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2008 Volkswagen R32 Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	701718
Internal NHTSA #	10249516
Manufacurer	VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	R32
Model Year	2008
File date	17/11/08
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 2008 volkswagen r32 exhibits intermittent fuel delivery issues. At times, usually following a refueling, the car seems to "hiccup" and briefly lose power, as if the fuel supply was cut off momentarily. This causes a severe jerking in the car, and can happen at low speeds after rounding a corner or at constant freeway speeds. Other symptoms include stumbling and stalling while at idle in traffic; with difficulty in restarting as if the vehicle is starved for fuel. The vehicle has also failed to start upon first use of the day, cranking over but not seeming to receive fuel, even though the tank may be full. Other issues include difficulty with refueling when tank is near empty. Often, the gas station fuel dispensers will shut off 10 or more times when beginning to fill up the tank, as if air were blocking the filler neck and causing the automatic pump shutoff to kick in. It can take many tries before one is finally able to completely fuel the vehicle, which only holds 14. 5 gallons. On two occasions, the automatic fuel cutoff in the gas station dispenser did not detect a full tank and the fuel actually overflowed out of filler neck and onto the ground until i manually shut of the fuel dispensers. It seems the evaporative purge canister or lines are easily blocked in this design, and i question whether there are other vapor lock or vacuum issues with the fuel system design that are involved. I am taking my vehicle to the dealer for service on 11/26 for an attempt at diagnosis. Many other owners of this vehicle in the online forum "vwvortex. Com" have also reported similar problems with this vehicle, and are having little success in repair through vwoa. I consider this to be a potentially dangerous situation.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	4600
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	BOERNE, TX
VIN pattern	WVWKC71K78WXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Volkswagen R32 Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Volkswagen R32 Fuel System, Gasoline Problems, Complaints and Defects

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