2015 Volkswagen Passat

THE EPA & CARB REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS TO MY DIESEL VEHICLE THAT ON READING THE TECHNICAL DETAILS IN THE REQUIRED PAPERWORK, MY VEHICLE ACTUALLY POLLUTES SLIGHTLY MORE AFTER THE FIX! LESS MILEAGE, LESS POWER, POLLUTES SLIGHTLY MORE. CONTACTED EPA & CARB MANY TIMES TO ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN THE EMISSIONS AFTER THEIR 'FIX,' NEVER RETURNED EMAIL OR CALL. NOTING OTHER CAR MAKERS USING THE SAME ENGINE CONTROL UNIT FROM BOSCHE, THOSE CARS WERE EITHER MADE EXEMPT OR GIVEN A SOFTWARE FIX (NO HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS LIKE VW). IT SEEMS LIKE VW DRIVERS ARE BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE VW LIED. OTHER CAR MAKERS WHO GOT CAUGHT (ALL BOSCHE EDC17 ENGINE COMPUTERS), ADMITTED TO EPA AND JUST PAID THE FINES IMMEDIATELY TO EPA, UNLIKE VW. REALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE EPA AND CARB ARE PUNISHING THE END CONSUMER BECAUSE VW LIED. I GET 300 TO 400 FEWER MILES A TANK, SLIGHTLY WORSE EMISSIONS... WHAT GIVES? GOOD FOR FUEL TAX THOUGH. WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION INTO CORRUPTION OF CARB AND EPA AS IT SEEMS THE SECOND TDI FIX IS FOR GOVERNMENT / CALIFORNIA EGO. PLEASE REFERENCE PAGE 8 OF THE ATTACHED PDF AND LOOK AT ALL THE EMISSIONS, WHY DID CARB JOIN SOME OF THE MEASUREMENTS TOGETHER? WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO HIDE? SIMPLE MATH WILL SHOW YOU THAT THE NEW MEASUREMENTS EQUAL THE OLD FEDERAL NUMBERS ONCE YOU JOIN THE SAME MEASUREMENTS TOGETHER. WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED? MY CAR PERFORMS WORSE AT 300 LESS MILES A TANK. YEP, LOOKING WHOLISTICALLY, 300 MILES LESS PER TANK IS ACTUALLY WORSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT YET GREAT FOR FUEL TAX! *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON FLAT PAVED ROAD AT SPEED OF 25-30 MPH WHEN SUDDENLY THE RPM SURGED FROM 1 TO 4, ENGINE REVVED, MADE LOUD HIGH PITCH WHINE FOR SEVERAL MINS. I WAS NOT ACCELERATING, ONLY FOLLOWING ANOTHER VEHICLE AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION, WHEN THIS STOPPED & CONTINUED DRIVING NORMALLY AND NOTED THE RPM WAS BACK TO NEAR 1. NO PANEL OR ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON.

MY HEATER CORE IS BAD. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS RECALL ON OLDER PASSAT MODELS, BUT FOR 2015 IT IS NOT INCLUDED. I HAD TO PAY $871 TO HAVE MY HEATER CORE REPLACED, AS IT STARTED TO LEAK COOLANT IN MY CAR. ONE OF THE HOSES GOING TO MY FIREWALL ALSO BUSTED, SO IT HAD TO BE CHANGED. THE CAR WAS LEAKING LOTS OF COOLANT FROM UNDER THE CAR TOO. ON 9/11 AFTER THEY SUPPOSEDLY FIXED IT ON 9/07/19, MY LOW COOLANT LIGHT TURNED ON. I WAS NEAR DEALER, SO THEY SAID THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. THEY THINK IT HAD AN AIR BUBBLE THAT CAME OUT, WHICH MADE MY COOLANT LIGHT COME ON. THEY TOPPED IT OFF. DEALER SAID THEY CHANGED MY HEATER CORE, BUT I STILL HAVE NO HEAT INSIDE MY CAR. TAKING BACK 9/23 TO HAVE CAR LOOKED AT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ON ITS OWN. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE FROM A RED LIGHT, THE FRONT TIRES SPUN AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK. AFTER A WHILE, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME SAFELY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRACTION AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT SPARK PLUGS #2 AND #3 MISFIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO DRIVEN TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,583.

I DON'T DRIVE MY CAR OFTEN AS I WORK FROM HOME AND TRAVEL OUT OF TOWN ALL THE TIME. I ONLY HAVE 16K MILES ON MY CAR DESPITE OF OWNING IT FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS. RECENTLY, THE CHECK ENGINE SIGN SHOWED UP ON THE DASHBOARD. THE ISSUE CAME OUT TO BE WITH THE FAILED BANK 1 OXYGEN SENSOR 1. IT'S PRETTY RARE FOR A CAR WITH LESS MILEAGE TO HAVE SUCH ISSUES. AS I'M OVER THE THREE YEAR MARK, THE FIX WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

OIL CONSUMPTION. THE CAR NOW HAS ABOUT 122,000 MILES IN IT BUT AT ABOUT 1000,000 MILES THE CAR WAS DOWN 1& 1/2 QUARTS OF OIL WITHIN 5000 MILES SINCE THEN IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE. IAN NOW ADDING A QUART OF OIL AT 3,000 MILES AND THE OIL LIGHT IS COMING ON. I HAVE ONLY EVER BROUGHT THE CAR TO VW FOR ALL SERVICE INCLUDING OIL CHANGES ON REGULAR SCHEDULE ACCORDING TO DEALER.