# 1998 VW Golf revvs too high

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-revvs-too-high/76415>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen\
**Created:** [December 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-revvs-too-high/76415 "2012-12-30T18:46:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Toni\_Woods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@Toni\_Woods](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Toni_Woods)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-vw-golf-revvs-too-high/76415/1 "2012-12-30T18:46:07Z")

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While driving home from work the other day, just a little more than 1-mile from my home, my VW Golf just stopped running. It would almost turn over, but not stay running so I could not get going. Once I got towed to home, I was able to get the car to turn over, it starts strong, then revs very high and if I try to put it into gear it stops running. What is wrong?  
Thank you