Problems with 2013 Volkswagen Passat ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

The front driver side door will not lock. it will not lock with the fab, or using the manual key lock.

The volkswagen t-cross model stands on a lifting platform in a car tower on the volkswagen factory premises. picture alliance | picture alliance | getty images volkswagen said friday it's recalling 679,000 u.s. vehicles sold since 2011 with an electrical issue that could cause the car to roll away. the automaker said drivers could remove the key after stopping without placing the car in park, increasing the risk of the car rolling away. vw attributed the problem to a buildup of silicate on a shift lever micro switch contact. the company said dealers will install an additional switch and circuit board and disable a micro switch on affected cars. volkswagen spokesman mark gillies said there are no reported injuries or accidents related to the recall. the recall covers the company's jetta, beetle, beetle convertible, golf, golf sportwagen and gti models from 2011 through 2019.

Takata inflator maybe. in 2015 my vehicle was tboned by another vehicle, to where the impact even caused my car to spin, yet no airbag was deployed, even the police at the scene were wondering why my airbags did not go off... fast forward to yrs later my car reads airbag error.

While driving my 2013 vw passat, the airbag light came on, on the dashboard and started beeping. when i pulled into my garage, i noticed that the horn no longer worked and none of the steering wheel functions work anymore. i have only 56,718 miles on the car and the vw dealer says it is not covered under a recall and i would have to pay out of pocket for the repair because my warranty deductible is $500. this is a safety issue and vw should be required to repair these airbag issues, not us, the consumer. this is not something we (the consumers) are causing, this is a vw quality issue.

While driving on the beltway at 60 miles an hour, the car suddenly lost all electrical power and the engine shut down. i was not able to steer or brake or accelerate. i coasted to the side of the highway, put the car in park and restarted it and drove it home without incident. dealer could not find an error code. twice since then, the electrical and system have shut down without warning while the car was running while idling at a traffic light.

My vehicle was making a ticking sound when turning, then out of nowhere a error message came up that said error airbag, and the air bag light came on. i looked up to see if it was a recall, since i bought the vehicle used, it is for the clockspring, when i used the vin search it did not so as an active recall for my vehicle.

After you guys installed the new emission program my car now has problems with the electrical system and the sensor for the oil light. it has been doing this since april 8 and before that we never had this problem.

Everything on my steering wheel stopped working( buttons, horn, etc.) passenger airbag light is on as well. does not work when the car is moving or stationary.

My 2013 vw passat 3.6 sel lacks a elec stability control switch on the vehicle. as a result, the traction is terrible on this vehicle in rain, snow, and sleet. the engine has a knocking noise, even though i service the vehicle at vw every 10,000 miles as required in the owner's manual. this vehicle has major electrical problems, such as the seat belt light illuminating, and i lose tension in my driver seat belt. that is a huge safety flaw for this $40,000 vehicle.

Recall performed regarding airbag clock spring which involved installing a shroud over the the clock spring and less then 12 months later, the airbag clock spring failed. volkswagen is refusing to pay for the cost of the repair because they say that they have already performed the recall. the front drivers side airbag, steering wheel controls and horn are no longer working in the vehicle. there is also an airbag light illuminated with a airbag error in the informational display. this is a safety concern. the vehicle was in motion and the steering wheel was in use when the failure occurred.

My 2013 vw passat has 56,000 miles. i replaced at 33,000 on 12/29/2016 at a vw dealer that is no longer in business, based on their diagnostic, the clock spring and airbag harness in the steering wheel. it costed me $610. fast forward on 09/16/2018 it turns out that i have the same problem, no controls in the wheel at all and airbag light on. the only symptom was a crunch sound in the steering wheel while turning and the airbag light came on right away. a vw dealership stated that it is unusual for a clock spring to go bad that quickly, there's some cars that don't need a clock spring replacement at all and mine needs a second one already at 56,000. through a phone call volkswagen of america stated that won't stay behind the problem. i strongly feel that it's a defective/malfunction part that affects my wife's and my children's safety since they are primarily using the car. currently we're driving the car without any front airbag protection! please investigate this and have the ones who's fault it is fix the problem! thank you!

Takata recall: on november 17, 2017, took 2013 vw passat to chapman volkswagen (4500 e 22nd st; 85711) to replace airbags. clock spring fail: on august 29, 2018, took 2013 vw passat back to chapman volkswagen since 'check maintenance airbag' light on, horn not working, and the dials for radio/ bluetooth not working. informed by service tech that clock spring failed so need to remove/replace and could not find recall re:clock spring based on vin. billed and paid $672.80.

Clock spring went out. this is a recall for 2013 passat, however my vin is excluded. not happy

We took our car in for service on 8/11/18 due to the air bag light coming on and steering wheel functions no longer working. the dealership confirmed the issue with the clockspring and stated that because our car was out of warranty that we would be responsible for repairs. we stated that this seems like an issue with defective equipment since the car is only 5 yrs old as well as a safety issue with the vehicle. we escalated the issue to the corporate customer service. the rep stated again that they would not cover the repairs because the car was past its warranty. we conducted our own research on recalls for this vehicle as there has been others (i.e. air bag and adblue heater). we located the 2015 recall on the clock spring and discussed this with vw customer service as well. they refused to acknowledge our vehicle as one of the ones affected even though we are experiencing the same issues. we are concerned with this safety issue as we are not able to use the horn, the airbag is inoperable as well.

Recall #94g8 on 8/26/2014 i had my vehicle in for servicing at the dealership from which i had purchased it. they informed me that in addition to the routine servicing they would be addressing a recall issue regarding the "low beam headlights". the invoice i received shows the work performed. flash forward 4 years almost to the date, i wake in the morning to leave for work to see that neither of my low beam headlights are working. i called the dealership to get the issue resolved asap. while at the dealership later that day they looked the car over and come back with an estimate of $950 to fully replace both headlight assemblies based off the fact that there is power to the light sockets, but not to the bulbs. this seems to be an issue that would be very closely related to the issue the recall was issued for. yet because they have performed the initial solution meet the recall resolution specifications, volkswagen is not required to do anything further. how is this possible? if a specified resolution to a safety recall issue fails, the manufacturer should be made ...