Fuel Pump problems of the 2008 Volkswagen Passat

The cam follower on 2006-2008 Passats with the 2. 0t fsi bpy engine are all susceptible to an event where the cam follower gets a hole in it and the high pressure fuel pump can drill through the intake camshaft. Volkswagen gave a warranty extension to 2006 and 2007 Passats but will not take care of the 2008s! Volkswagen claims new parts were used but I had the repair done and the part number on my fuel pump was different than the new one! it is a $2000 problem and this need to have action taken! the symptoms can cause terrible accidents! they include extremely poor acceleration, jolts, hesitations, rough starts, and rough idles. Volkswagen says that this is VIN specific and 2008s do not apply but numerous people with Passats, gti's, and jetta's with this engine have had this problem! it is dangerous. I have nearly gotten in many accidents and it is expensive to repair it. They have recognized it as a problem as they have released numerous technical service bulletins for this specific model year concerning these parts! there needs to be formal action taken as this is not just a few cars that this has happened to, but many!.

The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. The contact applied pressure to the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle would not respond. She was able to manually shift the gear in order to get the vehicle off the main roadway. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty high pressure fuel pump and advised having it replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. No repairs were performed. The dealer had been waiting for the part needed for repairs for approximately one month. The current and failure mileages were 62,000.

Check engine light comes on intermittantly starting in March 2010 with a low fuel pressure fault. Car runs fine most of the time, but sputters when the fault occurs and fuel economy suffers. After receiving this fault multiple times, repair shop suggests we try a new fuel filter to see if that clears it, but it will likely need a new fuel pump. New fuel filter helps for 3 weeks, but fault starts occurring again. I took the car to another shop for a second opinon and they agreed that I needed to replace the fuel pump and fuel pump sensor, which I had done in Nov 2010 after the fuel gauge stops reporting accurate fuel levels. This clears both issues until February 2011, when low fuel pressure fault starts firing again intermittantly every 2-3 weeks as it had before and fuel gauge is not reporting accurate fuel levels again. Now vw states the fuel pump is not the problem (a $1k repair!) and is recommending a new high pressure fuel pump and cam shaft - a $2,300 repair! to add insult to injury my car now smells like fuel after driving it. Vw refuses to provide any sort of waranty for any of this work, including the first two repairs that didn't fix the problem. I cannot afford to make these repairs at this time and I am considering asking vw credit to take back the car.

2008 vw Passat. Fuel pump had to be replaced at 29k miles, after frequent stalls while driving at low speed, difficulties cranking and frequent display of fuel cap light.