Car Stall problems of the 2010 Volkswagen Passat

Two problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2010 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2010 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2010 Passat.

1 Car Stall problem

Failure Date: 08/09/2018

Car stalled and stopped from full motion to reduced speed.

2 Car Stall problem

Failure Date: 04/03/2015

While driving my 2010 vw passet with 52870 miles on it at about 35 mph, it started misfiring, smoking (white smoke) and it stalled. I had enough momentum to coast to the side of the road, luckily avoiding an accident. It would't start so I called my ins. Co. 's emergency tow service and had it towed to the vw dealership. This was Friday evening. I was without my car until Wednesday afternoon. On Saturday I searched technical bulletins, articles and vw forums to find out what had happened. Apparently my car's 2. 0t engine has a propensity to consume oil and to have a lot of carbon buildup which causes failure of the coil packs, fuel injectors and spark plugs which result in the vehicle suddenly faltering and stalling out. On Tuesday I was told by a vw technician that my fuel injector had failed. That evening I was told a second fuel injector failed. Wednesday I was told the car was ready to be picked up. The technician told me that vw was aware of a problem (I'm not quite sure how he worded it - but he mentioned carbon buildup as the cause) and the fuel injectors were under an extended warranty so no charge for the injectors but I would be charged $465. 00 in related costs plus I would need another oil change in 500 miles to flush the engine (another $80. 00). I asked about the likelihood of the other two injectors failing and perhaps causing me to crash my car. He said that if I had more carbon buildu, it could happen again. My car recently had its 50k maintance. If vw was aware of the carbon buildup dangers, they should have done a carbon clean-out at that time or at least offered/advised me to have it done. It only costs $169. 79 and I would have had a safer vehicle. I thought I had reliable transportation. I was not aware of the carbon danger but vw was and they should tell owners about the vw 2. 0t engine's potential problem before someone is killed!.




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