Manual five speed 2003 passat turbo's engine suddenly revs up to 7500 RPM, and the car jumps forward about 13 feet after starting from a stop at a light fortunately, I had enough distance from the car in front not to have a collision. *ak it took about 20 -30 seconds of hard braking to slow the car down. The RPM dropped to normal at this time.
2003 Volkswagen Passat acceleration complaints
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While stopping at a traffic light or a stop sign vehicle would not accelerate when the driver was pressing on the gas pedal. Consumer made contact with the dealer on six occasions, but problem is still occurring.
My volkswagon passat has many times lunged forward when I took my foot off the accelerator. I have fortunately not been close to another car when this has happened because it could have easily caused a rear-end crash.
When I stepped on the gas for the passing gear, the gas pedal remained stuck to the floor. This happened on two different days. The only way I could stop was to put the car in natural,and turn off the key. Took the car to the dealer who said that there might have been ice stuck to the gas pedal cable?????????? I almost got killed with the car going 100 MPH before I could get it under control.
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