Brand new R32 catches on fire.

[EDM]

I found this on Vortex.
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3497858&page=1

[FunkTron]

*sigh*...........see what happens when you eat in your car?!?!?!?












....sucks actually...I'm sure he'll be in a new car in no time. (and VW will be shitting bricks about a possible recall)

[EDM]

From what I was reading I guess this isn't the first one.

[oc-audica]

definitely not getting one of those!~

[Dubbster]

What a waste :(

[EuroTunerGLI]

wow that sucks...wierd though...too bad to see such a nice car go like that

[mike]

definitely looks like it started at the fuse box, probably a chaffed wire or one that was routed incorrectly. Sad, especially for German workmanship and quality control, and it can't even be blamed on Oktoberfest. There has been more than one of these? We got a recall on the 2.5 MK5 for a fuel line chaffing on the washer bottle and possibly causing a fire. Which is in no way related to this but interesting none the less.

[NaKoRuRu]

What 2.5 recall??? I never got anything in the mail... what MY does this recall affect?

[mike]

I got a letter, all official and stuff, it says Jetta on it, not Rabbit, but its the same thing front of the windshield right? Unless you have a different washer bottle for the inclusion of the rear hatch wiper/washer. Stop by a dealer and they can run it.

[NaKoRuRu]

I got a letter, all official and stuff, it says Jetta on it, not Rabbit, but its the same thing front of the windshield right? Unless you have a different washer bottle for the inclusion of the rear hatch wiper/washer. Stop by a dealer and they can run it.

Thanks Mike, I'll do that next time I'm at the dealer :)

[euroR32]

sucks!!!!!! i wuuuuuuuuuuv my r32..!!!!! i would have a break down and cry probably..! :(

[g60racer]

Has happened to 4 of them so far. 4/5000 isn't a promising ratio so far.