This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
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The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while her son was driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle restarted on several occasions. Recently, the vehicle failed to restart. The contact's son had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic however, the mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure or provide a cause for the failure. The vehicle was previously taken to team Volkswagen (3990 E Lincoln hwy, merrillville, in 46410) however, the mechanic was also unable to duplicate the failure or provided a cause for the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. Upon investigation, the contact linked the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline) however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown. The VIN was unavailable.
The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline) and stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time to perform the repair. The dealer (low country Volkswagen, 1001 johnnie dodds boulevard, mt pleasant, South Carolina 29464) confirmed that parts were not available to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. While driving various speeds, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was pushed to an independent mechanic auto shop and it was diagnosed that the alternator needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign numbers: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 18V148000 (air bags). The contact called ganley westside Volkswagen at (440) 734-2000 (located at 25580 lorain rd, North olmsted, oh 44070) and was informed that the parts were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 165,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available and parts distribution disconnect.
The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the vehicle was not operable after being started. The failure occurred without warning. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline); however, the contact was unable to get the recall remedy repaired for free because the dealer stated that the repair had not been finalized. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The vehicle was towed to schumacher Volkswagen of North palm beach (3720 northlake blvd, suite B, lake park, fl 33403) where the fuel pump was replaced. The manufacturer was notified and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The manufacturer provided case number: [xxx]. the failure mileage was approximately 35,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The vehicle experienced severe vibration and a lack of engine power while being operated at various speeds. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17V509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Volkswagen jackson (5320 interstate 55 North frontage rd, jackson, ms) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The failure mileage was approximately 150,871. VIN tool confirms parts not available.
- Laurel, MS, USA
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My vehicle (2008 VW Passat) started having acceleration issues and would only go up to 40 mph as well as also having a rough start up when turning my car on. I proceeded to take it into the dealership to have this looked at and at first they claimed that I needed a new high pressure fuel pump which would cost me around $700. Later in the day, I received a call back telling me that my intake camshaft was broken and that they could not make the repair without replacing this as well. Now my total was up to $2000. After doing some research and calling around to compare prices, I talked to a repairman that had to replace his camshaft in the same year VW car because of similar issues. I found that my model 2008 VW Passat was built with a faulty intake camshaft revision B which was found to be abrasive and causing friction with the fuel pump. Since 2008 VW found a sneaky way to replace this with a revision a camshaft and not recall the previous part, which has now, over time caused my $2,000 problem and could have put my family at risk of an accident due to acceleration issues. I guess this repair would have fallen under my powertrain warranty, which has since expired, but most car issues take longer than the warranty period anyways, especially those which occur over time with faulty parts. I have talked to VW and they cannot do anything for me and there is not an open recall on this part and never has been. The issue was just pushed under the rug, hoping to be ignored forever. Until now, I will not allow other to suffer what I am going through now and VW has a bad reputation with being dishonest right now so why wouldn't they hide yet another issue? please look into this for me and provide me with further steps to take action.
This is all about VW Passat 2008 2.0T, it was a rainy day on Saturday (Nov-14) engine started misfire and gave flashing engine check light, immediately went to see the VW service to get the feedback, service guy guessed it might caused due to misfire in one or more cylinder and took vehicle back with engine fluid topoff, on the way back home the engine check light came and stayed constant. So on Monday morning went to VW service to get full diagnose, service guy gave P300 and P301 as random misfires and did additional findings saying intake manifold needs de-carb with $1000+ in service charge, I declined the repair and got the vehicle back with cleared code. Now the engine is not running smooth and seems it lost turbo power. Even during freeway take over if I press hard on gas peddle engine light flashes for couple times and there is no faster pick up to do smooth over take, if I choose run vehicle under this condition it may not be safe on roads. I read similar complaints reported here. Planning to take back to service center to see if they got any possible recall updates from VW.
I have a 2008 Volkswagen Passat 2.0T. I bought this vehicle used with 66000 miles. After numerous visits to my dealer about the check engine light being on and them saying it was a sensor not a problem they would replace it. I was driving down interstate 65 doing 65mph the car sputtered and lost most power down a major interstate. This caused a quick reduction is speed. Come to find out the camshaft and high pressure fuel pump were destroyed by the two components grinding against each other. Now the 2006 and the 2007 vehicles both had this problem and Volkswagen put extended warranties on these vehicles. This could cause a accident sooner or later. Thank you
The cam follower on 2006-2008 Passats with the 2.0T fsi bpy engine are all susceptible to an event where the cam follower gets a hole in it and the high pressure fuel pump can drill through the intake camshaft. Volkswagen gave a warranty extension to 2006 and 2007 Passats but will not take care of the 2008S! Volkswagen claims new parts were used but I had the repair done and the part number on my fuel pump was different than the new one! it is a $2000 problem and this need to have action taken! the symptoms can cause terrible accidents! they include extremely poor acceleration, jolts, hesitations, rough starts, and rough idles. Volkswagen says that this is VIN specific and 2008S do not apply but numerous people with Passats, gti's, and jetta's with this engine have had this problem! it is dangerous. I have nearly gotten in many accidents and it is expensive to repair it. They have recognized it as a problem as they have released numerous technical service bulletins for this specific model year concerning these parts! there needs to be formal action taken as this is not just a few cars that this has happened to, but many!
2008 VW Passat. Purchased brand new from mcdonald automotive littleton co transmission slipping 2009 brakes / rotors. 2010 sunroof / would not close pouring rain. Needs new motor 2011 leaking oil vacuum pump 2013. 87000 miles turbo cut off valve 2013 front rotors 2013 engine revving up 2013 headlights keep going out.
The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact applied pressure to the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle would not respond. She was able to manually shift the gear in order to get the vehicle off the main roadway. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty high pressure fuel pump and advised having it replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. No repairs were performed. The dealer had been waiting for the part needed for repairs for approximately one month. The current and failure mileages were 62,000.
Check engine light comes on intermittently starting in March 2010 with a low fuel pressure fault. Car runs fine most of the time, but sputters when the fault occurs and fuel economy suffers. After receiving this fault multiple times, repair shop suggests we try a new fuel filter to see if that clears it, but it will likely need a new fuel pump. New fuel filter helps for 3 weeks, but fault starts occurring again. I took the car to another shop for a second opinion and they agreed that I needed to replace the fuel pump and fuel pump sensor, which I had done in Nov 2010 after the fuel gauge stops reporting accurate fuel levels. This clears both issues until February 2011, when low fuel pressure fault starts firing again intermittently every 2-3 weeks as it had before and fuel gauge is not reporting accurate fuel levels again. Now VW states the fuel pump is not the problem (a $1K repair!) and is recommending a new high pressure fuel pump and cam shaft - a $2,300 repair! to add insult to injury my car now smells like fuel after driving it. VW refuses to provide any sort of warranty for any of this work, including the first two repairs that didn't fix the problem. I cannot afford to make these repairs at this time and I am considering asking VW credit to take back the car.
After going grocery shopping, after leaving the parking lot, I accelerated to about 2500 rpms and then engine cut out and stalled. I tried to restart the car and every time I try to put it into gear, the engine cut out and stalled. I managed to get it into a bank parking lot next door. Fortunately, all this happened Sunday night, which very little traffic on the road. There was a check engine light with the following codes: 001056 - catalyst system; bank 1: efficiency below threshold P0420 - 002 - lower limit exceeded - intermittent 012555 - low pressure fuel regulation: Fuel pressure outside specification P310B - 008 - implausible signal - mil on 004767 - low-pressure fuel pressure regulation: Pressure too high P129F - 001 - upper limit exceeded - mil on 000135 - fuel rail/system pressure: Too low P0087 - 002 - lower limit exceeded - intermittent 000135 - fuel rail/system pressure: Too low P0087 - 008 - implausible signal this is on a 2008 VW Passat 2.0T (with the bpy engine). The dealership technician replaced the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) sensor. Apparently, there has been an update to the sensor, which my car lacked.
I have 2008 VW Passat with 26K miles on it. The follower cam at hpfp go bad and damaged my engine it is a common problem on VW 2.0T fsi engines please make VW/Audi to do something with it or extend warranty.
Fuel gauge reads incorrectly. Prior to first service call, gauge read nearly empty when tank was full; after replacing "sending sensor" the condition reversed and now reads full when tank is nearly empty.
2008 VW Passat. Fuel pump had to be replaced at 29K miles, after frequent stalls while driving at low speed, difficulties cranking and frequent display of fuel cap light.
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- Schererville, IN, USA