One problem related to vehicle shudder has been reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
For: 99 volkswagon Passat wagon while my wife and I were parking in front of a bank, in a sudden the car shoke violently; we stopped without turning the engine off. . . The car was shaking very hard still. We then had this car diagnozed at a firestone service center nearby. After a day, the mechanic mentioned that there's misfiring in cylinder 2, and it's common thing in Passat (I did not know this until then), but vw never issued a recall. So they asked me to leave the car for an extra day so they could solve the problem. Another day passed, they informed me that they needed more time; they tried to replace the coil, it's still misfiring, and they mentioned more trials, but those were not good too. They suggested me to bring the car to the dealership. One hour before I wrote this to NHTSA, I researched the internet and I found similar occurances of misfiring from cylinders, and a few has the same type: 99 Passat. Here is what I had found: 1. . Read more...