Three problems related to gas recirculation valve (egr valve) have been reported for the 2013 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2013 Passat.
My car's engine performance weakened and it would not go past 40mph. Two loops appeared on the dashboard flashing, pulled over turned off car then started it again. Two loop icon on dash went away. Started driving again and car would not drive past 20mph and started making a weird loud noise. I was driving through patterson pass road (very dangerous and super narrow road to even consider pulling over in) pulled over again and parked my car and walked away from my car since that is too narrow to even consider waiting in the car. I called a towing company to have my car towed to vw dealership. I bought this car not even 2 years ago from vw with only 16k miles. Have done all maintenances on it and this is the second engine problem ive had in less than 2 years. The first problem was replacing the egr valve and now this.
The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle decelerated inadvertently, failed to respond upon depressing the brake pedal, and lost motive power. Several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact was unable to pull to the side of the road. The vehicle failed to restart and was towed to the dealer, where the egr valve was replaced; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was towed several times, to a second dealer, tracy Volkswagen (2605 auto plaza way, tracy, CA 95304), and an unknown turbocharger part, the fuel tank, and the battery were replaced; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure was approximately 40,000.
I bought a 2013 Passat se may 16, 2013, it currently has 28,000 miles on it and I take very good care of it. 2 weeks ago I just started my trip to work (75 miles one way / 95% highway) when the glow plug indicator came on and I immediately lost most power. It was about 7 degrees f, I was able to limp it to a dealer, who, after contacting vw technician support determined my turbo was shot and needed to be replaced. The support tech said that they have seen this only a couple of times and it was the first incident seen at my dealership, he said the replacement was a larger turbo, pump, pipe, filters and everything. It took a week and a half to do the job most of the time was waiting for parts.