My car caught on fire while i was driving and almost killed me and my daughter. the fire department came and put it out but it is a total loss. i think it could well be the starter as many 2011 build vw passats were affected.
Front driver side door will not open nor will it unlock. lately, (december 2018), i cannot open the door in the morning. sometimes cold dry mornings, other mornings mist that has frozen, other mornings just cold. i have to go through the passenger side door and work my way over to drivers seat. takes up to 20 minutes for the door to open. i found it easier if i have defrost on high heat with vent pointed to door. i find this a dangerous situation as i drive to work knowing something could happen and i could not get out.
Takata recall i looked up vehicles vin an noticed 6 recalls on it i had got the issue fixed and i noticed my sensor in my tire was blinking i took it back to the dealership guy working told me only a sensor i need to pay for which i have already looked up an seen that it was a recall on the tire sensor on the 24 of february i'm riding down patton st in greensboro nc i noticed my airbag light was blinking steering wheel started to shake rattled me i pulled over and airbags deployed i began to get in the car i'm not sure why the airbags came out i had to go to the hospital due to the airbags hittn me in the face i have reached out to the dealership spoke with supervisor ebbie also disrespectful i'm only wanting my car fixed because of an issue that was recalled on volkswagen vehicles
My vehicle has been just fine up until saturday morning,12/1/2018 at approximately 10:30. as i was making a right turn i heard clicking coming from my steering wheel. mind you i would here this clicking hear and there but figured maybe my steering column was getting rusty not know it was more serious until now. after i parked my car i received and air bag error. my car was apart of the takata airbag inflator recall and i got that fixed at the dealer april 2017. when i called the vw dealer near my residence, the service advisor ask i bring my car in to diagnose however from the sounds of it, appears to be a spiral clock spring issue. of course being a female i had concerns and ask several questions goong back to the airbag replacement to see if it all tied in together. the advisor advised since the recall was a year and half ago this is a different issue but again would diagnose the vehicle first. here's my issue. as i reached more, i noticed a lot of complaints and investigations related to the clock spring failure. there were recalls but my vehicle was not included. that is a huge problem and very concerning and poor judgement on vw behalf. now i'm driving with a possible faulty airbag that was not really fixed, my horn does not work, nor any controls on my steering wheel. in my opinion i should not have to come out of pocket for such repair due to the lack of vw. vw are putting people's lives at stake. i've has electrical issues now this. not reliable vehicles at all. i hope someone can look into this matter and address it. thank you for your time!
Secondary air pressure sensor failure after 37000 miles,part of emission and not covered under warranty.vehicle was in motion.
My car has 59900 miles, key gets stuck in ignition when turning off the engine, i can not turn off my car now. i searched online, this is a common issue to vw cars, many vw owners complain the key is stuck in ignition and can not turn off engine, they had to bring the car to dealer to replace ignition switch.
On 01/10/18 i took my vehicle in for some recalls. on 05/22/18, i heard noise coming from the steering column, the airbag warning light illuminated on the dashboard and all of the steering-mounted controls failed. this occurred while i was driving, and can hear the noises most when turning. based on my research and talk with other vw drivers, it appears to be the clock spring (which had a recall on it, and was supposed to have been fixed). i understand there is no active recall on this issue, however, does this not indicate the recall performed failed? that being said, i dont feel safe driving around in a vehicle that says my airbag wont deploy if i am in an accident.
Takata inflators were changed due to recall in jan 2018. in april 2018 i heard a strange noise & then the airbag light came on. then i realized that only info showing on my panel was the phone hookup, along with the airbag light. i checked the horn & that did not work either. after checking fuses we called the dealership & made an appt to have it checked. we are told it is the clockspring that needs to be replaced. cost is over $500. we called volkswagen customer service & they stayed we had the clock spring replaced in 2016 under a recall. however we have no recollection of this being done. this noise & then the clicking & other issues connected to the clock spring happened as i was backing out of a parking spot in a shopping area. this can be very dangerous being that the airbag would not deploy if & when needed. also i was almost hit by a vehicle that decided to backup without looking & i couldn't use my horn to warn the other driver. thank god he realized what he was doing. as for the dealership saying they replaced the clock spring in may of 2016, my question is why was that replaced then & not the airbags? also, being there was recall on the airbag & it was being done, why didn't they redo the clock spring. i love the passat but i don't want to get in an accident because of shoddy workmanship! i noticed a lot of other complaints about the clock spring & would like to know why you are not taking care of this issue? i feel that volkswagen is having its customers pay for the airbag recall labor being that the clock spring goes bad shortly after repairs are done to the recalled airbag.
When backing out of my driveway, i heard a loud pop come from the steering wheel column. immediately following, an alarm came up for "airbag error". also, all other functionality on my steering wheel was disabled, including the bluetooth access, radio buttons, etc. i contacted my vw dealership (boucher vw in racine, wi) and they stated that the issue was the airbag clock spring and that the air bag is not functional if this alarm is active. i asked if this was covered as a part of the recall (i believe the recall number is 15v-483) and they stated it was not and that the estimate for the repair would be approximately $550. i asked why this was not covered as a part of the recall but was not provided an explanation. i will follow up with this question when i take the car in for service in the next few days.
Takata recall. 2017 had airbag recall completed, no issues prior to recall. after recall, horn sounds while driving and while vehicle is running, and can't be shut off. dealership refuses to fix, identifies as new problem. changed clock spring to fix horn issue for $500, horn now intermittently sounds while driving, steering wheel controls, and cruise controls no longer work.
Heater core on a 2012 passat has corroded and clogged with factory fluids inside still. causes the heat to not come out of the air conditioning system
Related to nhtsa id number 10929850 where vehicle keeps trying to relock itself. dealer says that the internal latch has failed within the driver's door. the door will no longer lock. they want $426.65 to replace it. i have never heard of such a thing...sounds like a safety defect to me.
First the glow plugs were bad. within the same year i had an issue with diesel particulates and now the adblue heating element!!! all issues occurred while the car was in motion, literally felt my life was in jeopardy. however after having to come out the pocket with now thousands of dollars i feel like the company is raping me!!!
Went to vw dealer and had cel on. diagnosis was def heater failure. this is a common problem with these cars and without the heater function def fluid freezes at 12 degrees. car has always been dealer maintained and called vwoa and was told part is only covered 3 /36. the car currently has 60000 miles. so they charged me 100 dollars for diagnosis and car is in the shop currently for the repair at quoted 971.00 dollars. this def system is certainly part of the emissions system and should be covered under warranty. i really thought about just driving the car until the buyback but felt i may damage another part of this complicated system. the vehicle still drove fine but was probably spewing even more pollutants into the air than it normally does . it seems silly that i am spending 1071.00 to only have vw buyback in the fall. this is a well known problem with these cars and i feel a component that vw should extend the warranty on. so much for vw and my " clean diesel " i also have 2 other open recalls with no parts for repair yet. just got a call from the dealer they cracked the def pump while making the repair to the heater,parts ordered. unbelievable!
Adblue emissions heater tank failure. code p202a. not being covered by vw though currently in court for emissions scandal and repair/replacement of emissions system.
My 13 passat se 2.5 started having an issue with the rear passenger door lock about three weeks ago. the normal operation of the locks is that when the vehicle hits 10mph the door will automatically lock. after this has happened and i come to a stop light or slow down below 10mph and then speed up again, the rear passenger lock tries to lock itself again.
Takata recall- my husband and i took our vw passat that has an emissions recall and takata recall and they said that the manufacture doesn't think that this is a big deal. the manufacture refuses to provide a loaner for our vehicle. they said that it is perfectly safe to drive. how can some manufactures put other customers in loaners because of the same recall and tell them not to drive and others say its not a big deal. i do not trust volkswagen since we were also affected by their emissions recall. can you please clarify and what the next step should be. we did have an appointment to get all recalls on this vehicle addressed and to get parts ordered. at this point recall notices are like monthly statements.
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The check engine light came on 9/10/15. i brought the car into the dealership on 9/12/15 and learned that the car's adblue heater had gone and will cost just over $1,000 to replace. the adblue heater heats the adblue to remove no2 for emissions, however volkswagen is claiming that this is not covered under the emissions warranty. the adblue system has not other purpose than for emissions and should be covered under the federal warranty, as the emissions would fall outside of the federal regulations without this component. proper emissions help to keep our entire population safe and healthy from the harmful pollutants generated by vehicles.
The car was on cruise control then engine light came on and glow plug light started flashing. also a winding noise was heard when accelerating which did not accelerate very well. i took it to the dealer and they said it would need a turbo which was just replaced 20,000 miles ago, mechatronic unit ,, ad blue hester kit ,particulate filter part . the car is 3 years old i put about 35k miles on a year. i service the car religiously never have missed required service. over $6,000 dollar repair
The check engine light came on and i had codes read. the code was p205c and this indicates the emissions adblue heater and sensor had a problem. the unit (heater and sensor) in the adblue tank is a non serviceable unit and must be replaced. over $950.00 to replace. happened at 50,466 miles and dealer had no help even though a lot of tdi's are having identical problems. seems to be a defect in design, many many tdi's are having the same problem.
Vehicle stumbles and hesitates during cold starts and clears up after approx 10 minutes. consistently occurs daily essentially since vehicle was purchased. issue was brought up a couple of times to dealer, but they indicated nothing was wrong and no errors seen in computer. there are several blogs online from hundreds of owners complaining of this issue and volkswagen appears to not be resolving the issue. the concern is bucking, chocking and hesitation becomes a safety issue especially if you need to speed up to avoid a vehicle or crossing intersections when vehicle is cold...safety is a concern and has been....i did bring the vehicle to the dealer again and left with dealer for 1 week...they claimed the techn found no issue....when i picked vehicle up it immediately had hesitation, jerky bucking issue....not acceptable.