Accelerator Stuck Problems of Volkswagen Passat

I was turning onto a local busy street when my accelerator stuck to the floor and quickly shot up near 50mph. I had to quickly weave through traffic to not hit anyone while it stayed in a high speed. When I'd press the brakes, the car would slow down but still be going. When I let off the brake pedal, it quickly shot back up to 50mph. I was lucky to be able to turn onto a side street maybe 1 minute later and avoided hitting anyone else. I am beyond surprised that I was able to avoid hitting anyone with the amount of traffic. The pedal only came up when I put my foot under it (going slower/braking on the side street). It was normal after that. Extremely scary experience with an otherwise flawless vehicle that I have owned for going on 4 years.

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The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Passat. The contact was driving approximately 65 mph when the accelerator pedal became stuck in the depressed position. The vehicle was pulled over and shut off. Upon restarting, the vehicle operated as normal. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they were unable to diagnose the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure recurred intermittently. In addition, when driving approximately 65 mph the oil pressure light began illuminating on the dashboard. The vehicle was pulled over and towed to an independent mechanic where it was repaired. The failure persisted so the vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the head gasket would need to be replaced. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The failure mileage was 96,000 and the current mileage was 105,000.

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2002 Passat wagon, automatic transmission, accelerator pedal became stuck while getting on highway during a cold morning. Brakes were non-responsive even when car was put into neutral. Car continued to accelerate, driver put car into a lower gear which slowed down the car a bit and finally put the transmission in "park". This caused the car to eventually stop. To get off the highway, driver slowly drove off onto the exit ramp after calling 911 and being advised to get off the highway which had no shoulder. After that the car and brakes appeared to function normally. The next morning car would not start due to the battery being drained and was towed to vw mechanic. After being inspected for 2 days the mechanic did not find anything wrong with the accelerator or the breaks and there was no evidence that the pedal got stuck on the floor mat. No error codes were found on car's computer. We had had no prior problems with the car other than a dash message indicating a break fault would occasionally light up on cold wet days. The vw mechanic could never find anything wrong with the breaks after repeated visits and attributed the message to a computer glitch. After the incident with the accelerator we traded the car in for a new one of a different make since we did not feel safe driving it, despite assurances that nothing unusual was found with the car.

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The contact owns a 1999 Volkswagen Passat. While driving approximately 65 mph on normal road conditions, the accelerator pedal became stuck when it was depressed. There was unintended acceleration and the engine revved excessively high and uncontrollably. The vehicle came to a complete stop when the contact applied both feet on the brake pedal. The vehicle resumed normal operation and was driven with caution. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 160,000 and the current mileage was unavailable. Updated 3/19/09 updated 03/23/09.

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The contact owns a 2000 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 40 mph, the accelerator pedal became stuck. The contact had to place the vehicle into neutral in order to slow down the vehicle. The current mileage was 61,456 and failure mileage was 61,440.

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The contact owns a 2000 Volkswagen Passat. While driving approximately 30 mph and making a right turn, the accelerator pedal became stuck and caused the vehicle to continue accelerating. The contact swerved to avoid a bus and struck a curb instead. As a result, the rear axles were damaged. There were no other vehicles involved in the crash and he was uninjured. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they stated that the vehicle was salvageable. The dealer also stated that there were no recalls relating to the accelerator pedal. He took the vehicle to a local repair shop and the rear axles were repaired. The manufacturer has not been notified. The current mileage was 102,000 and failure mileage was 101,000.

My wife told me last night that there have been 2 cases over the years with her 2002. 5 vw Passat where her gas pedal also stuck and her car accelerated to 80mph+ on NJ rt 1 before she put it into neutral. She remembers that it happened on very cold mornings. Is it possible that vw uses a similar design to Toyota in these cars?.

The accelerator sticks. You have to turn the vehicle off in order to stop. The consumer is responsible for the cost of the repair.

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While driving 40 mph accelerator pedal stuck to the floor. As a result, consumer had to put her shoe under the pedal an pull it up.

For 2 years now, on cold days (temps in the teens) there have been occasions (about 5) where the accelerator sticks in the accelerating position. Adjusting the pedal position has no effect on slowing the car down. In fact, there were times when the only way to stop the car was to shut the engine off. This actually causes loss of power brakes and steering and makes it more difficult to maintain control. After waiting on the side of the road for about 5 to 10 minutes, you can start the car and everything is back to normal. This is a very dangerous and perhaps a life threatening condition. The car has a 2. 8 liter v6 with an automatic transmission. I have a friend who had an Audi a6 quatro (1999) with the same 2. 8 v6 and had the same issue. After spending several hundred dollars trying to get it resolved with no luck, he sold the car. This doesn't solve the problem, but it may keep his family alive.

Vehicle was entering highway and due to traffic speeding up consumer had to accelerate faster. Accelerator pedal got stuck by slamming down on it. Consumer had to reach down and pull pedal up while driving. Volkswagen will be contacted. Please provide more information.

On acceleration, the accelerator pedal stuck to the floor, causing rapid acceleration. Had I not put the vehicle into neutral, it would have caused a crash. Accelerator remained "floored" for 15-20 seconds; it repeated consistently when I re-tested it.