2008 Volkswagen R32: check engine light

5 of the 115 complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen R32 describe check engine light.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 4%
typical mileage: 10,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 73 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Check engine light by model year

2008
5
2004
1

What owners say

Filed Jun 27, 2020 · Fuel system, Lights · 133,000 miles · TX

When certain driving conditions are accompanied by high ambient temperatures, the fuel tank ventilation valve may not remain fully closed. If this happens, liquid fuel may enter the fuel tank venting system and migrate into the evaporative system, saturating the carbon canister. Should this occur while driving, the vehicle may experience performance issues (I.e., vehicle jerking) and the malfunction indicator lamp (mil) in the instrument cluster could illuminate. Fuel could leak from the evaporative system leak detection pump filter. Consequence a fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, could lead to a vehicle fire.

Filed Apr 13, 2009 · Fuel system · 10,000 miles · VA

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen r32. The contact stated that the vehicle would jerk and the gas tank ventilation valve allowed gasoline to escape from the gas tank. The malfunction indicator lamp on the instrument panel would illuminate and fuel would leak from the evaporative system. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 09v093000 (fuel system, gasoline:storage:tank assembly). The failure mileage was 10,000.

Filed Feb 9, 2009 · Fuel system · 10,599 miles · UT

2008 vw r32, the car would throw check engine lights all the time, the check gas cap light came on randomly days after last fill up, the car would randomly have lost of power or stall, takes 20 seconds after fill up to start and run properly, some times not start at all. The car first went in to a vw dealer september 3 2008 with 10599miles , the dealer could not find a fault for the check engine light they gave me the car back and they contacted vw technical support . Contacted me a few days later and said parts were ordered and will be in soon. September 12 2008 car taken back in for parts to be put on. The car runs ok but it throws a check engine light and random check gas cap lights again. The car has a hard time starting. January 6 2009 16,032 miles car taken back in for stalling, not starting, loss of power. Vw dealer master mechanic cannot find problem car is given back to me with the problems, vw dealer contacts vw technical support. January 12 2009 16247miles I have had the last straw, I had to push the car out of a fuel pump cause the car wont start!!! I took the car back to vw dealer and it has been in there since january 12 2009 and today is february 9 2009.

Filed Dec 31, 2008 · Fuel system · 3,100 miles · SC

My brand new r32 has been stalling/hiccuping since 3100 miles. It has a lose of power under acceleration, then idles rough and sometimes dies. The check engine light comes on and the gas cap light comes on but as soon as you turn the car off and back on it goes away. It has died twice while driving in traffic and wouldn't start back, I've had it towed to the dealer twice. The dealer has replaced my purge valve and evap cannister twice, it runs fine for about 2 weeks then starts all over again. The car only has 7550 miles on it now and it's back at the dealer once again.

Filed Jul 9, 2008 · Fuel system · 2,800 miles · CO

The engine power of my 2008 vw r32 continued to cut out periodically for a few weeks, the cel never once came on. This problem persisted regardless of the weather or vehicle speed. One day while my wife was driving, she was stopped at a traffic signal and the car died, she restarted it and noticed a fuel odor. Since she was near my work (approx three miles) she restarted the car once she got there and turned off the car, fuel started leaking behind the right rear wheel.