general problems of the 2000 Volkswagen Passat

Three problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2000 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2000 Passat.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/25/2011

Tl- the contact owns a 2000 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving 30 mph, he crashed into another vehicle. The vehicle was destroyed however none of the air bags deployed. There were no injuries reported. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 130,000. Kmj.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/04/2003

While driving I experienced a spontaneous deployment of the passenger side lateral air bag in my 2000 vw Passat. With deployment, all electical power was lost to the vehicle, leaving me with no control of the auto. There had been no collision or impact to the vehicle. The air bag just went off by itself. There was no injury to passengers from the airbag, but it almost caused me to lose control of the vehicle.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 11/24/2000

No summary listed for above vehicle.


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