Equipment Problems of Volkswagen EOS

Volkswagen EOS owners have reported 30 equipment related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 3 most common equipment problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's equipment (28 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's radio/tape cd player (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Equipment related problems of Volkswagen EOS


Recently reported Equipment problems of Volkswagen EOS

The Equipment problem

In an accident I was struck by another vehicle that swerved into my lane at a very high rate of speed. His vehicle struck my car on the drivers side front quater panel just after the head light and continued past the drivers door. Air bags failed to deploy causing injuries to my head and body.   Read details...

The Radio/tape Cd Player problem

I bought the vehicle on 02/15/2013 it only have 10,000 miles on it. Then as soon as it hit 68,500 miles and went out of warranty. I had just had it serviced for the last time under warranty on 6/21/2019 at 67,996 miles. The timing chain snapped and bent all the valves. I had to rebuild the engine.   Read details...

The Owners/service Manual problem

I was trying to merge onto expressway traffic and when I pushed on the accelerator the car was unresponsive. It created an unsafe situation where I had to hit the brakes and let the traffic pass by, then I put the car in manual shift so that I could accelerate enough to merge with traffic.   Read details...




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