2006 Volkswagen Passat

2006 VW PASSAT VR6 3.6L 1./2. ON A HOT DAY (90 +/-) AND THE ENGINE IS IN IDLE (NORMAL AROUND 650 RPM) UNEXPECTEDLY THE REVS GO OVER 1000 RPM. TO KEEP THE CAR STOPPED THE FOOT BRAKE PRESSURE MUST BE INCREASED BY THE DRIVER. THIS IS QUITE HARD TO TIME BECAUSE THE PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR AT EVERY STOP/IDLE. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THIS OCCURS MORE OFTEN WITH THE A/C ON. 3. SO FAR I DID NOTHING BUT I READ THAT OTHER VW PASSAT 2006 VR6 OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I WILL MAKE A SERVICE AND ASK MY DEALER IF HE IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM NEXT WEEK. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE IN NORMAL FASHION, NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF VIBRATION FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. UPON ACCELERATION, VEHICLE HESITATES DRASTICALLY. TOOK TO VW SERVICE CENTER AND THEY RAN DIAGNOSTICS. 3 FAULT CODES - PO300 MULTIPLE CYLINDER MISFIRE DETECTED, PO304 CYLINDER 4 MISFIRE DETECTED, P3073 THROTTLE TRANSFER PUMP ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IN CIRCUIT. VW SERVICE CENTER SWAPPED IGNITION COILS AND PLUGS - DUPLICATED FAULTS. THEY WANTED TO PUT IN NEW INJECTORS, EXHAUST LIFTERS, EXHAUST ROCKERS AND FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE FOR $1800.00 - AND SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY IN THERE, THEY WANTED TO REPLACE TIMING BELT, TENSIONER, AND WATER PUMP FOR ANOTHER $340.00 I WAS TOLD THAT IF I DON'T MIND THE BAD PERFORMANCE/HESITATION THEN IT WON'T HURT THE ENGINE ANY MORE THEN IT ALREADY IS. THIS IS A 2006 VW PASSAT 2.0T LUX WITH 80,000 MILES. CRAZY THAT ALL THESE PROBLEM OCCUR JUST AFTER THE 75,000 WARRANTY WAS UP. *TR

I GOT 2006 VW PASSAT 2.0T - 77,000MILES. LAST WEEK, I GOT ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DURING THE DRIVE AND WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHECKED COMPUTER SYSTEM THEN FIXED AIR FILTER HOUSING. I PAID $585.00. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN BREAK, BUT I DON'T HAVE CHOICE. AND NEXT DAY ON THE DRIVING IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY TOLD ME PCV VALVE WAS NOT WORKING SO ANOTHER FIX COST $281.00. LAST SEPTEMBER I DID REGULAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING GOOD. BUT AFTER EVERY MONTH IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN, FIRST PROBLEM WAS STEERING COLUMNS......I PAID $485.00 SECOND PROBLEM WAS BATTERY........I PAID $130.00 THIRD PROBLEM WAS ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I PAID $585.00 AND THIS TIME ANOTHER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON $281.00 WITHIN TWO DAY. NOW I KNEW VW CARS ARE PIECES OF JUNKS. IT IS REALLY JUNKS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 VW PASSAT THAT HAD A CRANKCASE BREATHER VALVE FOUL UP FOR NO REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE VW RECOMMENDED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE AND THIS IS DOCUMENTED, HOWEVER, THE VW SERVICE REP INDICATED THIS WAS A RESULT OF NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE. SPECIFICALLY HE STATED THAT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE OWNER FAILS TO CHANGE THE ENGINE OIL. (NOTE: VW RECOMMENDS CHANGING THE OIL EVERY 10K MILES AND CALLS FOR THE USE OF SYNTHETIC OIL. BOTH RECOMMENDATIONS WERE FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE). THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN UNDER "NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS"--PRIMARILY HIGHWAY DRIVING IN A NON SNOW, NON DESERT ENVIRONMENT. AS A RESULT OF THIS DEFECT, THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN EMISSIONS. ALSO, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SEIZE UP WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THUS PUTTING ME AND MY FAMILY IN DANGER. *TR

I OWN A 2006 VW PASSAT 3.6, ENGINE DIED SUDDENLY AFTER PULLING OUT ACROSS A 45MPH STATE ROUTE, AFTER ENGINE FAILED, THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES, HAD TO PUSH CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC WITH MY 2 YOUNG SONS INSIDE. YOUNG VW, EASTON PA. STATED THE FAILURE AS A OIL PUMP BOLT THAT HAD BACKED OUT AND SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND 58 FAILURE OF THIS TYPE OF THIS SAME YEAR AND ENGINE, AT: HTTP://FORUMS.VWVORTEX.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?3462993-ATTN-3.6L-OWNERS-HAS-YOUR-ENGINE-FAILED , - THIS IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE VW WAS AWARE OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AS EVIDENCED BY THE REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF SO MANY, 58+ ENGINES THAT I CAN DOCUMENT, AND CHOOSES NOT TO RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE, I BELIEVE DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS AS THIS FIX IS $3,000 IN LABOR ALONE. I CONTACTED VWOA, (REF. # [XXX]) AND VW AG, (,REF. NO.: [XXX]) WITH THIS ISSUE AND NEITHER HAD RECOGNIZED THIS AS A KNOWN ISSUE, MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND VW ESTIMATED THE REPAIR AT $12,800 FOR A REBUILT ENGINE. ASIDE FROM BEING ABUSIVELY EXPENSIVE, THIS FAILURE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OCCUR RANDOMLY, IN TRAFFIC OR ANYWHERE CREATING A VERY UNSAFE AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION, VWOA SHOULD BE WELL AWARE OF THESE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS YEAR ENGINE, BY THE MANY THEY HAVE REPLACED OR FIXED AND SHOULD MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE AND EFFECT A FIX TO PREVENT A LOSS OF LIFE DUE TO THIS KNOWN ENGINE DEFECT. MY VIN # [XXX], 2006 VW PASSAT 3.6L 4MOTION. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

ATTEMPTED TO START 2.0T ENGINE, HEARD ODD NOISES COMING FROM ENGINE BAY...SOUNDED LIKE A DIESEL ENGINE THOUGH IT WAS A GASOLINE/PETROL ENGINE, SHUT OFF AND TURNED ON AGAIN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT ACTIVATED...SHUT ENGINE OFF AGAIN AND HAD TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. BOLT THAT HOLDS OIL PUMP SHEARED OFF, OIL PAN SHOWS METAL DEBRIS, DRIVE SPROCKET LOOSE, ENGINE NEEDED TOTAL REPLACEMENT, ENGINE IS TOTAL LOSS, VW CLAIMS NO FAULT FOR REPAIRS, VW NEEDS TO RECALL ISSUE, WITHOUT DEALER WARRANTY, REPAIRS WOULD HAVE COST OVER $7K IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE ROAD IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF POWER AND BECOME A POTENTIAL ROAD HAZARD/ACCIDENT. *TR

2006 VW PASSAT. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN MAKING RATTLING AND LOUD POPPING NOISE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE LEAVING WORK, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A HALT. EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS ON, THE WHEELS WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE, THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THE RIGHT AXLE HAD BROKEN. PRIOR TO THE AXLE FAILING, THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED WHICH WAS THE CAUSE OF A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND IT ALSO CAUSED THE BRAKE BOOSTER PIPE TO MELT, WHICH LEFT THE CONSUMER WITH NO BRAKES. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL INTO A PARKING SPACE WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HEAT SHIELDS ON THE TURBO FAILED, CAUSING THE BRAKE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE CONTACT'S FACTORY WARRANTY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 47,000.