2006 Volkswagen Rabbit Engine cooling Problems

“2006 vw Rabbit, 2.5l, 5 cyl. Has been stalling intermittently while idling, over and over again since buying this car brand new in 2006. I prefer not to give my VIN # for confidentiality reasons. I have read numerous posts on forums online, including vw employees who own the car and claim vw of america is pretending like they don't know of such an issue when it has occurred many times. My car has been to the dealer many times and they say its fine, well I don't think it is and I have 2 little kids that ride in this car on a daily basis.”

“***note: this was a vw Rabbit, not a vw golf, but Rabbit was not an option under the required model*** at 12:30am on december 23, 2006, I parked my 2006 vw Rabbit in my driveway. I then plugged in the block heater, as usual. At 11am that same day, I was awoken by the sound of an explosion and my car alarm going off. When I went outside, there were flames coming from underneath the hood of my car. I called the fire department and they came and put out the fire, but not before it totaled my car. The car was six months old with approximately 4500 miles on it. …”

“My 06 vw Rabbit (bought in june, problems started in approx august) will stall or sputter sporadically. This happens usually when waiting at a light, sitting in traffic, or when about to take off and the car is idle. It has happened months apart and sometimes days apart. If the car does not shut off completely it sometimes does a hard jerk back and forth like when you don't ease of the clutch right when driving a stick (this is an a/t transmission) and the RPM's drop to just above 0. The car starts back up after it shuts off however the last couple of times it took several attempts to restart. …”

“This is my second complaint. My 06 vw Rabbit has been stalling since approx. The second month that I had it (bought 06/06). In august 08 after continually complaining about this issue my car first started to sputter like the timing was off while driving (not the first time for sputtering but it usually does it when idle, not driving). I took the car into dealership and they could find nothing wrong even though the car sputtered 3 times on my way back home. The very next morning the car started to smoke very bad, smell like gasoline, and a light was flashing on the dashboard. …”