Air Bag Not Deploy problems of the 2007 Volkswagen Passat

I would like to bring to your attention an issue that is happening with my 2007 Volkswagen Passat 2. 0t. The car¿s airbag fault indicator light is on indicating that the air bag will not deploy if in an accident. I had an independent car mechanic investigate the issue and he informed me that the air bag fault is indicative of a bad sensor. I have an appointment with keffer Volkswagen in huntersville north carolina to accurately diagnose the issue on 8/1/2014. I called Volkswagen (703-364-7000) on 7/25/2014 and spoke with a customer advocate to file a formal complaint and ask them if they would cover the cost of the repairs. Since it is a safety issue and the issue has close proximity to the harness recall from 3 years ago I expected them to cover it. (I had the harness rewired with the new harness as a part of that recall. ) Volkswagen told me that they would not cover the cost of the diagnosis or repairs due to the age of the vehicle. Case # 140556249. I have concerns because I know this is a bigger issue and not just a problem with my car. I have provided some screen prints of other Volkswagen owners complaining of the same problems. Several drivers have been in accidents where the airbags did not deploy. Drivers are concerned about the airbag not deploying during an accident and of the air bag deploying while driving. I also have the same concerns and I believe that this issue should be investigated as a design flaw / defect that could lead to a larger safety recall. If Volkswagen is to fix the issue with the same parts will the issues continue to persist? this is deeply concerning, especially when an employee at huntersville north carolina informed me that parts and labor are only covered under warranty for one year after the repairs. Will I be paying for this same repair over and over again? your urgent attention and response is expected.

On 4/92014 the air-bag warning light came on when I started the car. Manual states that this indicates the air bags may not deploy when they should but that they might deploy randomly while the car was driven. I took the car to open road vw in manhattan a vw dealership & service facility where they found "fault 2513" for seatbelt sensor and replaced it under the certified pre-owned warranty with which the car was sold. Open road vw stated that this repair was covered under their 1 year warranty on parts & labor as well as vw's cpo warranty. On 5/14/2014 (mileage 25,280), the airbag warning light came on again. Again I took it to open road vw. They found a fault for the passenger's seat belt force recognition sensor g453. Found defective buckle and replaced it. This repair was covered only by vw's cpo warranty as, the service rep said it involved a different part than the first repair and was therefore not covered by the parts & labor warranty provided by the dealer. On 6/23/2014, airbag warning light came on again. Found 1 fault n200 for resistance too low, replaced connectors for both front seats. , charged $50. 00 deductible as, again, this was a different repair than the last. I contacted vw of America's customer care and they said I would hear from a supervisor. The supervisor e-mailed that she would call me today, June 30, but I have received no call. On 6/28/2014 airbag warning light came on again at 10:pm could not take it the dealership on Sunday because it is closed, but wrote to the supervisor on Sunday. Called vw customer care this morning. Said supervisor would call me, but also that my cpo warranty had expired at midnight June 29, 2014. As this is an ongoing problem that began in April I expect it to be covered. It seems possible that this recurrent issue with the airbag warning light may indicate a potential danger to me and other owners of this vehicle.

We purchased our 2007 Passat 3. 6l 4-motion wagon and had issues with the airbags from day 1 (literally), and had the dealership replace the sensors under both seats within the first three days. Within a month, we began having issues with the tire pressure monitoring system. New tires fixed the tpms issue for about a week, then we began having issues again. A year after we bought the car, my wife had an accident (rear-ended someone), and the airbag did not deploy. We had to have the entire front-end repaired - $10,237 worth of repairs. After the repairs were completed, there was so much external noise than there was before the accident. Over the next 8 months, we began having issues with the check engine light coming on (and staying on). When the car shut off one day, right in the middle of (busy) traffic, I took it back to the repair shop to have them look at it. They took our 2007 Passat to the vw dealership, which made a blanket statement that none of the existing issues were related to the wreck. Therefore, the repair shop would not do anything more to fix the car, and since the car was no longer under warranty, the dealership would not cover the repairs either. On October 29, 2012, 14 months after the accident, the check engine light came on again, as it had many times before. However, on October 30, 2012, the engine died completely. We've since discovered that the bearings are completely gone and were told it will cost us $7,000 to replace the engine. But that still doesn't include repairs to the previously existing issues with the tpsm or the airbag.

The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact was driving 50 mph and crashed into the rear end of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy and the vehicle was destroyed. One passenger sustained injuries to the head, neck, back and chest. The police were contacted and a report was filed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileages were 75,000.

This Passat continues to have air bag issues. The air bag fault light has gone on multiple times in last 12 months. Per the vw tech's, the air bag will not deploy when the light is on. The air bags, wires, harnesses and components have all been replaced. At last visit to vw, they stated nothing else can go wrong because it has all been replaced. The vehicle is currently in for same repair. The above date is an estimate. But, it has been serviced for this issue by current dealer since 8/11/11.