general problems of the 2008 Volkswagen Passat

My car stalled on me while I was driving and would not start. I was told I need a new feul pump module. I took it to the dealership to get it replace and the feul pump but the car will not start.

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!.

2008 vw Passat. Purchased brand new from mcdonald automotive littleton CO transmission slipping 2009 brakes / rotors. 2010 sunroof / would not close pouring rain. Needs new motor 2011 leaking oil vacuum pump 2013. 87000 miles turbo cut off valve 2013 front rotors 2013 engine revving up 2013 headlights keep going out.

The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact depressed the brake pedal, but the vehicle continued to move. It took great effort to stop the vehicle. He exited the freeway and the failure recurred at the very next stop. The contact went to the dealer and shut off the vehicle. The mechanic attempted to duplicate the failure; however, it did not recur once the vehicle was restarted. The contact continued to drive the vehicle until he discovered NHTSA campaign id number 08v235000 (engine and engine cooling) on June 23, 2008. He took the vehicle back to the dealer and they informed him that his VIN was not included in the recall, even though the failures were identical. The failure mileage was 1,500 and current mileage was 7,000.