2007 Volkswagen Passat

FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE WE CONTACTED VOLKSWAGEN ABOUT THE FAILURE OF THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE AND WERE TOLD THAT THIS ONE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE NHTSA RECALL. THE PROBLEM: REPLACING THE BATTERY IN SEPTEMBER 2017 AND HAVING A STARTING PROBLEM IN MID-OCTOBER. TOOK THE CAR TO A VOLKSWAGEN DEALER... THEY RAN TEST TO FIND OUT THE PROBLEM, WELL THE BATTERY FAILED THE TEST SO THEY HAD TO REPLACE BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY TOLD US THE FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE WAS FAILING. THEY STATED IT WAS HEATING UP AND SHOULD BE REPLACED. WHEN I DID SOME BACKGROUND RESEARCH ON A FUEL PUMP MODULE I FOUND RECALL NOTICES WHICH INCLUDED 2006-2010 PASSAT WAGONS WHICH IS OUR CAR. THE RECALL STATES," THE PUMP CONDITION ALSO COULD CAUSE THE FUEL PUMP TO RUN CONTINUOUSLY, DRAINING THE BATTERY AND MAKING THE CAR UNABLE TO START". THIS WAS HAPPENING ON THE MONTH OLD BATTERY WE JUST HAD REPLACED. SO I WANT TO FIND OUT IF THIS CAR CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM THAT IS IN KEEPING WITH THE RECALL!

TAKATA RECALL,FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE RECALL, WIRRS FOR HEADLAMPS FAILTY. HEAD LAMPS GO OUT WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES, FAULTY PARKING BREAK THAT HAS BEEN FIXED AND DOES NOT WORK AGAIN. NO FIX FOR FUEL MODULE RECALL. CAR STALLS WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. PAID 5200 OUT OF POCKET FOR BOTH RECALLS. CAR CAN NOT BE INSPECTED DUE TO RECALL WITH NO FIX. BEEN FIXING THE RECALL PROBLEMS OUT OF POCKET SINCE NOVEMBER 2014. ALSO FUEL CAP LIGHT COMES ON WHILE DRIVING AND GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. BOTH ALSO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AND ARE AGAIN NOW FAULTY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 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. ANDY MOHR VOLKSWAGEN IN AVON, INDIANA, 46123 WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALL AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT VOLKSWAGEN WOULD BE CONSTRUCTING THEIR OWN AIR BAG FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS AND HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DIRIRO BROTHERS WALNUT CREEK VOLKSWAGEN (2020 N MAIN ST, WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596 (925) 934-8224) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THE LID FOR THE FUEL TANK WHICH CONTAINS THE VEHICLE FUEL FILTER IS CRACKED AND WAS LEAKING PRESSURIZED FUEL UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER REAR SEAT ANY TIME THE KEY WAS ON. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT VOLKSWAGEN HAS ISSUED RECALL 20Z4 FOR TOUAREG MODEL VEHICLES. THE FIRST SYMPTOM I NOTICED WAS THE CAR HAD TO BE CRANKED FOR ONLY A SECOND OR TWO LONGER FOR THE ENGINE TO START. AFTER ABOUT 3 DAYS OF EXPERIENCING A MINOR SHORT CRANK I WAS PARKED IN A PARKING STRUCTURE AND HAD TO CRANK THE ENGINE OVER FOR ALMOST 20 SECONDS BEFORE THE ENGINE STARTED. THIS IS WHEN I BEGAN TO SMELL GASOLINE. I DROVE THE CAR ABOUT 2 MILES HOME AND REMOVED THE REAR SEAT AND FUEL PUMP ACCESS PANEL AND FOUND THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK COVERED IN FUEL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED MY DIAGNOSIS OF A "FUEL FILTER FLANGE" LEAKING WHICH WAS REPLACED AND RESOLVED THE FUEL LEAK AND PROLONGED CRANK.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V079000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE VOLKSWAGEN OF ALAMO HEIGHTS DEALER (1402 NE INTERSTATE 410 LOOP, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209, (210) 828-1201) DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.