1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

ABS LIGHT APPEARED INTERMITTENTLY, AUTHORZIED VW DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $100 DIAGNOSIS FEE AND SAID THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE MY CONCERN ON 10/11/04, 12/03/04,AND 03/05/05. ON 12/03/04 THEY WANT ME TO PAY $1365.83 + TAX TO REPLACE ABS HYDRAULIC PUMP AND CONTROL MODULE ASSY, I DECLINED REPAIR

THE ABS CONTROLLER IS EXPERIENCING AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE SYMPTOM IS WHEN I HAVE DRIVEN SEVERAL MILES OR WHEN IT IS HOT, THE BRAKE/ABS WARNING LIGHT WILL COME ON. A MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME PERMANENT FAILURE OF THE ABS CONTROLLER. REFER TO NHTSA OID COMPLAINT # 10106162 AND 10120717 FOR FAILURE OF SAME ABS CONTROLLER ON 1999 AUDI A4. THE PART NUMBER OF THE ABS CONTROLLER IN MY 1999 PASSAT IS 8E0-614-111-B. I AM INVESTIGATING OPTIONS FOR REPAIR, EITHER NEW PART FROM DEALER ($1500) OR REBUILD ($600). THIS IS APPARENTLY A VERY COMMON PROBLEM (MANY COMPLAINTS ON CONSUMER WEB SITES). THE FAILURE IS REPORTED TO BE FAILING SOLDER JOINTS ON A CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE CONTROLLER THOUGH I CANNOT VERIFY THIS PERSONALLY. VW AMERICA WILL NOT ADMIT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS ISSUE (THEY ONLY DISCUSS RECALL OR WARRANTY ISSUES).

MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FELL WITHIN THE DOOR YESTERDAY AS I WAS PUSHING THE BUTTON TO BRING IT DOWN. (THE SAME THING HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO WITH MY PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR. VW REPLACED IT AT NO COST ONCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SILENT RECALL. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO CHARGE ME $350.) THIS TIME, THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SINCE IT IS PAST THE TIME FRAME. WHEN I EXPLAINED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM WHEN I INITIALLY BROUGHT IT IN, BUT DID NOT FIX ALL OF THE WINDOWS THAT IT SHOULD STILL BE COVERED. THEY DISAGREED. IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A WINDOW TO FALL IN ON A 6-YEAR OLD CAR. PLUS, TO HAVE IT HAPPEN 2X IN ONE CAR!

1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT HAD BOTH INNER AND OUTER TIE RODS REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOSENING.*MR THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED. *JB

FOR: 99 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT WAGON WHILE MY WIFE AND I WERE PARKING IN FRONT OF A BANK, IN A SUDDEN THE CAR SHOKE VIOLENTLY; WE STOPPED WITHOUT TURNING THE ENGINE OFF... THE CAR WAS SHAKING VERY HARD STILL. WE THEN HAD THIS CAR DIAGNOZED AT A FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER NEARBY. AFTER A DAY, THE MECHANIC MENTIONED THAT THERE'S MISFIRING IN CYLINDER 2, AND IT'S COMMON THING IN PASSAT (I DID NOT KNOW THIS UNTIL THEN), BUT VW NEVER ISSUED A RECALL. SO THEY ASKED ME TO LEAVE THE CAR FOR AN EXTRA DAY SO THEY COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. ANOTHER DAY PASSED, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY NEEDED MORE TIME; THEY TRIED TO REPLACE THE COIL, IT'S STILL MISFIRING, AND THEY MENTIONED MORE TRIALS, BUT THOSE WERE NOT GOOD TOO. THEY SUGGESTED ME TO BRING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. ONE HOUR BEFORE I WROTE THIS TO NHTSA, I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND I FOUND SIMILAR OCCURANCES OF MISFIRING FROM CYLINDERS, AND A FEW HAS THE SAME TYPE: 99 PASSAT. HERE IS WHAT I HAD FOUND: 1. HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/VW_COILS.HTML 2. HTTP://EXPERTS.ABOUT.COM/Q/801/4003867.HTM 3. HTTP://WWW.TOPGEAR.COM/CONTENT/FEATURES/STORIES/FAQ/01/MODULES/02_ENGINE/17/ 4. HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEHELPER.COM/TOPIC291366.HTM 'BOSCHMANN' "NORTH AMERICAN MODELS HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH CRACKS FORMING IN THE IGNITION COIL." 5. HTTP://INMYEXPERIENCE.COM/ARCHIVES/000213.SHTML VERY RESOURCEFUL, MORE PEOPLE WRITE THEIR CONCERNS OF MISFIRING. 6. HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/VIEWCOMMENTS_REVIEW_23919.HTML .... AND MORE. WHEN THE FIRST IT HAPPENED, I THOUGHT WE JUST HIT AND RAN OVER SOMETHING... I WAS ALREADY IN THE PARKING LOT OF A BANK. STO I PARKED AND LOOKED 30 FT AWAY TO WHERE THE FIRST SHAKE HAPPENED... NOTHING THERE. THEREFORE, I WOULD REQUEST NHTSA TO OPEN AN INVESTIGATION FOR THIS MATTER. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I WILL BE BEST TO BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL. SINCERELY, EDWARD YAHYA

ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DASH BOARD, CAUSING MY ABS SYSTEM TO NOT FUNCTION AND I HAD IT CHECKED OUT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BUSTED ABS MODULE.

THE ABS AND ASR (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) COMPUTER HAD TO BE REPLACED IN MY CAR. THE CAR ONLY HAD 71,000 MILES. IT ALMOST COST ME WHEN MY LIFE WHEN THE ABS DID NOT KICK IN AND STARTED SLIDING ON A RAINY DAY. IT COST $1,400 AT THE DEALER TO FIX THIS PROBLEM; THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN SAID IT WAS COMMON. THEY ONLY REPLACED THE COMPUTER.

ABS CONTROL MODULE FAILURE SERIAL 8EO 614 111P 1999 PASSAT WAGON, 1.8T 4CYL. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS FLASHING. QUOTED $3150 FROM VW TO REPAIR

THE 1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE DOOR LOCK EQUIPMENT.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE PROBLEM FIRST EXHIBITED TO THE CONSUMER WHEN THE DOOR AJAR ALARM WOULD GO OFF FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED. IN ORDER TO OPERATE THE CAR AND PREVENT THE ALARM FROM GOING OFF THE CONSUMER HAD TO REMOVE TWO FUSES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS FAULTY DOOR LOCKS. *NM

I OWN A 1999 VW PASSAT (1.8). AT APPROX 75K MILES, THE ABS CONTROL MODULE HAS FAILED. I HAVE REVIEWED THE VW FORUM ON EDMUNDS.COM AND FIND THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A RECALL ISSUE - WE DESERVE TO HAVE THE PART FIXED NO MATTER WHAT MILEAGE WE HAVE ON THE CAR.