1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Complaints

THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR MY ABS MODULE IN MY 1999 VW PASSAT WAGON. IT WENT OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON, WITH LIGHTS INDICATING SUCH. IT IS CONSTANTLY BROKEN NOW. IT WILL COST 1,200 FOR THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE BROKEN MODULE, WITH OUT IT I AM WITHOUT ABS. *TR

1999 VW PASSAT,ABS LIGHT ON/BRAKE LIGHT FLASHING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS, VERY ANNOYING AND SCARY, READ ON INTERNET DISCUSSION FORUMS , POSSIBLY VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX, DO NOT HAVE 1500 DOLLARS TO FIX AND IT POSSIBLY MAY NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM..WE NEED ANSWERS ... *TR

ABS MODULE FAILURE AT ~67000 MILES. ABS LIGHT ON WITH FLASHING BRAKE LIGHT AND 3 SHORT PEEPS. WATER INTRUSION FROM UNDER BATTERY DRAINS DUE TO DESIGN FLAWS. *TR

THE ABS CONTROL MODULE IS DEAD ON MT 1999 VW PASSAT. THIS RENDERS THE ABS USELESS. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE PASSATS. I JUST HOPE THEY HAVE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS BIG DOLLAR REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES A HOUR BY MY HOUSE WHILE I WAS DRIVING A BIG CLICK NOISE SOUNDED ON MY FRONT RIGHT WHEEL THE CAR SWERVED AND FELL IN A DITCH THE POLICE CAME AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS YOUR TIE ROD AND AXLE BROKEN I HAD TO CHANGE THEM. PLUS MY ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AND IT NEEDS A NEW MODULE AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY PASSAT OUT THERE HAVE NO PROBLEM AND THE DEALER WONT HELP OR VW HOTLINE PLUS MY TWO FRONT WINDOWS JUST FELL AND THE WINDOWS NEED A WHOLE NEW ACTUATORS AND ON THE INTERNET ALOT OF THE PASSAT HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND THE DEALER WONT HELP THERE IS FIVE RECALLS ON PASSAT AND THE DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO BUT 1 OF THEM SO PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

ABS LIGHT STATED TO BLINK... CAN'T "TALK" TO ABS IN CAR WITH COMPUTER... ABS MODULE IS OUT :( *TR

I DRIVE A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 1.8T AND WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE ABS LIGHT WOULD TURN ON. A COUPLE MONTHS LATER THE BRAKE LIGHT BEGAN APPEARING WITH IT AND MAKING A BEEPING SOUND. I TOOK IT TO A VOLKSWAGEN SPECIALIST AND GOT THEY REPLACE THE ABS MODULE. SINCE THEN THE ABS LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON. *TR

1. ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT LIGHTS UP DASH, WHILE BLARING A LOUD BEEP. ABS BECOMES INOPERATIVE, WHICH RESULTS IN LONGER STOPS. 2. EACH TIME CAR IS STARTED 3. CAR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *TR

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM MODULE ON MY 1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT HAS FAILED LEAVING ME WITH NO FUNCTIONING ABS SYSTEM. THE FAILURE OCCURRED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE FAILURE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS DRIVEN, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD APPEAR TELLING ME THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED, THE ONLY CONSEQUENCE SO FAR IS A FAILED ABS SYSTEM, AS OF RIGHT NOW NO CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN BECAUSE A BRAND NEW MODULE IS ~$800 DOLLARS, AND TO HAVE THE MODULE REBUILT REQUIRES REMOVING IT FROM THE CAR AND MAILING IT TO A MODULE REBUILDING COMPANY(WWW.MODULEMASTERS.COM) AND COSTS $200+ AND AT THIS TIME I CAN'T AFFORD EITHER OF THE COSTS EASILY. THE CAR AND BRAKES FUNCTION FINE, BUT THERE IS NO SAFETY OF THE ABS SYSTEM INCASE OF EMERGENCY AN EMERGENCY STOP OF A 4000LB CAR. *TR

I GOT IN MY CAR ONE MORNING AND STARTED THE ABS LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN ON SINCE AND I HAVE NOTICED WITHOUT ABS MY CAR DOESN'T STOP NEAR AS FAST AS IT USED TO THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ABS COMPUTER FAILED AND THE MANUFACTURE WOULD HAVE TO SEND ME ANEW ONE BUT THAT IT WAS REALLY PRICY TO FIX AND A GROUP THAT I AM WITH ALSO DRIVE THE SAME CARS A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM AND THERE'S HAS FAILED JUST LIKE MINE DID. *TR