Volkswagen Cabrio 1999

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• Fuel tank puncture investigation # PE00033

  The office of defects investigation opened this investigation on august 10, 2000 based on 9 reports regarding punctured fuel tanks involving the jetta, passat, and cabrio models.The reports indicate additional reports in its response to the preliminary evaluation.This investigation has been upgraded for further study.
  

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The fuzebox in this car is unprotected from water and can cause a fire and any time water may leak into car. I parked my car and when i went to her back in it a hour later it wouldn't crank that's when we discovered the fuze box was melted from getting too hot due to it leaking thru the antenna o to the relays filling them with water and then cause a drip to come from relays onto fuze and burn out the fuze slit for the fuel pump which caused my car not to crank at all. This a common occurrence and could potentially be a huge problem

The fuzebox in this car is unprotected from water and can cause a fire and any time water may leak into car. I parked my car and when i went to her back in it a hour later it wouldn't crank that's when we discovered the fuze box was melted from getting too hot due to it leaking thru the antenna o to the relays filling them with water and then cause a drip to come from relays onto fuze and burn out the fuze slit for the fuel pump which caused my car not to crank at all. This a common occurrence and could potentially be a huge problem

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 volkswagen cabrio. The contact stated that while driving 50 mph, the vehicle stopped accelerating. The contact was able to maneuver to the shoulder and coast to a stop. The contact examined the vehicle and noticed the retainer clip on the end of the cable that secured it to the clutch engagement lever failed. . The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop and the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 98,000. Updated 07/18/12

This has actually happened several times with this car. When i hit a patch of water, the steering wheel locks up temporarily and i'm unable to maneuver. If i'm on a corner i have to hit the brakes to avoid an accident.

Tl* the contact owns a 1999 volkswagen cabrio convertible. The contact stated while driving at 50 mph, the rear passengers wheel fractured from the vehicle. The vehicle spun out of control and crashed into an embankment. The contact sustained unknown injuries and was transported to the hospital via ambulance. A police report was filed at the scene and the vehicle was towed to a local repair shop where the vehicle was repaired. The failure was contributed to a hub disk separation that caused the wheel to separate from the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000 and the current mileage was approximately 120,000

I have a 1999 vw cabrio, which is the convertible model of the golf. There is a recall of vws because of faulty brake lights due to faulty ignition parts. I called vw to register my complaint. They say that my vin is not under their recall list. However, in september 2006, i had the exact same brake light mal-function, including the total melt down of all the lights on december 14, 2006 while i was on a highway in my state. I had to have the vehicle repaired and the garage used authentic vw parts from a dealership down the road. My cabio has the golf chassis but called the cabrio which is the convertible version. All my car care books address the golf version. I am at a loss as to why vw will not reimburse me for the parts and labor for this same repair. The recall notices are just going out even though they knew about this problem in 2006. *jb

Dt*: the contact stated while driving at 35mph in normal conditions, the fuel line fractured. The result of the failure was gas leaking while in motion. The contact noticed a gasoline smell inside the vehicle. Upon arriving at the residence, the vehicle was inspected and the leak was identified. The vehicle is currently in route to the local dealership for repairs.

My car's electrical system started to fail two weeks ago. The directionals, interior lights, all exterior lights and heater did not work. I was told by a vw dealership in ma that the car alarm system malfunctioned and has caused the switching gear and other various electrical components in my car to malfunction. After informing that the cost to repair this problem would be around $1,000.00 i decided to look into these issues only to be surprised to find that my vw 1999 cabrio is notorious along with all of the other makes of the vw line to have faulty and problematic electrical systems. My car is under warranty, but was told, "sorry this is not a covered item" there are various resources out there to learn that over and over again, this happens to the consumer of their cars. When you pay $35000 for a car you expect it to not have any problems like this before 50k miles. *ak

Gauge cluster malfunctioned, resulting in no speedometer or tachometer. This results in having to guess your speed. The only correction is replacement of the entire gauge cluster and the odometer cannot be reset. This is the second replacement in 12 months.*ak

Common OBD-II Error Codes

• P1297 [1] Injector High Side Short To GND Or VBATT - Bank 2
• P0103 [1] Mass or Volume Air Flow "A" Circuit High Input
• P1580 [1] Pedal Position Out of Self Test Range