Car Stall problems of the 2015 Volkswagen Passat

The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 65 mph, the check engine and battery warning indicators illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to stone mountain Volkswagen (3500 stone mountain hwy, snellville, GA 30078, (678) 367-4286) where it was diagnosed that the piston impacted the spark plugs, which destroyed the engine. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 69,595.

Recently my 2015 vw Passat stalled while stopped at a red light. Dealer advised that it was giving codes for a malfunctioning air intake absolute pressure sensor. After it was replaced under warranty, the engine continued to run very rough and seemed to be sluggish. On taking it back to the dealer I have been advised that the code for the absolute pressure sensor has reappeared and vw suspects that it is an engine electrical harness problem which is due for replacement. Additionally, the esc light lit up on the dashboard one evening and stayed on for about an hour and went away after the engine had been turned off for about an hour. Based on other complaints I read, there appears to be a pattern in such malfunctions - either electrical or computer-related. If the car were to stall or go out of control in full traffic, it could lead to a potentially life-threatening situation.

I was driving on my way to take my children to school when the vehicle started to shake and sputter and it stalled out just before I was going to drive through a busy intersection. I put the car in park and turned it on and it started to sputter as I put it in drive and depressed the gas pedal the car would not move. I turned off the car twice until it started up again and I was able to drive just down the street to a safe place. The car started to shake it started to smell funny. I had the vehicle towed to the dealership where diagnostics were run and test drove however the vw dealership said there was nothing wrong with the car. I do have to add that the batter light came on but everything else on the vehicle dashboard was functioning. This is the 2nd time this has happened and I've only had the vehicle for a year.

In December of 2015,2 months after buying car,while driving my epc light came on my car had a sudden loss of power,shuddered,and stalled. I almost caused an accident when I pulled out onto the highway and could not increase speed. Fast enough. I called the vw dealership where I purchased the car and they said the car has to come in to be checked. After 2 hours of diagnostics,and they actually called Volkswagen of America re the problem. They decided that it was a connectivity issue and that they had to replace the whole wiring harness,the car has to be towed in as driving could be dangerous. Also a recall NHTSA# 15v705 just came in the mail about recall 23r1. There are a potential 3 other recalls on the vw 2015 Passat.

When you accelerate the automobile the car hesitates up to 10 seconds and looses power, power returns after the 1 through 10 seconds. This happens at various points; on rolling highway while making a pass of another car; changing lanes on the highway and accelerating, at dead stop from either a stop sign or stop light. I happens in city driving, local streets and just about anywhere one drives and occurs as hesitation for 1 to 10 seconds, the rpm's drop from where ever they are originally to almost zero, but the car does not stall, once the accelerator is undepressed it comes back to normal. These conditions above can cause a serious condition, such as a major collision with another or more than one car and could result in a fatal accident. This hesitation has happened 35 times since 07/06/2015, and still is occurring.