2008 Volkswagen Passat

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 165,000.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT VW PASSAT 2008 2.0T, IT WAS A RAINY DAY ON SATURDAY (NOV-14) ENGINE STARTED MISFIRE AND GAVE FLASHING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT, IMMEDIATELY WENT TO SEE THE VW SERVICE TO GET THE FEEDBACK, SERVICE GUY GUESSED IT MIGHT CAUSED DUE TO MISFIRE IN ONE OR MORE CYLINDER AND TOOK VEHICLE BACK WITH ENGINE FLUID TOPOFF, ON THE WAY BACK HOME THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME AND STAYED CONSTANT. SO ON MONDAY MORNING WENT TO VW SERVICE TO GET FULL DIAGNOSE, SERVICE GUY GAVE P300 AND P301 AS RANDOM MISFIRES AND DID ADDITIONAL FINDINGS SAYING INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDS DE-CARB WITH $1000+ IN SERVICE CHARGE, I DECLINED THE REPAIR AND GOT THE VEHICLE BACK WITH CLEARED CODE. NOW THE ENGINE IS NOT RUNNING SMOOTH AND SEEMS IT LOST TURBO POWER. EVEN DURING FREEWAY TAKE OVER IF I PRESS HARD ON GAS PEDDLE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES FOR COUPLE TIMES AND THERE IS NO FASTER PICK UP TO DO SMOOTH OVER TAKE, IF I CHOOSE RUN VEHICLE UNDER THIS CONDITION IT MAY NOT BE SAFE ON ROADS. I READ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REPORTED HERE. PLANNING TO TAKE BACK TO SERVICE CENTER TO SEE IF THEY GOT ANY POSSIBLE RECALL UPDATES FROM VW. *TR

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED AT 42K MILES IN MAY 2010. THE VW DEALERSHIP HAD CHANGED OIL AT THE TIME OF MY PURCHASE. ALMOST EXACTLY 4 WEEKS LATER I CHECKED MY OIL AND NONE REGISTERED ON THE DIPSTICK. IT REQUIRED AN ENTIRE QUART OF OIL TO BRING BACK TO ACCEPTABLE FILL LEVEL. CALLING VW THEY STATED THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH OIL TO EVEN CONSTITUTE AN OIL TEST. THEY STATED THAT THIS FSI MOTOR CAN BURN UP TO 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 1200 MILES AND WILL STILL BE WITHIN THE MFR ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. THIS MEANS IN THIS 2.0T 4 CYL MOTOR IT CAN BURN OVER 6 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGES, WHICH IS MORE THAN IT CAN HOLD. A QUART OF FULL SYNTHETIC OIL CASTROL BRAND AS REQUIRED IS OVER $9, THIS IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE AND INFURIATING. I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER VW BECAUSE OF THIS EXPERIENCE AND RECOMMEND ANYONE ELSE NOT TO AS WELL. VW OFFERED NO OPTIONS REPAIRS OR FIXES AND I FOOT THE EXPENSIVE OIL HABIT. WHO BUYS A CAR THAT KNOWINGLY BURNS AND BREAKS DOWN FULL SYNTHETIC OIL? *TR

VEHICLE HAS APPROX ONE YEAR OF DIFFICULT STARTS REQUIRING MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. ON 7/20/14 WHILE DRIVING IN PARKING LOT VEHICLE STALLED AND REFUSED TO RESTART DESPITE NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. TOWED HOME. DTC SHOWED CONTROL MODULE FOR ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK LEAKING. VEHICLE REFUSING TO START DESPITE ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CHECKING OUT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NOT ON. *TR

WE CAME HOME FROM A 30 MILE TRIP AND PARKED THE CAR IN THE DRIVEWAY. WENT IN THE HOUSE AND ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER HEARD A BIG POP SOUND. I THINK IS WAS A TIRE EXPLODING AND FOUND THE ENTIRE ENGINE ON FIRE. ANOTHER POPPING SOUND OCCURRED AND ANOTHER TIRE BLEW. ON THE DRIVE HOME THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS NOTED ON THE DASH BOARD. WHEN WE GOT OUT OF THE CAR THERE WERE NO ODORS OR INDICATION OF A FIRE. MY KEYS WERE IN THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. OTHER ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE RELATED. THIS PAST WEEK MY CHARGER GOT EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH AND I STOPPED USING IT. I ALSO FELT THE CAR TRY TO START AFTER I TURNED IT OFF. *TR

I HAVE A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 2.0T. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED WITH 66000 MILES. AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS TO MY DEALER ABOUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON AND THEM SAYING IT WAS A SENSOR NOT A PROBLEM THEY WOULD REPLACE IT. I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 65 DOING 65MPH THE CAR SPUTTERED AND LOST MOST POWER DOWN A MAJOR INTERSTATE. THIS CAUSED A QUICK REDUCTION IS SPEED. COME TO FIND OUT THE CAMSHAFT AND HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP WERE DESTROYED BY THE TWO COMPONENTS GRINDING AGAINST EACH OTHER. NOW THE 2006 AND THE 2007 VEHICLES BOTH HAD THIS PROBLEM AND VOLKSWAGEN PUT EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON THESE VEHICLES. THIS COULD CAUSE A ACCIDENT SOONER OR LATER. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AS THE OIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ADDED OIL TO THE VEHICLE BUT THE ENGINE REFUSED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE TIMING BELT AND THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THE CAM FOLLOWER ON 2006-2008 PASSATS WITH THE 2.0T FSI BPY ENGINE ARE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO AN EVENT WHERE THE CAM FOLLOWER GETS A HOLE IN IT AND THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP CAN DRILL THROUGH THE INTAKE CAMSHAFT. VOLKSWAGEN GAVE A WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 2006 AND 2007 PASSATS BUT WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE 2008S! VOLKSWAGEN CLAIMS NEW PARTS WERE USED BUT I HAD THE REPAIR DONE AND THE PART NUMBER ON MY FUEL PUMP WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE NEW ONE! IT IS A $2000 PROBLEM AND THIS NEED TO HAVE ACTION TAKEN! THE SYMPTOMS CAN CAUSE TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS! THEY INCLUDE EXTREMELY POOR ACCELERATION, JOLTS, HESITATIONS, ROUGH STARTS, AND ROUGH IDLES. VOLKSWAGEN SAYS THAT THIS IS VIN SPECIFIC AND 2008S DO NOT APPLY BUT NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH PASSATS, GTI'S, AND JETTA'S WITH THIS ENGINE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM! IT IS DANGEROUS. I HAVE NEARLY GOTTEN IN MANY ACCIDENTS AND IT IS EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR IT. THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED IT AS A PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE RELEASED NUMEROUS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FOR THIS SPECIFIC MODEL YEAR CONCERNING THESE PARTS! THERE NEEDS TO BE FORMAL ACTION TAKEN AS THIS IS NOT JUST A FEW CARS THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO, BUT MANY! *TR

2008 VW PASSAT. PURCHASED BRAND NEW FROM MCDONALD AUTOMOTIVE LITTLETON CO TRANSMISSION SLIPPING 2009 BRAKES / ROTORS. 2010 SUNROOF / WOULD NOT CLOSE POURING RAIN. NEEDS NEW MOTOR 2011 LEAKING OIL VACUUM PUMP 2013. 87000 MILES TURBO CUT OFF VALVE 2013 FRONT ROTORS 2013 ENGINE REVVING UP 2013 HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT. *TR