My husband pickup would not start, so I lift my hood of my Passat to give him a jump and the whole section all the way across that holds the battery have at least 6 inches of water just standing in there. We have had some down pours of rain, but rain water should never be standing on the inside of my hood. This could have potentially killed me if I never had to lift my hood and try to drive this with water standing around all of my electrical wires and battery. I have taken two pictures for visibility, but I do not know how I am going to get that water out without electrocuting myself. Somebody please help me.

- Newport News, VA, USA

I am the second owner of this 00 VW Passat. This car has been a great running and driving car. I bought it in Feb 10 2012. On Sept 17 2012 my wife was driving this car to my sons football game with my mother in law. She was going about 50 mph when it shuttered and shut off. She was able to get it off the side of the road and stopped and when she opened the car door there were flames coming from under the hood she went to the other side of the car and helped her mother out of the car. The flames were spreading so fast they were not able to get anything out of the car. By the the time they got to the other side of the road away from the car the whole car was on fire. And when the fire department got there there was nothing left but some melted things in the trunk. I am just happy they made it out ok but what worries me is that it happened so fast and that there were no signs of anything wrong with the car.I have seen on the internet that this is not a isolated incident with this 00 Passat. I have seen pictures and video of the same car with the same results. So right now I am at a total loss this being a second car I only had liability insurance all I can do is hope that someone can stop this from happening to someone else and it should be Volkswagen's responsibility to find who owns these vehicles and fix the problem.....

- Kane, PA, USA

2000 VW Passat has a water leak on drivers side floors and under passengers side floor. This has caused wire damage disabling electric windows, locks, gas cover release and interior lights. I may have even damaged to airbag system. This is a very serious matter and needs to be dealt with through VW. This should be a recall since the problem it causes are very serious. This needs to be dealt with asap. It is costing consumers a lot of money and hurting the reputation of VW. I know for a fact that unless something is done, I will not buy another VW and will not recommend anyone else from buying one either. I will go out of my way to say this.

- Madison, WI, USA

Molding on the car is defective!!! the dealer nor the warranty wants to help me out. I will not pay for the defective of the molding and I was hoping that there is someone out there that has the same problem as me!!!! am I now not suppose to open the car door to prevent the molding being ripped off as the door opens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"??????????????????"

- Mineola, NY, USA