When driving at 65 mph on the highway, I noted my exit coming up quickly and excelerated quickly to get over to the exit. Suddenly, the engine lost power and I had to coast over to the side of the road. I towed the car to a local dealer who supposedly fixed it. Got back on the road to go home, some 300 miles away, and the same thing happened. I turned the car off for a few minutes, then tried turning back on, and was able to drive the car all the way home. It is sitting in the driveway until I can figure out what to tell the dealer. This would be the third time it is going in the shop for the same thing. Help!
Volkswagen had a series of bad ignition switches that should be covered by a recall. Did you check if your car is effected by the recall? The result of the bad switch is very much as you described. Car just stalls on the highway.
SOURCE: 2001 volkswagen golf epc light on loss of power
i had the same problem... Change the spark plugs and the ignition coils, All of them... It usually accelerates without giving it gas.. Don't worry about that...
SOURCE: 2004 VW New Beetle Stalling
Sorry to say but you and I are in the same boat. The 2004 Beetle Convertible is the biggest piece of **** on the road! My wife and I have had one, pre-certified mind you, since 2005. We have had THOUSANDS of dollars of work done to this car, mainly covered by warranty. We attempted to have this problem fixed by out local VW Dealer. It is one of three things... 1) It's a vacuum problem. All of the vacuum hoses need to be replaced. I wouldn't do this since our dealer did this for us (400 bucks) and nothing changed, same problem occurred after we had all the work done. 2) It is the ignition coil (800 price installed with new wires and plugs from the dealer) 3) It's the fuel pump... This came from the service advisor at the dealership. I sincerely hope you got the extended warranty!!! Good luck...
SOURCE: my 2003 volkswagen Jetta 1.8T won't start
Volks 2001 Jetta 1.8T
Engine light on and fails to start.
Codes P0341, P0328, P0171, P01297 what are this codes telling me??? HELLLPP!!!!
SOURCE: 2002 1.6L GOLF, EPC LIGHT
It sounds as if your vehicle may have severe water damage to the engine. The engine sensors on the golf are suseptable to water damage and can result in epc light that you are seeing on your dash, or so i was told by VW. I replaced all the sensors, alternator and the computer on my original engine, but this action didnt fix the problem. So i bit the bullet and replaced the engine, and haven't had a problem since. If you do the labor yourself it can be done as cheap as $4000. I hope this helps mate.
good luck
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SOURCE: 99 volkswagen beetle 2.0 engine problem
My gas guage, speedometer and radio all went out. Is it a fuse or something more?
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