2001 Volkswagen Polo SE from UK and Ireland - Comments

Engine keeps cutting out when driving.

Faulty alarm system.

Interior paneling came loose.

Very dangerous fault with the car which VW seem reluctant to address. It occurs in a number of circumstances including dual carriageways. Service department appears to guess at what is wrong. Problem brought to VW's attention 2 months ago. The fualt still occurs and little is being done to remedy the problem.

Seem to have the same problem with my skoda fabia, which shares the same vw 1.4 75 hp engine. While driving it happens that the engine falls out for something like half a second, which causes a brisky movement, and than runs on. My skoda dealer couldn't find the problem, the car now has to go to the technical service of vw for a check-up. Does anyone know the nature of this problem?

I experience a problem with my 2001 Fabia 1.4, where the engine cuts out momentarily. Problem used to occur at high and low speeds. After the on board computer was swapped out, the problem still occurs, but less frequently, and only at low speeds, so far.

I have a Polo 1.4S (2000 W Reg) which also suffers from the 'engine cutting out' problem. It occurs when slowing down to take a roundabout of for traffic lights etc.

The VW service centre have said this is caused by a faulty speed sensor which they propose to replace for £182 but are they just guessing?

Has anyone had this problem successfully fixed?

Skoda mechanics tightened the earthing connections on my 2001 Fabia 1.4. This seemed to improve things.

2001 Polo Match 1.4 35k

I bought the car from my dad about 12 months ago so, I know it's history

Everything was fine until mid February when I started to get a crunching noise as I was trying to engage reverse gear - this occurs almost every time, although sometimes I get a surprise when it goes in without a problem. I adjusted the clutch cable, this corrected the problem short term - sadly after 1 week we were back to crunching into reverse.

If I cut the engine it goes in fine - this is not the answer long term!

Has anybody had the same problem? and, if so, do you have suggestions for a way forward?