the engine before giving it any significant amount of throttle. This keeps the car from sputtering and shooting out a CEL light warning. Our “”cheap, lowly and no fun to drive”" Dodge Caravan V6 and Toyota Corolla gets up and goes every morning without any sort of warm up with no problems. I don’t know why Volksyugo can’t figure out how to make their cars do the same!
Post edited 03/30/05 4:49 PM by Beck