2008 Volkswagen Passat

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH GEAR. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE SHIFTER WAS MOVED INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 208,000.

DRIVING NORMALLY ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. AAA ADVISED AND VEHICLE DELIVERED TO MY LOCAL VW MECHANIC. I ADVISED VW AND THEY NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROBLEM. FUEL PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR HAS 35000 MILES. VW CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISED ME THAT THE 2008 PASSAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY CAMPAIGN, SUCH AS A RECALL OR WARRANTY EXTENSION. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. COST $600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR MOVED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND A DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE MIRROR. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AFTER THE REPAIR WAS PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THE LOW BEAM HEAD LAMPS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BULBS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

WARNED BY OTHER OWNERS OF 2006-08 PASSATS, I INSPECTED THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP, CAM, AND CAM FOLLOWER FOR ABNORMAL WEAR. THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) CAM FOLLOWER HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A FLAW REQUIRING WARRANTY EXTENSION TO 120,000 MILES ON THE 2006-2007 MODELS. THIS FAULT CAUSES FAILURE OF THE CAM FOLLOWER AND THE FUEL PUMP SHAFT WEARS INTO THE CAMSHAFT CAUSING LOSS OF FUEL/SPEED, ACCELERATION, OR ENGINE POWER UPON FAILURE. MY VEHICLE EXHIBITS IDENTICAL EARLY WEAR AND FAILURE AS 2006-07 MODELS, THOUGH VW REFUSES TO EXTEND WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR 2008 CARS. FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF 2008 VEHICLES WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL AFFECTED OWNERS IN THIS MATTER AND IS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS FLAW RECOGNIZED IN 06-07 VEHICLES EXTENDS INTO SOME 2008 VEHICLES AND IS DENYING COVERAGE OF THIS SAFETY/EMISSIONS ISSUE. VW CUSTOMER CARE HAS DENIED ANY FLAW OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2008 2.0T OWNERS DESPITE THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR PRIOR MODEL YEARS FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

THIS "CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED" VEHICLE HAS CONSISTENTLY PERFORMED DANGEROUSLY AND UNRELIABLY SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CAR WOULD NOT START ON SO MANY OCCASIONS THAT WE LOST COUNT. WHEN THE CAR WOULD START, IT WOULD CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING IT DOWN THE ROAD, COMING OFF OF EXIT RAMPS, AND ON BUSY HIGHWAYS, NOT EVEN GIVING THE DRIVER AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL OVER. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AT UNEXPECTED TIMES, CAUSING THE CAR TO WANT TO MOVE FORWARD EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE WAS BEING DEPRESSED. THE CAR WOULD WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AT STOP LIGHTS, IN TRAFFIC, AND IN PARKING GARAGES. THE ENGINE WOULD ALSO RUN LOUDLY AND AT A VERY HIGH RPM ANY TIME THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. THESE CONCERNS WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. WE HAVE EMAILS FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYING THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT WOULD CUT OFF AND REQUIRE TOWING THE SAME DAY IT WAS BOTH DROPPED OFF AND PICKED UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS VERY REASON. THE VEHICLE IS NOW PARKED AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY UNDRIVEABLE. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA. THEIR SOLUTION IS TO ALLOW THE CAR TO GET REPOSSESSED, AND THEY WILL GLADLY SELL US ANOTHER VEHICLE. THIS IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. PAYMENTS CONTINUE TO BE MADE ON THE CAR.

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT PROMPTED ME TO TAKE MY 2008 VW PASSAT 2.0T TO THE DEALER TO HAVE CODE READ. ADVISED IT WAS A MALFUNCTION OF THE CAMSHAFT AND THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP (HPFP) CAM FOLLOWER THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A FLAW MERITING WARRANTY EXTENSION ON THE 2006-2007 MODELS. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE 2007 MODEL YEAR WAS PRODUCED THROUGH 7/2007. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN 8/2007 AND THUS HAS THE 2008 MODEL YEAR, BUT THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS THE SAME PARTS AND THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE PRIOR YEARS WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS FAULT CAUSES PREMATURE WEAR ON THE CAM FOLLOWER AND THE HPFP ROD WEARS INTO THE CAMSHAFT CAUSING LOSS OF FUEL/SPEED, ACCELERATION, OR ENGINE POWER UPON FAILURE. SEEING AS HOW MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME BUILD AS THOSE OF PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE WARRANTY EXTENSION, FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF 2008 VEHICLES WITH THE IDENTICAL PROBLEM SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. VOLKSWAGEN CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL AFFECTED OWNERS IN THIS MATTER AND IS UNWILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS FLAW RECOGNIZED IN 06-07 VEHICLES EXTENDS INTO SOME 2008 VEHICLES AND IS DENYING COVERAGE AND DISREGARDING THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT FOLLOWS FAILURE OF THE CAMSHAFT DUE TO THE EROSION OF THIS PART. VW CUSTOMER CARE WAS NOT ABLE TO PRODUCE PROOF THAT MY VEHICLE HAD DIFFERENT OR IMPROVED PARTS BY WAY OF A DIFFERENT SET OF PART NUMBERS INSTALLED. THE TECHNICIANS CONFIRMED THAT MY CAMSHAFT WAS IDENTICAL TO THE RECALLED CAMSHAFT, AND THE CAM FOLLOWER WEAR WAS SO EXTREME THAT THE HPFP ROD WAS ERODING THE CAM SURFACE DIRECTLY. VW CUSTOMER CARE HAS DENIED ANY FLAW OR EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 2008 2.0T OWNERS DESPITE THE WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR PRIOR MODEL YEARS FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. *TR

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.