Two problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 2006 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2006 Passat.
There are no events leading up to failure. I didn't experience the symptom when I bought the car. The car had 71 miles at the time of purchase. I started experiencing the problem between 200-250 miles. Failure: the vehicle sometimes shakes mildly to violently when the ignition is on and the vehicle is in park or neutral. I serviced the vehicle with Volkswagen and they said this is normal.
I purchased my vw 3. 6 4motion Passat with 71 miles. When the vehicle reached 200 to 250 miles, the engine started shaking when gently applying brakes at slow speeds. I also experience this when the gear is in drive and their is no gas being applied. I have serviced the vehicle with Volkswagen twice and they state that this is normal behavior. I have researched this through a internet forum and discovered that not all owners of the same vehicle type that I have experience this symptom. The shaking topic can be found at the following url. . Read more...