10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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1997 Volkswagen Golf engine problems

engine problem

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1997 Volkswagen Golf Owner Comments

problem #1

Jul 291999

Golf

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I was driving my car home in the rain and apparently my car's engine hydrolocked by sucking in water through the airbox. I was told that this was due to outside the normal circumstances and that my warranty would not cover it.

- Brighton, MA, USA

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