2008 Volkswagen Passat owner complaints

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the oil pressure and check engine indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to findlay north Volkswagen (7500 w azure dr, las vegas, nv 89130, (702) 982-4800) where the oil was changed; however, the failure recurred and the vehicle stalled. The check engine and oil pressure indicators illuminated again. The vehicle was taken back to findlay north Volkswagen where no diagnostic failure codes were found and the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manu

The vw passat is under recall for the fuel pump module. They do not have a fix yet and this has been since august. I have been with a car that does not run. When this first started the dealership kept sending me away not knowing what the problem was, then we learned about this recall and it is exactly what is happening to our car. The car will not run for more than 5 min. It stalls out. The car will start okay and as soon as you begin to drive you cannot pump the gas the entire car turns off, this happened twice in the middle of the street trying to get to a mechanic. This part (fule pump module) causes our battery to drain which has also caused our alternator to go out. We have replaced the alternator but we put in a new battery and as soon as we did this the fuel pump module drained it a

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the vehicle was inoperable. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where they referred him to a dealer due to a recall. The vehicle was towed to schumacher Volkswagen of north palm beach (3720 northlake blvd, suite b, lake park, fl) where it was diagnosed that the fuel pump was defective and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the contact covered the expense for the fuel pump. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and informed the contact that they co

My car is exhibiting several of the symptoms listed with regards to the fuel pump recall. Vw has contacted me with no eta on when the issue can be resolved. Vehicle is exhibiting no crank (stationary) and has lost power (while driving) and the battery which was less than 3 years old had to recently be replaced.

The check engine light came on and the engine started running rough. The high pressure fuel sensor failed ruining the camshaft and associated parts. The dealer said there is metal in the oil. Engine needs to be replaced. This is consistent with recall for 2007 vw 2.0t engines but no recall on 2008s.

There has been a recall on my vehicle since august 16, 2017 on the fuel pump control module and and it is getting worse and worse on my vehicle and my vw dealership said they cant get the product to replace it and they don't know when it will be in. I am getting terrible gas mileage and it cuts out, which is dangerous.

My car won't start but check engine light is on. I need my car fixed. It shows there is a recall for this on my vehicle. It says remedy not yet found. What does that mean? I'm not going to responsible for fixing this. This light came on while driving on the highway. Once I stopped the car it wouldn't restart

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen passat. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled and all power was lost. There were no warning indicators illuminated before or after the failure. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Check engine light appeared while driving and I brought to service station where I was informed that the timing chain had failed due to the tensioner. After researching on the internet I found that this is a safety issue that vw has known about since the early 2000's. *tr

2nd ignition.coil failure in 1 month period.

Fuel gauge reads incorrectly. Prior to first service call, gauge read nearly empty when tank was full; after replacing "sending sensor" the condition reversed and now reads full when tank is nearly empty. *tr

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 engi

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

I bought the car around mid-september 2019. I've been driving it since and just recently, I'd say december 9th, 2019 to be exact, got a letter in the mail saying my vehicle had a recall for the airbag. I went online to the car brands website and looked up my exact car to verify. Upon doing this, I discovered it had a second recall for the fuel pump. I took the car in for the free repairs, only to be told that they can't fix the fuel fump issue as my check engine light is on. From what I've been told by a mechanic I went to, the light is on due to a leak in my vacuum pump. He said it'd cost about $600 for part and labor, but that this fix isn't extremely important and that my car should run well enough without this fix. Me being broke, I didn't get it fixed. Well, now that I'm here to get m

Takata airbag I received a safety recall 16v078 but there is still no solution, how long do they have to remedy the situation? This is my daughters car and I would like to get this done asap thx [xxx] . Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr

Engine stalls sometimes while driving--just a momentary hickup

I got home after work saturday night around 7pm and park my 2008 vw passat in front of my house and two minutes after smoke start coming out through front grille I open the hood and it small like burned plastic. I sow coil and wire where is connected all melted. I was lucky that this did not happened while I was driving. *tr

Driving home with in freezing weather after a snow storm, every few minutes cleaning the windshield with washer fluid, where after stopping the car for a few minutes, the wipers refused to function while driving (attempting to clean the windshield from the road salt). Had to carefully pull over, checked the fuses, and cleared all ice from the windshield cowl and wiper blade arms, then it worked. None of my older cars had this issue. *tr

Transmission went into neutral while accelerating at highway speed last night. False neutral? No noticeable lights came on and finally put itself back in gear after we came to a stop. Gear selector was never moved. I've read many people having this issue and seems to be a temp or speed sensor in the trans.

ABS light came on and flashing brake light whoe driving. There was also a beep