Dealer Can't Explain How VW Amarok 'Drove Itself'

CASE STUDY Pick-up ‘took control’ of throttle before engine failure; garage couldn’t say what happened

- Julie Sinclair

SHOULD you accept that your faulty car is fixed if your dealer is unable to explain what caused the problem in the first place? That was the dilemma facing reader Dave Tassell, of Worcester, after his brand-new VW Amarok suffered a complete engine failure, just five months after delivery.

He said: “In the first week I noticed it was behaving strangely; revving and changing up and down the gears; basically powering itself, without any input from the throttle.”