Three problems related to air bag on-off switch have been reported for the 2014 Volkswagen Passat. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2014 Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the 2014 Passat.
Car steering wheel began to click. Air bag light is on, horn does not work and lost control off all switches on the steering wheel.
Takata inflator replaced, 2 months later, while driving, and turning the corner at low speed, on a city street, into my subdivision at approximately 3-5 miles per hour, during a snow storm. The air bag light illuminates, hear crunching sound coming from steering column, immediately following, I have no horn or steering wheel control buttons. I now hear the same crunching sound coming from the steering column every time I turn the wheel. Called dealer, advised it sounds like the clock switch which commonly fails and would cost around $900 to repair and was not under warranty, since I had 40k at the time of incident. I was advised that my air bag will not work without repair.
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the clock spring switch failed and caused the air bag warning indicator to illuminate. The contact stated that several electrical features on the steering wheel were no longer operational. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15v483000 (air bags). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.