general problems of the 2008 Volkswagen Passat

There is a recall with the fuel pump and the manufacturer is claiming that I need to replace certain parts to be able to do the recall.

Reference ntsa vehicle safety recall number 08v235000. It identifies a engine surge and resultant vehicle surge for vw Passats in the year 2008. I recently purchased a 2008 vw Passat lux wagon and have had this happen to me at least 6 times since the end of June when I bought the car. Most recently, a lady was walking in front of my car in a crosswalk, I had stopped for. As I began to let off the brake, the car lunged forward about a foot, before I stopped it again. We were both noticeably shaken by what had just happened. I tried reporting this incident and the recall to my local dealer, vw of olympia< wa> only to be told it did not apply to my specific VIN. I went on to contact vw cares only to be told the same thing. I did file a report with their case number 190810111. This situation may not have been apparent to my specific VIN when the car was new and the recall was issued. Now 12 years and 137k miles later, there it is. People are going to get hurt or even killed if this is not dealt with.

Takata recall the fuel pump water pump and power loss.

When I've been driving my car it completely shuts off, I lose power steering, acceleration, braking & need to allow the car to come to a stop & then stut if off & turn it back on. I have taken my pasta in and they are unable to find anything wrong with it. I found that there is a recall for my VIN but no available parts for a fuel pump replacement that would cause the car to suddenly shut off. What can I do to get this replaced I'm scared to keep driving it because at some point I will not be so lucky to not hit someone.

Many times the car won't start. After many tries, it may start, but I have been left in very cold and unsafe places without the ability to start the car. I feel like this is an ongoing issue for these cars and vw should offer an inexpensive or free fix for this.

This vehicle has a recall for known electrical problems which may cause a loss of steering while driving. I have attempted to contact my local vw dealership to have them look into the issue but they fail to offer a solution. The vehicle also has known faulty electrical components in the steering wheel which cause airbag faults.

Summary on certain vehicles, there could be an interruption in electrical power to the fuel pump control module. This could result in the fuel pump running continuously, resulting in a drained battery and/or a no start condition, or cause a loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Recall status recall incomplete. Remedy not yet available remedy replace the fuel pump control module and relocate it within the vehicle. Safety risk descrpition a loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Manufacturer recall number 20ae NHTSA recall number 17v509.

The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced excessive electrical power consumption. The contact stated that the battery had to be replaced three times. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer was not contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The VIN was invalid. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Engine stalls sometimes while driving--just a momentary hickup.

My vehicle (2008 vw Passat) started having acceleration issues and would only go up to 40 mph as well as also having a rough start up when turning my car on. I proceeded to take it into the dealership to have this looked at and at first they claimed that I needed a new high pressure fuel pump which would cost me around $700. Later in the day, I received a call back telling me that my intake camshaft was broken and that they could not make the repair without replacing this as well. Now my total was up to $2000. After doing some research and calling around to compare prices, I talked to a repairman that had to replace his camshaft in the same year vw car because of similar issues. I found that my model 2008 vw Passat was built with a faulty intake camshaft revision b which was found to be abrasive and causing friction with the fuel pump. Since 2008 vw found a sneaky way to replace this with a revision a camshaft and not recall the previous part, which has now, over time caused my $2,000 problem and could have put my family at risk of an accident due to acceleration issues. I guess this repair would have fallen under my powertrain warranty, which has since expired, but most car issues take longer than the warranty period anyways, especially those which occur over time with faulty parts. I have talked to vw and they cannot do anything for me and there is not an open recall on this part and never has been. The issue was just pushed under the rug, hoping to be ignored forever. Until now, I will not allow other to suffer what I am going through now and vw has a bad reputation with being dishonest right now so why wouldn't they hide yet another issue? please look into this for me and provide me with further steps to take action.

Tl-the contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 mph, the vehicle stalled and the brake pedal failed to respond as all warning lights iluminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not able to be restarted and was vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000. Kr.

Vehicle has approx one year of difficult starts requiring multiple attempts. On 7/20/14 while driving in parking lot vehicle stalled and refused to restart despite numerous attempts. Towed home. Dtc showed control module for electronic steering column lock leaking. Vehicle refusing to start despite all other electrical components checking out. Check engine light not on.

The car was parked and would not start even after a check of the battery. The car had no power whatsoever and could not be placed into neutral to tow-the electronic emergency brake was also locked. The vehicle sat two nights in a shopping center parking lot before a towing company could figure something out. The tow was $106. 00 to the vw dealership. The dealer wanted $107 labor charge for each problem. I already looking at a $214. 00 bill for the starting issue and brake. I told the technician if the car starts the brake should release according the operators manual-its electronic. How this happened is a complete mystery as there had never been even the slightest indication. I have seen many, many reports of this same issue with this car on the internet as I did some research after this happened. I received a call from the dealership- the steering wheel module was $565 since the dealership had to move the car and try and get it started , ,,which seems ridiculous to me given that the car only has 90,000 miles. I tried to get some help from vw customer care given that this seems like a design flaw. . . It really is upsetting to have to pay so much for a car so lightly used with only making 3 monthly vehicle payments and. Vw was completely unwilling to work with me in any way. German engineering = german junk!.

We came home from a 30 mile trip and parked the car in the driveway. Went in the house and about 5 minutes later heard a big pop sound. I think is was a tire exploding and found the entire engine on fire. Another popping sound occurred and another tire blew. On the drive home there were no problems noted on the dash board. When we got out of the car there were no odors or indication of a fire. My keys were in the house at the time of the fire. Other issues that might be related. This past week my charger got extremely hot to touch and I stopped using it. I also felt the car try to start after I turned it off.

All controls located on the steering wheel went dead, and airbag failure indicator came on. Turning vehicle off and restarting it did not solve the problem. Drivers side airbag seems not to be functional.

I got home after work Saturday night around 7pm and park my 2008 vw Passat in front of my house and two minutes after smoke start coming out through front grille I open the hood and it small like burned plastic. I sow coil and wire where is connected all melted. I was lucky that this did not happened while I was driving.

2008 vw Passat wagon. This car while parked, running and occupied, in a garage had a fire whose point of origin was the area of the driver's seat. The fire investigation determined the cause to be accidental mechanical. The fire caused significant damage to a single family home, damage estimated at about $200,000 also one occupant of the home had to be transported by ems for smoke inhalation. The driver of the car stated she to leave. She placed the 5 â½ year old in the child seat of the Volkswagen and opened the garage door. She started the car and smelt smoke. Immediately shut the car off and called the husband. The husband said that it was probably the seat heater, had her turn off the seat heater and restart the car. She restarted the car smelt and observed smoke again, turned off the car, got out and saw flame underneath the drivers seat. She removed the daughter from the car and took her out to the driveway. She then went back into the garage and removed a gas can from the area of the car/snowblower. She again re-entered the garage and opened the other garage door (both now open) observed flames shooting out of the drivers door of the car. She exited the garage through an interior door, closing it behind her. She then went up into the house removed two dogs to a crate on the deck. In the meantime a neighbor had grabbed the little girl. While all this was happening the mother placed three frantic 911 calls. The owner of the car stated he had had problems with the heated seats in the past and that they had been repaired twice. The last time in November of 2009. The derry fire department has completed its fire investigation, and the car is being turned over to the insurance companies (state farm and liberty mutual).