Two problems related to catalytic convertor have been reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The catalytic converter failed on my wife?s Passat. The car is 4 yrs old and has less than 85000 miles on it . The estimated repair from bill barry vw. To fix it is around 1600 dollars. I was told that when I purchased the car new that the exhaust systems never fail because they are made of stainless steel. Before that around 68000 miles the car began to run on 3 cylinders. They had to replace a control module that cost me $612. 00 none of this was covered under any of my warranty. Even though I am supposed to have a 10 yr. Or 100000 miles. This will be our last volkswwagen. If I were told that the exhaust system was worth so much money up front, we would never have bought this car.
1999 vw. Passat exhaust cataylitic converter failure and engine skipping problem.