Google for "Vanagon Syndrome"... lots on this, although not clear if
it fits you.

That said, being a green-horned vanagon owner, I find the clutch on
mine very particular.  It is like no other standard I've driven.  If I
am not very careful in letting out the clutch slowly, it will shudder.
 I compensate and I can drive it smoothly, but I wondered it if this
is normal for the 'torquey' vanagon.

I have not worried much about it because I have had two specialist VW
shops drive it and neither mentioned this as a problem.

Tom

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:01 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 03:29 PM 9/26/2012, Alfred Bagdan wrote:
>>
>> Could it be anything else that could cause this jerky motion?
>
>
> If the throttle switch fails to open it will cause severe bucking at low
> rpm.
>
> Yrs,
> d