Problems with 2001 Volkswagen Passat FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

Drive the car for long period of time and the outside start smell like oil it be smoking. the emission workshop light is on and smell like something is burning inside of the car. the heat and air be off and drive the car for a long period of time heat start coming out. also when drive along time the numbers in front broad start looking like it going way. *tr

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen passat. he stated that the main fuel line ruptured, which caused gas to cover the engine. the dealer stated that the fuel line ruptured and that they would repair the failure, however, there would be a charge. the current mileage was 105,000. the failure mileage and vin was unavailable.

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 volkswagen passat. while driving approximately 55 mph, the "stop vehicle do not drive", and oil pressure warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. the indicators remained illuminated until the engine was turned off. the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer and they repaired the engine. the previous repair required the vehicle to remain at the dealer for one month. on three separate occasions, the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. in addition, during rainy weather conditions, five inches of water leaked onto the front passenger side floor panel. there was electrical failure due to the water leakage that caused gear component damage. recently, the contact received a recall notice that consists of installation of a drainage filter and fuel system component repair. the vehicle has not been repaired for these malfunctions. the nhtsa campaign id number was unknown. the failure mileage was 36,000 and current mileage was 85,000.

Dt: consumer ran out of gas on a two lane street going over a [xxx], there was no place to pull to the side when vehicle ran out of gas. there was no warning of low gas from the vehicle. there was no warning light, no warning tone, or warning of any kind. gauge did not show empty or show the correct gas level. this happened in the morning on wednesday with two kids in the vehicle.*ak information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).* tr

Running out of fuel without warning while the fuel gauge indicates that there is sufficient fuel in the tank.

Fuel gauge has stopped functioning properly. fuel gauge reads full at all times even when fuel level is less than full. *jb

The gas gauge is fluctuating the reading. usually it states there is more gas in the tank then there really is. i have read that several others have this problem and are not included in the vw recall for this problem. i also am not in the recall because i have the 2 wheel drive model. i think vw needs to know this problem is occurring in more vehicles then just the 4 motion model. *la

Multiple problems with the 2001 vw passat. problems began at 16000 miles and have continued up to the current date and mileage of 33000 miles. car has been seen in vw service department 11 times since november 2001. lawsuit has been filed against vw america.

I own a 2001 vw passat and have been having problems with a gas gauge for a number of years. the gauge is innaccurate and never reflects the correct gas level.*ak i've reported the problem to the dealer and have been told that there is no recall, yet a recall exists for this make, model and year (nhtsa campaign id # 01v157000).

Before taking vehicle into dealer to get recall 00-v-147-000 repairs done vehicle was running just fine. but after vehicle was taken to dealer for repairs, vehicle was acting just like defect mentioned in recall. *ak