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#438 of 527 fff@release *Shakes Head* by maengo Apr 22, 2000 (9:00 pm)
You are having your car towed in because there is no manual fuel door release?!?!?!?! Please say I have misunderstood this.
#439 of 527 fff@release *Shakes Head* by maengo Apr 22, 2000 (9:02 pm)
You are having your car towed in because there is no manual fuel door release?!?!?!?! Please say I have misunderstood this.
#440 of 527 by pat455 Apr 22, 2000 (10:52 pm)
Could fff_release mean that the car ran out of gas because the fuel door could not be opened??? Pat Community Leader/Maintenance & Repair Conference
#441 of 527 by fff_release Apr 23, 2000 (11:13 pm)
Yes, barely had enough for my wife to get the two kids home that one evening. Nearest VW dealer is ~25miles away. Had I not figured out the way to open it, I'd definitely had it towed since it all imply the thing doesn't exist! Owner's manual does not reference such thing, Roadside assistant kept telling me how "other cars work". They said to look for a cable in the trunk adjacent to where the filler is, and of course, there's nothing but electrical wires going to the tail lights... I finally had to remove most of the carpeting (something i really hate to do on a new car) on the right wall of the trunk to locate the release pump which is closer to the tail light. One would think a thing like that would be made much more accessible. There's my gripe and some info for those who care to know.
#442 of 527 fff_release FILL UP :P by maengo Apr 23, 2000 (11:57 pm)
Unless your fuel gauge was not working properly you should NEVER run out of gas.
#443 of 527 by pat455 Apr 24, 2000 (12:31 am)
maengo - Scroll back to post #431 and you will see how fff_release got into that fix. fff_release - glad you got it figured out and thanks for sharing the solution. What a pain! Good luck getting it resolved. Pat Community Leader/Maintenance & Repair Conference
#444 of 527 http://www.myvwlemon.com by myvwlemon Apr 24, 2000 (10:01 pm)
Go to http://www.myvwlemon.com 40 registered users in the first month. 90,000 hits the first month. Read problems with new VWs and my Jetta lemon.
#445 of 527 myvwlemon by myvwlemon Apr 24, 2000 (10:06 pm)
Just had my fuel door fixed. The fuel door would not close.
#446 of 527 cloth seats by fff_release Apr 24, 2000 (11:02 pm)
read your short version of myvwlemon. #9 is my mistake too. Should have spent that extra $ for leather. Doing it off-the-market now will cost me $2000-$3000, not to mention they'll probably mess up the side airbags. So, we'll just have to deal with it now. Prospective buyers, what ever you do, don't go with cloth unless the material's changed since the '99 model. This type of cloth has the amazing ability to collect lint. I'm almost at the point where I'll ban all passengers wearing different colored clothing than the seat color.
#447 of 527 Brake Problem, Acceleration Problem by britanym Apr 27, 2000 (9:31 pm)
We bought our '99 Passat last Summer, and it has been an absolute nightmare! This car has been in the shop over and over and over again. The brakes make such a racket, it's not to be believed. I've had it in the Dealer's shop repeatedly and I get the same story many of you have had...'Oh, that's normal...they all do that', or 'Oh, that's the new brake material...you can stop faster with that'...hey, listen guy, I don't need to stop faster because I don't want to drive this lemmon at all. What can we do do??? This is incredible! Britanymhotmail.com

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