2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OVER 1 YEAR AGO ABOUT ISSUE, TOLD TO WAIT FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTTIONS NONE HAS BEEN RECEIVED. VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE NOT REMEDIED

OEM IGNITION COILS (06F905115F) SEEM TO HAVE A DESIGN FLAW. CHANGED ONE AND NOW ANOTHER ONE HAS WENT BAD. CAR LOST SOME OF ITS POWER WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE. THERE WAS RECALL FOR EARLIER YEAR MODELS OF THE SAME VEHICLE. HOWEVER THE 2008 MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALLS.

SOMETIMES VEHICLE STALLS UPON STARTING AND THEN WILL RESTART. THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES SHAKES AND SPUTTERS AND THEN STALLS WHILE STOPPED. ALSO, MANY TIMES CAR WILL STALL WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING SOMETIMES AT HIGH SPEEDS WITH NO WARNING AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS DUE TO STALLING IN MIDDLE OF ROAD OR HIGHWAY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING WELL OVER A YEAR.

TAKATA INFLATORS I HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM VW AUTO COMPANY IN THE MONTH OF MARCH THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SIDE SAFETY AIR BAG. HERE IS WHAT IT SAID "AKATA HAS REPORTED THAT THE DRIVER FRONTAL AIRBAG INFLATOR COULD POTENTIALLY RUPTURE IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHERE THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS ARE DESIGNED TO DEPLOY. IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLATOR RUPTURE, METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIRBAG CUSHION MATERIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS." IT CLEARLY SAYS THAT THIS ISSUE MIGHT RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN DEATH IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. I DRIVE MY VW WITH MY KIDS IN IT AND GOD FORBID, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN, IS VW TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LOSSES INCUR? I AM SURPRISED NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AS YET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS CAR AROUND NOW. THE THOUGHT THAT ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN TO MY FAMILY MEMBERS DURING AN EVENT HAS TAKEN AWAY THE PEACE OF MIND FROM ME. THE LEAST I EXPECT FROM VW IS TO AT LEAST GIVE A COURTESY VEHICLE UNTIL THEY RESOLVE THIS ISSUE.

THESE PARTS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING SINCE APRIL AND VOLKSWAGON DOES NOT HAVE ANY ETA FOR THE TAKATA PARTS FOR AIR BAG RUPTURES.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V078000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

STARTED THE CAR/ENGINE IN THE MORNING AND MIL CAME ON ROUGH START WITH RATTLING IN ENGINE BAY. BROUGHT TO VW DEALERSHIP. THEY INDICATED THE OIL SCREEN IN FRONT OF THE CHECK VALVE IN THE CAM SHAFT POSITIONER BRIDGE "HAS COME APART LODGING ITSELF BETWEEN THE CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER [VALVE] AND INTAKE CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER." IT APPEARS THIS IS A RECOGNIZED PROBLEM FOR 2009 AUDI A3, A4, TT PER TSB 15-11-21. HOWEVER, THE ISSUE IS NOT RECOGNIZED FOR OTHER (VW) VEHICLES WITH SAME ENGINE GROUP. THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE OTHER COMPLAINTS BELOW ARE ANECDOTAL WITH REPAIRS RANGING FROM $700 TO $4,000 DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF INTERNAL DAMAGE, I COULD NOT FIND ANYONE RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE REGARDING CAUSES AND OCCURRENCES THAT MAY ELEVATE THIS PROBLEM TO A RECALL: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?7118356-MISFIRE-AND-CAM-CRANK-CORRELATION-ERROR HTTP://WWW.EXCELERATEPERFORMANCE.COM/NEWS/2-0T-TSI-TIMING-CHAIN-TENSIONER HTTP://FORUMS.ROSS-TECH.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?5312-CCTA-TSI-VALVE-ACTUATOR-PROBLEM/PAGE2 HTTP://WWW.GOLFMK6.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?S=AA587752110817FA3F1148944194E2BC&T=60320&PAGE=2

ENGINE BEGAN MAKING A LOUDER THAN USUAL SOUND. THERE WERE NOT ANY CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE GARAGE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAMSHAFT FOLLOWER WAS WORN COMPLETELY THROUGH CAUSING DAMAGE TO CHAIN AND PUMP. NEED TO REPLACE FUEL HIGH PRESSURE PUMP, CAMSHAFT, TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER CAM FOLLOWER AND VACUUM PUMP. LUCKILY I GOT IT TO THE GARAGE BEFORE EVEN MORE DAMAGE OCCURRED AND THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED.

TAKATA RECALL NHTSA 16V078 MAN. # 69M9 RECALL ISSUED 6 MONTHS AGO AND "NO REMEDY AVAILABLE" STILL.

ENGINE WOULD SHUT OFF WITHIN 1-90 SECONDS AFTER STARTING, THEREBY DISABLING ALL ACCESSORIES INCLUDING POWER STEERING & BRAKES, CAUSING LOSS O CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SOMETIMES WHILE AT HIGH SPEED ON HIGHWAY. DIAGNOSED BY LOCAL SHOP AS A FAILURE OF THE CAM FOLLOWER, WHICH WORE THROUGH, IN TURN CAUSING FAILURE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, AS WELL AS SCORING OF THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT, NECESSITATING REPLACEMENT OF ALL THREE COMPONENTS.