Volkswagen Passat Complaints

7,897 consumer complaints on file.

#10000838January 8, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
DEFECTIVE COILS ON EACH CYLINDER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000801January 8, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I, TOO, HAVE HAD TWO DIFFERENT IGNITION COILS GO BAD ON MY 2002 PASSAT. I, TOO, DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR FOR LONG DISTANCES FOR FEAR OF GETTING STRANDED HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM HOME. I, TOO, HAVE GOTTEN NO SUPPORT FROM VW. I, TOO, ONLY GET THE BAD COILS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THEY ARE UNWILLING TO REPLACE ONES THAT HAVEN'T DIED YET. I, TOO, AM EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT I HAVE A CAR THAT HAS 11,000 MILES ON IT AND CAN'T BE DRIVEN FOR FEAR OF BEING STRANDED. TO OTHER FELLOW PASSAT OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE DON'T THINK THAT IT ONLY HAPPENS IN COLD WEATHER. MY FIRST ONE DIED IN AUGUST (THE SECOND ONE DIED IN OCTOBER). IS NHTSA PLANNING TO INTERCEDE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002369January 8, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WARPED IGNIOTION COIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO RUN POORLY. VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002376January 8, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER STATES THE IGNITION COIL IS BUSTED,THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND THE VEHICLE MAKES A LOUD NOISE. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002386January 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHAKES, CONSUMER STATES" TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED A COIL HAD BURNED OUT. CONSUMER STATES DEALER IS ONLY CHANGING THE COILS AS THEY BURN OUT, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002173January 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL DIE OUT. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY THE IGNITION COIL GOING BAD. THIS PART IS ON BACK ORDER, CAUSE IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002233January 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002276January 7, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE PLASTIC LENS THAT COVER THE HEADLIGHT CAUSED THE HEADLIGHT TO BECOME DARK SO NO LIGHT COME THROUGH DIM AND DARK. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002056January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS DEFECTIVE IGNITION COILS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND SUGGESTED THAT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE COILS WHEN THEY FAIL. PH SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002105January 6, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LOCK
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK IS MALFUNTIONING CAUSING THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR NOT TO OPEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002114January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER NOTICE WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE JERKING AND BUCKING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, TECHNICIAN NOTICE IGNITION COLE NEED TO BE REPLACE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002125January 6, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
CONSUMER NOTICE IN COLD WEATHER VEHICLE DOORS WILL NOT UNLOCK. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO WARM UP THE VEHICLE TO UNLOCK VEHICLE DOORS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002129January 6, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLES COIL PACKS. ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER HAS STATED THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. PH *DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000552January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY 2002 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT 1.8T WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER DUE TO ANOTHER IGNITION COIL FAILURE. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM. NOT THE SAME IGNITION COIL FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000750January 6, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
COILPACK FAILURE IN VOLKSWAGEN 2.8 LITER V6 AND 1.8 LITER INLINE FOUR CYLINDER ENGINES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006582January 4, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION COIL PACK FAILURE (S) CAUSED SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND LURCHING OF VEHICLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE OUT OF DRIVEWAY ONTO ROAD. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN SLOWLY BACK TO PARKING. POWER WAS NOT RECOVERED AND ENGINE VIBRATION WAS SEVERE. NO PRIOR WARNING WAS GIVEN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER FAILURE. FOLLOWED A COLD NIGHT WHILE CAR WAS PARKED FOR 12+ HOURS. AFTER PARKING CAR OVERNIGHT AGAIN, FAILURE RECURRED UPON START UP AND VEHICLE WAS FLAT BEDDED AT NO COST TO VW OLD SKYBROOK,CT, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ACCORDING TO ECU ALL 4 COIL PACKS MISFIRED. CAR HAS BEEN AWAITING PARTS FOR 4 WEEKS AND HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE AS OF 1/4/03. ******DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS***** 770817. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000471January 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE COIL CONTROLLING THE SPARK PLUG OF ONE OF THE CYLINDERS FAILED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE FAILURE RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF SPARK CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OPERATE ON ONLY THREE CYLINDERS AT REDUCED POWER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000478January 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2002 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT - IGNITION COIL FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE MUCH POWER. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO (DECEMBER 23, 2002). THE VW DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THESE HAVE BEEN FAILING OFTEN BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THE OTHER TWO COILS EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO FAIL THAN THE NEWER REPLACEMENT UNITS (OLD UNITS HAVE PART NUMBER H, NEW ARE J). WE HAVE REPEATEDLY CONTACTED THE VOLKSWAGON NATIONAL CONSUMER CARE NUMBER AND THEY HAVE LIED TO US ABOUT CONTACTING OUR DEALER (OUR REPAIR WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY CALLED BUT DIDN'T). WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RISK OF GETTING STRANDED OR WORSE IN AN ACCIDENT. (NOTE: INCIDENT DATE IS JAN 2 2003 NOT 2002, BUT IT'S NOT AN AVAILABLE OPTION)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000481January 2, 2003
TIRES
THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURE IS NOT POSTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL OR ON THE VEHICLE, AS REQUIRED BY FMVSS 110.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000690January 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LONG WAIT FOR COILPACKS EVERYWHERE. I HAD THAT PROBLEM IN MY PASSAT EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND GOT IT FIXED. BUT I KNOW I HAVE 3 FAULTY ONES LEFT IN MY CAR, AND ONLY TIME WILL MAKE THEM MALFUNCTION AGAIN, LEAVING ME STRANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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