Eight problems related to body have been reported for the 2002 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2002 Passat.
When it rains the car gets flooded causing the whole wiring system through the car to get damage. The car will suddenly lose power and die as your driving. Seems to happen. When on highway most. The car will not start or crank. I've had to vacuum the floor boards and trunk, search for damaged wires, change relays as well as camshaft position sensor, and fuel pump. As well as sensors. Trying to get it running again. Also the transmission jerks very hard when trying to go into reverse and most of the time in slips out of gear within1or 2 seconds.
While driving at 75mph or in city traffic I get an alarm warning that my driver's door is open. To shut the loud warning off, I must open and close the door while going 75mph or in traffic. Either I open the door while driving or pull over on the side of the highway with traffic, I find this very dangerous!!! this happens daily this is my second vw Passat that the door latch has failed and was told this a common problem with Volkswagens this should be a recall because of the dangers of having to open the door to reset the latch electrical switches that are defective!!!.
I was driving up somewhat of a hill and had to slow down due to a bit of traffic flow. I had realized I was a little closer than I thought so I braked a little harder than usual. My brakes were grabbing on tightly to the ground like they should but then seemed to have given out at the last couple seconds. My car hit the car in front of me, resulting in both my front airbags going off. The airbag on the passenger side and swung out and hit my right hand, resulting in some minor burns and scrapes. I then started going backwards after the car in fron of me was hit. I hit my brakes to stop my car from rolling and there was nothing. My car would not let me brake. So I went to put the car in park, and then the car would not park. Finally the car stopped rolling backwards and we went to go move the car out of the street about 5 minutes later. The car wouldn't move at this point, so I had to take the car out of park and put it in neutral. The brakes are working fine now for the most part and there had been no previous brake problems. There was never a light indicator that said that my brakes needed to be checked nor had they felt different.
After heavy rainfall, water filled the passenger floor well. I vacuumed out the water and moved vehicle on a surface that is sloped and another 3 gallons of water came through the front passenger kick panel where there are electrical components. In total, there was 7 gallons of water. Now all the service lights comes and remains on.
When it rains water leaks into the car under the passenger dash over electrical components for the car.
When it rains, my Volkswagen Passat 2002 station wagon floors get soaked and puddle. Had back to dealer 3 times over 1. 5 years of ownership, had rugs replaced 2x, they said it was a filter seal that was bad. Problem has not been resolved.
The vehicle experienced a severe vibration.
The entire floor of the vehicle floods when it rains. Cause/location of the leak is unknown.