2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

FACTORY RECALL BUT ORIGINAL NOTIFICATION FROM DEC-2015 HAD NO RESOLVE OR DATE FOR RESOLVE. HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED THE VW FACTORY THEY ADVISED ME I COULD GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO RESOLVE AT MY OWN EXPENSE????? VW CLAIMS SOMETHING CALLED THE SINTERED CAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SHEAR OFF FROM THE CAMSHAFT. IT SURE SOUNDS MECHANICAL TO ME BUT VW CLAIMS TO HELP CORRECT THE THIS DEFECT THEY WILL UPDATE OUR ON BOARD COMPUTER SOFTWARE???? HUH....... WE DO NOT TRUST VW AND WONDER IF THERE IS ANOTHER MOTIVE FOR WANTING TO ACCESS OUR ON BOARD COMPUTER????? KINDA LIKE THE DIESEL VEHICLES HAVING TWEEKED SOFTWARE TO DECEIVE SMOG CHECKS???? HELP.....

VEHICLE CLUSTER ILLUMINATION LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING, NOT FUSE OR RELAY RELATED. MAIN ELECTRICAL HARNESS MALFUNCTION. MAJOR ELECTRICAL DIAGNOSIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO REPOND. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS USED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAMSHAFT LOBE SHEARED OFF AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND FUMES OF SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE GASKET AND THE VACUUM PUMP FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V705000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,700.

ON 1/19/16 I EXPERIENCED A SERIOUS ISSUE WHILE DRIVING MY 2015 VW PASSAT. AS I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AFTER MY 12-MILE COMMUTE TO WORK I APPLIED THE BRAKES. NO STOPPING OCCURRED, IN FACT I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. WHILE MY FOOT REMAINED ON AND CONTINUED TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING THE VEHICLE. MY CARE CAME TO REST ONLY AFTER HITTING THE CURB AND A MASONRY WALL/HAND RAIL. ONCE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE. I ASSESSED THE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END AND TRIED TOR REPOSITION THE CAR IN THE PARKING SPACE ONLY TO HAVE THE SAME EVENT OCCUR AGAIN. THE FOLLOWING DAY I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE INCIDENT AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED IN FOR INSPECTION. A LOANER WAS PROVIDED. TWENTY-ONE DAYS LATER, ON 2/8/16 I RECEIVED A CALL STATING THAT NO MANUFACTURING FAULTS WERE FOUND AND THAT VW WILL NOT AGREE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE OR DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE. FURTHERMORE, WHEN ASKED ABOUT ARBITRATION, I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ONLY RECOURSE WAS CALLING VW CORPORATE. WHEN MY HUSBAND CALLED AS INSTRUCTED, WE WERE INFORMED THAT VW'S POSITION WAS DECIDED BASED ON THEIR LACK OF MANUFACTURER DEFECTS FOUND. VEHICLE REMAINS AT DEALERSHIP. NO INSPECTION REPORTS WERE OFFERED, NO DAMAGE REPORTS OR ESTIMATES PROVIDED.

2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT ERRATIC SHIFTING AND BRAKES EITHER TOO SOFT AND WON'T STOP QUICKLY OR THEY LOCK UP AND I CAN'T MOVE THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEMS ARE MOSTLY IN TOWN DRIVING, BUT ONCE OCCURRED IN HIGHWAY DRIVING GOING UP A HILL WHILE PASSING. IN THAT INCIDENT THE TACHOMETER WENT FROM 2 TO 5 AS THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE ENGINE REVVED UP AS IF I WERE PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT. AFTER THE CAMSHAFT WAS REPLACED, PER THE RECALL, THE VEHICLE PERFORMED EVEN MORE POORLY THAN BEFORE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SHAKING VIOLENTLY. OVER THE NEXT WEEK, THE LURCHED AT TWO DIFFERENT STOPS SIGNS; THE ENGINE REVVED UP TO 5,000 RPM'S WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING PRESSED; THE BRAKE PEDAL LOCKED UP NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO REVERSE; AND SEVERAL TIMES, IT TOOK AN EXTRA AMOUNT OF TIME AND DISTANCE TO STOP THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT LEASED A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V705000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR APPOINTMENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC DATE THAT THE PARTS WOULD BE SENT TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT IT TOOK A GREATER AMOUNT OF TIME TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V705000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000.

I WAS DRIVING ON MY WAY TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE AND SPUTTER AND IT STALLED OUT JUST BEFORE I WAS GOING TO DRIVE THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED IT ON AND IT STARTED TO SPUTTER AS I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND DEPRESSED THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. I TURNED OFF THE CAR TWICE UNTIL IT STARTED UP AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE JUST DOWN THE STREET TO A SAFE PLACE. THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE IT STARTED TO SMELL FUNNY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE DIAGNOSTICS WERE RUN AND TEST DROVE HOWEVER THE VW DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. I DO HAVE TO ADD THAT THE BATTER LIGHT CAME ON BUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE VEHICLE DASHBOARD WAS FUNCTIONING. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE VEHICLE FOR A YEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE THE BATTERY WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 12,000.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE PERTAINING TO A FAULTY CAMSHAFT THAT'S LOBE COULD SHEAR OFF AND DISABLE THE POWER BRAKING SYSTEM. RECALL 23R1 NHTSA15V705. "..COULD LEAD TO A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING". THEY ALSO STATE THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MARCH '16 NOW MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER REFUSE TO DRIVE IN THE CARE KNOWING THAT THE BRAKES COULD LOSE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. I THINK THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE DEFECTIVE CARS KNOWING A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS CRASH COULD OCCUR.