A/C was not cooling as normal then the A/C was not cooling at all. The day the A/C system failed I was driving on the highway at the speed of 70 miles per hour and it was raining heavily. All windows to the vehicle fogged to the point where I had no visibility. I pulled over to the emergency lane. I had to wait for the storm to pass to open my windows and be able to see through all windows. I drove the car home and made an appointment with a VW service shop the next day. The shop checked the A/C system for refrigerant and found that it was contaminated. They vacuum/drained the system, refilled it with new refrigerant, and replaced the temperature sensor for the A/C system. The A/C was working as normal for two months then without warning my A/C system was not cooling at all. I took it back the next day to VW service. They found that the A/C compressor shaft was seized to the compressor housing. To repair it they had to replace the compressor, expansion valve, and condenser. They also cleaned to A/C lines, vacuumed the system and refilled it with refrigerant after putting all the parts together.I was without a vehicle for a week. Till this day my A/C system is not working properly. For example, I drive the car one day, the A/C works and normal, and the next day it does not cool at all. It works at random times. To add, the same time my A/C was broken my air bag warning light came on. VW checked it and found that the front passenger side igniter had too much resistance. To fix it they removed the front passenger seat and bypassed the front passenger side airbag plug. Then they checked the seat harness and reinstalled the seat. My air bag warning light is on again. Moreover, the sunvisors lights didn't work, shift knob was corroded, the rubber seal to the satellite antenna rotted away, and both tail lights on the interior started to burn and look melted. All was replaced under warranty. Good for that because I couldn't have been able to pay for all the repair costs.

- Hialeah, FL, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the air bag light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs but to no avail. The driver side sun visor light also would not illuminate and the light was replaced by the dealer. In addition, the air conditioning system was repaired several times and most recently failed again. The contact stated the drain had to be cleaned of contaminated solvent and repairs were also made to the temperature system. The manufacturer was not contacted in regards to any of the above failures. The failure mileage was 20,578 and the current mileage was 39,000.

- Hialeah, FL, USA

Air conditioning does not work. On foggy and rainy days air conditioning is necessary to obtain a good visibility while driving. Several 2006 and 2007 VW Passat models have this problem.

- Raleigh, NC, USA