NHTSA Complaint #10876408 — 2009 VOLKSWAGEN RABBIT

AFTER DRIVING AT APPROX. 70- 80 MPH ON HIGHWAY FOR OVER 1 HOUR AND STOPPING WOULD FEEL OFF AFTER COMING TO AN A COMPLETE STOP FROM TRAFFIC OR EXITING THE FREEWAY, AND THEN THE CAR HAD TROUBLE REVVING UP - COULDN'T ACCELERATE AND DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AS IT WOULD BE HARD TO GET UP TO EVEN 30 MPH - SEEMED TO GO INTO A FALSE NEUTRAL. FIRST FEW TIMES IT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL IF I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE FOR 15 MINUTES. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, IT HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY AND WOULD ONLY GO BACK TO NORMAL IF ENGINE WAS OFF FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. HAPPENED ABOUT A COUPLE OF HANDFUL OF TIMES IN THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF YEARS - EACH TIME WAS FRIGHTENING AND ALMOST GOT INTO BAD ACCIDENTS. FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, I WAS AT ABOUT 76,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR FIND ANY APPARENT PROBLEMS WHEN SERVICING THE VEHICLE. NOT A TURBO VEHICLE SO THEY TOLD ME NOT DSG OR MECHATRONIC ISSUES. BASICALLY, DRIVE AT YOUR OWN RISK.