2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

SEAT POSITION MOTOR INSTALLED ON 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 3.6L. FRONT SEAT WILL NOT RECLINE UP AND DOWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 63-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. ALL THE GAUGES WENT TO ZERO YET THE RADIO AND THE RADIO DISPLAY REMAINED ON. THE CONTACT MOVED THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY WHERE SHE ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THIS TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BEFORE THE KEY DISLODGED. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. SHE STATED THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE FAILURE. BOTH THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED AND SHE WAS AWAITING A RETURN CALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,300 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,320.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT INTERMITTENTLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HE BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE KEY FAILING TO SEND AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO THE VEHICLE TO INDICATE THAT THE OPERATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS 40,000. UPDATED 10/27/10. *LJ

2006 VW PASSAT EXPERIENCING "STEERING WHEEL COLUMN LOCK" FAILURE. THE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL SIMPLY TURN OFF WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. MY ONLINE RESEARCH FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2006, 2007, 2008 MODELS. THIS IS ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES CONTINUE RUNNING AFTER THE KEY IS PULLED OUT OF THE IGNITION. DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE REPLACING THE STEERING COLUMN AND CONTROL MODULE FOR $1500 AND THIS NORMALLY HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF FACTORY WARRANTY SO WE THE CONSUMERS ARE STUCK WITH THE BILL. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL! AND NOT THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNERS. *TR

THE 2006 -2009 VW PASSAT IS HAVING MASSIVE PROBLEMS WITH THE ( DEFECTIVE STEERING COLUMN LOCK ). THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ANTI THEFT MODULE AT THE BASE OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS IS HAPPENING TO PASSAT OWNERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I AM GIVING YOU AMMUNITION TO GET THE RECALL DONE. *TR

SYMPTOM #1) CAR WILL NOT START OR IF IT DOES START IT WILL IMMEDIATELY STALL AND STEERING COLUMN WILL LOCK. AFTER MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL BACK AND FORTH REPEATEDLY, REOPENING THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES AND ATTEMPTING TO START THE PUSH IGNITION 5-10 TIMES IT WILL EVENTUALLY START AND RUN. SYMPTOM #2) MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! CAR WILL LOSE ALL POWER WITHOUT WARNING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS DEFECT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL IMMEDIATELY, THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND THE LOSS OF ALL POWER CONTROLS AT SPEEDS AT LEAST UP TO 70 MPH. THERE IS NO WARNING FROM THE CAR ITSELF. THERE IS NO STUTTERING OR NOISE. SUDDENLY THE CAR IS JUST DEAD AND ROLLING ALONG AT EXTREME SPEEDS. THE FIX IS TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND ATTEMPT TO RESTART BY REMOVING AND REINSERTING THE KEY UNTIL IT STARTS AGAIN. THE DASHBOARD WILL LIGHT UP "STEERING COLUMN DEFECT" AND PROMPT A WARNING LIGHT FOR THE STEERING COLUMN AS IF IT WERE LOCKED FROM A CAR ALARM PROMPT. OCCASIONALLY, I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO RESTART THE CAR WHILE IN MOTION AND HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THIS IS DONE WITHOUT THE AID OF POWER STEERING AND CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC AND AT HIGH SPEEDS AS THERE IS NO WAY OF "KNOWING" WHEN THE DEFECT WILL OCCUR. THIS DEFECT IS OCCURRING DAILY. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. WAS TOLD IT WAS A DEFECT IN THE STEERING COLUMN REQUIRING A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. ESTIMATED COST TO MYSELF WAS $1,000-2,000. CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY (58,000 MILES). I BELIEVE THIS DEFECT IS NOT A RESULT OF ANY HABIT OF MYSELF AS THE DRIVER BUT RATHER A DEFECT IN THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE VEHICLE AND THE DEALER SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL. A SEARCH ON GOOGLE ABOUT THIS ISSUE REVEALED THOUSANDS OF OTHER DRIVERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM (STALL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, LOSS OF POWER STEERING, DIFFICULTY STARTING AND RESTARTING, POSSIBLE STRANDING OF THE DRIVER). I URGE A RECALL TO MOVE FORWARD IMMEDIATELY! *TR

2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. CAR WILL NOT START AND THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKS UP. THEN AT TIMES THE CAR WILL NOT SHUT OFF AND KEY GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION. THIS HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY. *TR

MY 2006 VW PASSAT 2.0 TURBO HAS STEERING COLUMN ISSUES. THE CAR WILL NOT START WITHOUT MOVING THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THEN WAITING AND KEEP ON TRYING. THE CAR WILL START THEN IMMEDIATELY STALL, WITH AN ERROR IN THE MESSAGE BOARD THAT THE STEERING COLUMN IS DEFECTIVE. THIS HAPPENS 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 WHEN GOING TO START THE CAR. THE CAR HAS DIED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN RESTARTS. I HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE REPORTED BY MANY OTHER CONSUMERS ON VARIOUS FORUMS AND COMPLAINT SITES, BUT VW REFUSES TO RECALL FOR THE ISSUE. *TR

VW PASSAT 2006 2.0T STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE LIGHT. COMES ON AND DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO START THE CAR. *TR

WHEN TRYING TO START 2006 PASSAT 2.0T, I GET ERROR MESSAGES ABOUT STEERING COLUMN LOCK BEING DEFECTIVE OR THERE ARE NO DASH LIGHTS AND CAR WON'T TURN OVER. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. LOCATED ONLINE FORUM WITH 6 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE. SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?3656214-STEERING-COLUMN-LOCK-FOR-2006-PASSAT/PAGE1. *TR