2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

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

MY VEHICLE HAD VW CAM SHAFT SAFETY RECALL 23R1 DONE AND I STARTED HAVE DRIVING ISSUES ERRATIC ACCELERATION, CLUCKING OF TRANSMISSION. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS A 3+ SECOND DELAY IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN ON A SLIGHT OR MORE OF AN INCLINE. IF YOU DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR STARTS WITH A JERK, IF YOU ADD MAKING A TURN IT SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE SPINS THE WHEELS AND TAKES OFF. I HAVE BEEN TO THE BBB AND THE ARBITRATOR FELT UNSAFE RIDING IN THE VEHICLE. TO REPLACE MY VEHICLE VW WANTS A $5000 OUT LAY OF CASH FOR A PROBLEM THEY KNOW EXISTED (I HAVE THE BBB HEARING RECORDING WHERE THE REP STATES THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT DRIVE THE SAME AS IT DID BEFORE THE UPDATE). I HAD NO ISSUES BEFORE THE UPDATE AND NOW I HAVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE. THE CORRECT REPAIR SHOULD HAVE BEEN A NEW CAM SHAFT NOT REDUCING THE TORQUE OF THE MOTOR AND CAUSING PROBLEMS IN SOME VEHICLES. I AM WRITING TO YOU BECAUSE THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER RETURNED VEHICLES BACK TO CUSTOMERS KNOWING THEY CHANGED THE WAY THE VEHICLE RUNS. WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIRS AND I DROVE A 2016 PASSAT AND A 2016 JETTA THEY HAD NO ISSUES. WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO DRIVE A VEHICLE THE SAME AS MINE 2015 PASSAT LIMITED IT DROVE THE SAME WAY. AGAIN I DON'T FELL SAFE IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE TO DRIVE UP TO NEW YORK TO ATTEND MY FATHERS FUNERAL. THANK YOU [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SEATLBELT WARNING LIGHT AND INDICATOR SOUND OFF (ALARM OR BEEPING SOUND WITH LIGHT) WITHOUT CAUSE. IT'S THE SAME SOUNDS AS THOUGH YOU'RE NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING INTERMITTENTLY.

ANTILOCK BRAKES CAUSED ABRUPT BREAKING, COMING TO A FORCEFUL STOP AND CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THIS HAPPENED AT LOW AND HIGH SPEEDS CREATING UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE FAMILY. LAST EXPERIENCED ON FEB 3, 2017

IT WAS TWICE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOICE WHEN I TURN THE ENGINE ON AND AND PLACING THE CAR ON REVERCE THE NOICE LAST FOR MORE THAN 10 SEC IT HAPPEN ONCE AND THEN THE SECOND TIME WAS 2 DAYS AFTER I TOOK IT TO INSPECTION AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTING LOOK FINE. AND 11/20/2016 I STARTED HEARING A NOICE COMMING FROM THE FRON DRIVER SIDE WHEEL EVERYTIME I WOULD TURN OR WHEN I WOULD STEP ON THE BREAK AND THIS HAPPEN EVRYTIME IM DRIVING

I BOUGHT A 2015 PASSAT WOLFSBURG EDITION IN FEBRUARY OF 2015. WITHIN THE FIRST 200 MILES VEHICLE WAS SHIMMYING WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE BRAKES UNDER THE WARRANTY SAYING ITS WEAR AND TEAR. I CALLED VWA THEY ADVISED DEALER AND THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED. NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS AFTER BRAKES START SQUEALING. I RETURN TO DEALERSHIP AND GET TOLD ITS NOTHING. BRAKES CONTINUED TO SQUEAL UNTIL I HAD THEM REPLACED SOMEWHERE ELSE AT 26350 MILES. HOWEVER WHILE BRAKES WERE SQUEALING AND EVEN AFTER BEING REPLACED..VEHICLE BAS DEVELOPED A CHIRP ON BOTH HUBS WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED AND OR ACCELERATED FROM A STAND STILL. VEHICLE HAS 27000 MILES ON IT. THERE'S NO REASON IT SHOULD BE HAVING THESE ISSUES. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AT VALLEY AUTO WORLD IN FAYETTEVILLE NC. ALSO MY FRONT SUSPENSION IS MAKING NOISE WHEN HITTING CERTAIN BUMPS. STEERING STILL HAS SHIMMY WHEN DRIVING. I NEED MY REPAIRED AND 100% SAFETY GUARANTEED OR I WILL SEEK FEDERAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE. *TR

THERE IS A FAINT BUT UNMISTAKABLE SMELL OF ENGINE COOLANT COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR NEAR THE RADIATOR AFTER THE CAR GETS TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. COOLANT LEVEL IS DECREASING VERY SLIGHTLY OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS. THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF COOLANT ANYWHERE IN THE ENGINE OR ON THE GROUND. CAR OPERATES NORMALLY, DOES NOT OVERHEAT.

CONTINENTAL TIRES MODEL PROCONTACT TX , 235/45 R18 TIRES PEELING ON THE SIDE WALLS AND CRACK DEVELOPING ON SIDEWALLS AT 10,000 MILES. ALL 4 TIRES UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS OF TIMES WHERE MY CAR HAS LOST POWER DURING ACCELERATION.

CAR START BUTTON WILL NOT START CAR. CAR IN PARK POSITION, BRAKES ARE PRESS AND CAR START PRESS BUT CAR DOES NOT START. THERE WAS NO SOUND OF THE MOTOR TURNING. TRIES IT TWO MORE TIMES AND ON THE THIRD TIME IT STARTED.