2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

CAR OVERHEATED ON DRIVE HOME. ONCE ENGINE COOLED I INSPECTED THE COOLANT AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS ORANGE OR RUST COLORED AND MILKY/NOT CLEAR. IT SHOULD BE PINK AND CLEAR. AFTER READING ABOUT VW'S HEATER CORE WARRANTY EXTENSION ON CERTAIN YEARS AND VIN'S I DETERMINED TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES LISTED. MY HEATER CORE WAS NOT FULLY BLOCKED BUT I DID HAVE DIFFERENCES IN TEMPERATURES FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE. VW IS NOT REPLACING MY HEATER CORE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE MY VIN WASN'T LISTED AS HAVING A PROBLEM. BUT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER MORE VIN'S AS THE PROBLEM IS STILL OUT THERE. MY CAR HAS 100,600 MILES ON IT AND THERE IS NOT A FLUSH OR COOLANT CHANGE SCHEDULED FOR THE TDI'S.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V078000 (AIR BAGS). THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THE REPAIR. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AND LANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE SEAT BELT RESTRAINED THE CONTACT AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED EXTENSIVELY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SPINE, NECK, AND BACK, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V078000 (AIR BAGS). 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.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THERE WERE INJURIES SUSTAINED TO THE CONTACT'S NECK, SHOULDERS, AND BACK. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND WAS NOT DETERMINED WHETHER IT WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 83,000.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 165V078000 (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 DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 07/13/17*LJ *AS

TAKATA. AIR BAG CAN'T EVEN TRADE CAR IN DEALER WON'T ACCEPT. TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND STUCK WITH A CAR I STILL OWE 9500 ON

TAKATA RECALL. VW ON FREEWAY WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND PUSHED VERY HARD INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. TAKATA AIRBAG DEPLOYED (DRIVER'S SIDE ONLY). AIRBAG SENT METAL SHRAPNEL INTO FACE OF DRIVER. DRIVER [XXX] SUFFERED SERIOUS AND PERMANENT FACIAL LACERATIONS. ATTORNEY [XXX], LAW FIRM, PC, IS MAKING THIS CLAIM FOR [XXX]. PROCESS PER THE TKA SGO.PCO 05/2017. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 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 DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THERE WAS NO ESTIMATED TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN THE PARTS WOULD ARRIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR MAKES A TURN AND HEARS A NOISE IN STEERING WHEEL. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THE STEERING WHEEL ELECTRIC CONTROLS ALSO DO NOT WORK. ONLINE RESEARCH SHOWS VOLUNTARY RECALL BY VW FOR CERTAIN 2010- 2014 PASSATS FOR CLOCK SPRING. BRING TO LOCAL MECHANIC WHO TELLS ME CLOCK SPRING IS BAD AND I SHOULD BRING IT TO VW FOR REPAIRUNDER RECALL. CALL MY DEALER IN RIVERHEAD NY WHO INFORMS ME THAT EVEN THOUGH THE PASSAT IS IN RECALL RANGE THE VIN IS NOT PART OF RECALL AT THIS TIME.VW HAS RECALL FOR 420,000 CARS FOR CLOCK SPRING BUT FOR SOME REASON MINE IS NOT INCLUDED AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY 400.00 FOR REPAIR. RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED.

TAKATA RECALL. MY AIRBAG INFLATOR HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED IN OVER A YEAR-AND-A-HALF SINCE THE RECALL STARTED. EVERY TIME I CALL VOLKSWAGEN THEY TELL ME THERE'S NO FIX AVAILABLE. I LIVE IN ARIZONA WHERE IT'S HOT AND DRY CAN'T TRADE IN MY CAR CAUSE THE TRADE IN VALUE HAS PLUMMETED DO TO SAFETY CONCERNS AND NON DRIVABILITY.