Noticed a smell as i was driving. glance out window & noticed my back light was on fire. pulled over , and tried to extinguish it with a shirt. almost had it out, but couldn't quite extinguish it. within 10 minutes the car was totally engulfed in flames. i had to stand there and watch my car burn. it took two fire trucks to extinguish it and i ended up with burnt hands( from melting rubber sticking to my skin) , trying to smother it. how could something like this happen from a back light? i have had the car less than 1 year. it was in perfect condition, with only about 45,000 miles on it. i am out a car, with no recourse! i found that there was a recall back in april 2007, prior to my owning this vehicle. although , their recall makes no mention of the car bursting in flames! this is a serious problem that needs to be looked into! i am lucky that i saw the fire when i did, or i could have been hurt even worse than i was. i am a carpenter and need my car to get to my jobs. i am out a car, lost a day of work, and now am working with bandaged hands, and the worst thing is...i called volkswagen and got sympathy, and an offer to pay my medical bill, but i am still out a car! are they kidding? this is a serious electrical problem! what if i had my grandchild in the back seat of that car? once the headliner caught flames, it was all over. flames were 20 feet in the air! *tr
Brake light switch faulty. *nm