I was driving on flat paved road at speed of 25-30 mph when suddenly the rpm surged from 1 to 4, engine revved, made loud high pitch whine for several mins. i was not accelerating, only following another vehicle ahead. i was going to pull off the road and turn off the ignition, when this stopped & continued driving normally and noted the rpm was back to near 1. no panel or engine lights came on.
Loss of airbags, power brakes, power steering, transmission shifting functions, engine hesitation. indicator lights on dash flash or stay on steady include: coil, steering wheel, air bag, abs, image of car skidding, brakes, and tire inflation. the speedometer does not work and the fuel gauge just keeps sweeping. the rev limiter does not work either. the auto start feature is non functional and the push button to stop the motor from running must be pressed twice instead of once. car had this discrepancy on 30 jan 2019, 06 feb 2019, and now 27 feb 2019. the dealers keep working on a grounding nut but the problem keeps persisting. problem has always accursed immediately after starting the car, not while driving.
Clock spring failure, airbags off-line, horn inoperative, steering wheel controls inoperative
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 volkswagen passat. while the vehicle was stationary with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated rapidly without warning. as a result, the contact's vehicle rear-ended another vehicle. the contact stated that the failure recurred a second time, but there was no crash. the air bags did not deploy in the first crash. a police report was not filed and there were no injuries. the vehicle was driven away from the scene. the paul clark volkswagen dealer was made aware of the failure, but could not diagnose the cause of the failure. the dealer test drove the vehicle in stop and go traffic and determined that the vehicle was in good working condition and was performing as designed. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. the vehicle was tested a second time after the failure recurred, but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. the failure mileage was 6,175. *js
On 1/19/16 i experienced a serious issue while driving my 2015 vw passat. as i was pulling into a parking space after my 12-mile commute to work i applied the brakes. no stopping occurred, in fact i experienced a sudden unintended acceleration. while my foot remained on and continued to press the brake pedal, the engine revved and the car lurched forward. i attempted to put the car in neutral and tried to apply the emergency brake but was unsuccessful in stopping the vehicle. my care came to rest only after hitting the curb and a masonry wall/hand rail. once the vehicle came to a stop, i put the car in reverse to assess the damage. i assessed the damage to the front end and tried tor reposition the car in the parking space only to have the same event occur again. the following day i called the dealership to report the incident and was instructed to have the vehicle towed in for inspection. a loaner was provided. twenty-one days later, on 2/8/16 i received a call stating that no manufacturing faults were found and that vw will not agree to repair the damage or discuss any concerns related to lack of confidence in the vehicle. furthermore, when asked about arbitration, i was informed that my only recourse was calling vw corporate. when my husband called as instructed, we were informed that vw's position was decided based on their lack of manufacturer defects found. vehicle remains at dealership. no inspection reports were offered, no damage reports or estimates provided.
I was driving on my way to take my children to school when the vehicle started to shake and sputter and it stalled out just before i was going to drive through a busy intersection. i put the car in park and turned it on and it started to sputter as i put it in drive and depressed the gas pedal the car would not move. i turned off the car twice until it started up again and i was able to drive just down the street to a safe place. the car started to shake it started to smell funny. i had the vehicle towed to the dealership where diagnostics were run and test drove however the vw dealership said there was nothing wrong with the car. i do have to add that the batter light came on but everything else on the vehicle dashboard was functioning. this is the 2nd time this has happened and i've only had the vehicle for a year.