2007 Volkswagen Passat owner complaints

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags). The part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. Three dealers were unable to provide a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

"takata recall" my airbag light went on and remains on. Upon going to a vw dealership...I was told "ya that means the air won't deflate if you were in an accident". They never went into the car! I was told for them to run a test it would cost 125.00. I couldn't believe what I was hearing from a vw dealership. This is a safety issue and should be resolved with a cost to the customer. I then went on to a gas station...they had hand held device that could detect what the problem was. It came up as defect # 01217, side air bag igniter, drivers side(10199). They recommend taking it to certified dealer(which I did) as they did not have the parts to repair. The gas station did not charge me anything. Something is very wrong here!

Air bag fault indicator light came on. *tr

Takata recall. My car was recalled in february 2016 and I still don't have placement parts available to me. This is a disgrace. I am the mother of a small child and my life could be in jeopardy from my driver side airbag.

Takata recall. Was told it would take over a year to get the replacement air bag. Want it faster!!!!

Takata recall the passenger side airbag doesn't work according to my lending bank. I found this out when I refinanced through them.

When under 5mph the car will stall or it will not start. It sometimes runs me late for an event due to it will not start. I'm not sure why it does it I've not noticed the pattern yet. The lcd screen will read defective steering column. I've called vw and they will not replace after warranty expires and they want nearly 3k to replace the product of the entire steering column and immobilizer. *tr

Problem: heads up display in car says "steering column lock defective." car starts up, then stalls and the engine cuts off. This warning is displayed, along with three loud beeps. After this message is displayed, the car will not start up with repeated attempts at inserting the key. Tries to start, stalls, tries to start, stalls, etc. Sometimes it will start on the second attempt, sometimes I have to wait until the 30th+ attempt. Make the car very sporadic in its driving use with whether it will even turn on or not! Nothing seems to help this problem. Turning the steer wheel during start, depressing the brake, having the parking brake on, etc. It should be noted however that sometimes this problem does not occur at all. I will insert the key and it will start like normal. But then sometime

Sudden failure of steering wheel. Display shows "steering wheel lock". This could be serious issue if it happened during driving. Unable to start the car or to get the car in neutral gear. Had to tow the car to the vw service where it was diagnosed with steering control module failure. *tr

I have been experiencing a steering column lock defect warning on my dash and the car often will not start without repeated attempts. This appears to be a common and very expensive defect with passats and the vw passat blogs are full of complaints about this defect. I contacted vw and they were no help. The rep offered her sympathy but nothing as far as vw taking responsibility for the problem. It appears that this defect can result in steering wheels locking while driving, engines cutting off without warning, and the car not starting leaving drivers stranded. I will be delivering the vehicle to the local vw agency for repair and request that the NHTSA require vw to reimburse all passat owners with this problem for all related expenses to correct this very dangerous defect. *tr

Started my car to warm it up, came out to drive it and the airbag light was on. Dealer turned it off twice before the wiring harness and airbag had to be replaced. This was a very costly repair and I feel it should've been volkswagens bill, not mine as I did nothing to cause this and it was caused by poor craftsmanship, which I did not pay for. *js

Here is problem that I am having with my 2007 Volkswagen passat. While I am driving the car shuts down completely. This has happened to me about three times this year . It has almost caused me to be in 3 accidents and to have to quickly pull off the road. I had the car towed 3 times to the dealer because the car locks down and I cant put the car in neutral to tow it. It takes an experience tow truck driver to get in on a flat bed with the wheels locked. The dealer is telling me they cant figure out what is wrong with it and they can not get the car to replicate the issue, from the forums I have been reading vw tells everyone the same thing. I have already paid 2000 to get this car fix and vw still has not fixed the problem, but from what I am reading it sounds like it the steering wheel l

The parking brake malfunctions due to an error in the electronics system board. This issue is severely under-reported as a large portion of cars affected ignore or reset the error by disconnecting the battery each time it appears. This needs to be an official recall but vw refuses to do it because they claim "not enough cars are affected". *tr

The contact owned a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 18V148000(Air Bags) and 17V509000 ( Fuel System, Gasoline), and would like to be removed from the recall distribution list. The local dealer and the manufacturer were not contacted.

My 2007 passat 2.0t wagon car has developed a symptom when the RPM goes over 3000 specially when I need acceleration and it cuts of the power (fuel or something else I don't know, there is a tsb regarding to cam shaft lobe wear this is the exact symptom I have) the MIL comes on with a code 2293. I went to the dealer and they say y vehicle is over warranty mileage and they will not cover it. I noticed many people are having the exact same issue on the internet and when driving on the highway this is a serious safety issue since the engine power cuts off. By the definition of the tsb this is apparently a manufacturing defect they even release an updated part and advise the dealers to use the updated part. I like many others are forced to pay a hefty repair sum just after couple thousand mile

We asked jack daniels to fix the fuel pump as we received notice of the recall. They said they could not do it. Our car now bucks at high speeds, particularly when driving uphill. What should we do? We do not think the car is safe to drive.

The weld beads on the down pipe flange adjacent to the turbo charger failed and resulted in a huge exhaust leak. The heat (coming out from the opening) got trapped in the engine bay and melted the vacuum hose connected with the brake booster. As a result, power decreased but most importantly, breaking power was lost as well. This happened when the vehicle was in motion. Luckily, I was not driving fast and just exited the highway. Very dangerous and the defect on this model is actually not uncommon. Low quality factory welds on the components should be re-welded and the cheap hard plastic hoses should be replaced with better quality and more reliable hoses.

Plastic headlight covers are known to deteriorate due to sunlight. I am told I have lost 30% of my headlights' capacity to illuminate the road. Vw wants more than $900 to replace them, claiming they are permanently attached to the entire headlight assemblies.

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the brakes slip and grip rapidly when the brake pedal is depressed and attempting to stop the vehicle. The failure occurs while driving 20 MPH and below. The dealer was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The vehicle is currently at the dealer for the third time and is taking longer to repair than usual. The current and failure mileages were 15,000.

Air conditioning does not work. On foggy and rainy days air conditioning is necessary to obtain a good visibility while driving. Several 2006 and 2007 vw passat models have this problem. *tr