Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 02/07/2013 | 152000 | ||
| I was driving on the highway around 47-50 mph all of a sudden i heard a strong hit,as if someone hit me from the rear... then my dashboard started flashing and all the transmition gears got locked up, i was able to stop the car and turn it off, funny thing is this happens during summer only when it's hot outside otherwise, i don't see it... this can be dangerous. | |||
| 07/23/2012 | |||
| I was driving 45miles on the road when my 2003 vw passat 1.8t started to shake like crazy. then the engine started to feel like it was going out..smoke came from my hood. my car stopped and the driver behind me swirved out the way but clipped me on the right side of my vehicle. no damage to the car or my own. | |||
| 03/28/2011 | 77908 | ||
| I have a 2003 volkswagon passat with 77,650 miles with problems with the oilpump and engine problems that is unknow. the automobile will stall not start it hasn't been driven in over 6 monthe due to the rattling noise in the engine and i believe slugged is build up in the engine but since then i have replaced two oilpumps in the vehicle and the sensors. engine oil pressure failure and defective coils on each cylinder. | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 132249 | ||
| Coils for cylinders 2-4 inexplicably failed as well as the plugs and need to be replaced in order to repair misfire code. engine purge valve also needs to be replaced. | |||
| 05/24/2011 | 95000 | ||
| Rear view mirror was pulled off windshield by a 2 yr old, mirror separated at the ball-and-socket hinge with the base remaining glued to the windshield. no apparent damage to the mirror. pushing mirror back together shattered the windshield in the area of the mirror. it is possible that pulling the mirror apart had already damaged the windshield (not checked before trying to put the mirror back together). i would have expected the mirror to unglue from the windshield or break before the windshield broke. | |||
| 02/28/2011 | 163012 | ||
| Due to a design flaw with all passats 1998 and up they are prone to having major failure of tcm transmission control module as in cases of heavy rain water will leak into passenger floor area and fill the tcm with water hence locking transmission into park and no longer allowing vehicle to be shifted... | |||
| 12/27/2010 | 82000 | ||
| I purchased a 2003 passatt 6 months ago. i have had nothing but trouble from it. it is just one thing after another. i have had to take it in to be fixed about six times. i can't even remember everything i have had to have fixed. i do remember the last thing though. it was the tail lights, the tail light would not go out even when i had no lights on and even when the car was turned off. my car is in the shop again right now. it has been there since monday december 27th. it is a four cylinder and has been running on three. i found out for the first time monday that my car has 5 recalls on it. i was never notified of none of them. after leaving it for all the recalls to be fixed, i had to rent a car for 30.00 to get home. now i have no way to pick up my car because i had to return the rental car the next day because i could not afford to pay 30.00 per day. i have nobody to take me to pick up my car, i guess i will have to take a taxi and that will probraly cost me about 50.00. i am very upset with vw i paid my hard earned money for a reliable car and now i am stuck with nothing but a lemon, something needs to be done about this. i have no way to go anywhere, what am i supposed to do? | |||