2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

HEATER CORE WAS PLUGGED. VW DID REPLACE IT UNDER A TSB BUT FRIENDS OF MINE STATE THEIR HEATER CORES PLUGGED AGAIN AFTER HAVING THEM REPLACED ONCE. I WAS WARM DEFROST ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND COLD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WOULDN'T EVEN DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD SO I COULD SEE WITH FROST ON IT.

BACKUP CAMERA/NAVIGATION/RADIO SYSTEM SYSTEM DOES NOT WORKING IN A CONSISTENT MANNER (CAMERA WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO-BIG SAFETY CONCERN, SCREEN GOES BLANK, ETC.). RADIO/NAVIGATION CONTROLS ARE INOPERABLE AT RANDOM OCCASIONS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION OR EVEN AT A STOP POSITION. RADIO SCREEN GOES BLANK EVEN IF RADIO IS ON AND USER IS UNABLE TO CONTROL IT FOR UP TO A FEW MINUTES. ON 2 OCCASIONS, EVEN AFTER TURNING THE ENTIRE CAR ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES THE RADIO WAS ON BUT ALL CONTROLS WERE INOPERABLE AND UNABLE TO TURN OFF. EVENTUALLY THE SYSTEM BECAME OPERABLE A FEW MINUTES LATER. SAFETY ISSUE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH VW DEALER AND THEY STATED VW KNOWS ABOUT ALL THE OWNER INQUIRIES INTO THIS ISSUE BUT IT HAS YET TO MAKE A RECALL. MY CONCERN IS THAT BACKUP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK AS IT SHOULD AND THEREFORE THE SAFETY FEATURE THAT THE VEHICLE CAME WITH DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO GO IN REVERSE WITH ONLY THE HELP OF MIRRORS. IF SAFETY EQUIPMENT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY THEN IT SHOULD BE REPLACED. SECOND, WHEN THE SYSTEM CONTROLS MALFUNCTION THE VOLUME AND ON/OFF BUTTONS CANNOT BE USED AND THEREFORE DRIVER IS LEFT FOCUSING ON HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE NOT ON KEEPING THEIR EYES ON THE ROAD. AS PER MY DISCUSSION BOTH WITH THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE AT CORPORATE OFFICE, THEY ADMITTED TO THE RECURRING ISSUE FOR MANY VW OWNERS BUT SAID IT HAD NOT BECOME A BIG ENOUGH ISSUE OR SAFETY CONCERN SO THERE WAS NOT RECALL. MY QUESTION IS IF SYSTEM (BACKUP CAMERA/RADIO/NAVIGATION) IS ALREADY A DOCUMENTED ISSUE FOR MANY OWNERS AND DOES NOT ALLOW A SAFETY FEATURE TO WORK PROPERLY (BACKUP CAMERA) OR CAN CAUSE A DISTRACTION FOR A VEHICLE OPERATOR THEN WHY IS NOT A RECALL. I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT ALL EQUIPMENT WOULD WORK AS DESCRIBED.

NO HEAT FROM PASSENGER HVAC VENTS. VEHICLE DEFROST/VISIBILITY CAPABILITY SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED. HEATER CORE CLOGGED, REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.

HEATER CORE CLOGGED, REDUCED DEFROSTER PERFORMANCE DUE TO DECREASED DEFROST AIR TEMPERATURE CAUSES DECREASE IN VISIBILITY.

MY CAR SUFFERED A CLOGGED HEATER CORE WITH 25K MILES ON THE ODOMETER. THE RESULT WAS LOW CABIN HEAT AND AN INABILITY TO MAINTAIN WINDSHIELD VISIBILITY USING THE DEFROSTER SETTING WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES DROPPED DURING WINTER. SYMPTOMS OCCUR WHEN STATIONARY OR MOVING.

ONE DAY AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS WERE NOT RECEIVING ANY HOT AIR TO WARM THE CAR. THERE WAS PLENTY OF HEAT COMING OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE, BUT ONLY COLD AIR COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY SAID THAT THE HEATER CORE IS CLOGGED. SO THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONTAMINATE IN THE COOLING SYSTEM EFFECTING THE HEATER CORE. THEY ARE REPLACING THE HEATER CORE UNDER WARRANTY, BU I HOPE IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE REST OF THE COOLING SYSTEM.

HEATER CORE CLOGGING. HEATER CORE HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR TO YEARS AGO. COOLANT HAS BEEN DISCOLORED AND CLOUDY. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS IN JANUARY OF 2015. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN JANUARY 2016.

2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT DIESEL. OWNERSHIP 1/1/2 YRS. MILEAGE 14,000. DRIVING TO WORK COULD NOT GO OVER 30MPH. DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON SHOWING EMISSION CONTROL MONITOR & PRE GLOW. THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO COLDER WEATHER. HAD TO BE TOWED & AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR REPAIR. COMPLETE BREAKDOWN. VW MECHANIC STATING THERE IS MAJOR DAMAGE DUE TO A RODENT OR SQUIRELL PROBLEM. STATED THE WIRING IS CHEWED UP EVEN IN THE HEADLIGHTS. I AM THE ONLY CAR OWNER IN THE PARISH AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS PROBLEM?? HAVE WARRANTY BUT VW SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO GET RENTAL CAR. WAITING FOR STATE FARM INSURANCE ADJUSTER TO GO TO DEALERSHIP. HELP! PLEASE SEND A NHTSA REP TO INVESTIGATE AND LOOK AT VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING AND POPPING NOISE WHENEVER THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, WHICH NOTIFIED THE CONTACT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT PARKED THE VEHICLE AND CALLED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A FRACTURED CLOCK SPRING THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V483000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,500. UPDATED 04/06/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT NO COST. UPDATED 11/21/2017*JS

EXPLODING SUNROOF WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH IN NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS; GLASS WAS PUSHED OUTWARD.