Car Stall Problems of Volkswagen Passat - part 1

I bought this vehicle about a year and a half ago in arizona. It has only ever been serviced by volkwagen dealerships. Since having the car, I have had to have its turbo repaired, new fuel lines put in, several electronic parts, and finally on my way to school from boston to pittsburgh, my engine starts smoking. After this incident it went to �minuteman Volkswagen� just outside of boston, where the issue was still not able to be resolved. I then had to have the car shipped out of pocket to a volkwagen dealership in pittsburgh where a new electronics unit was put in. I was assured after this electronic unit was installed, my car would be back to normal, as this was not an engine issue covered under warranty. Today I receive a call informing me that the electronics unit was installed and it turns out that it is, in fact, an engine issue. I was in serious danger at the time my engine started smoking. My family has funds and are more than willing to take whatever steps necessary to resolve this issue. My mother died in a car accident in 2018 in a car advertising exceptional safety (just like this one). It has provided me with the opposite. I feel constantly unsafe in the vehicle, and the smoking engine was the tipping point for me and my family. This issue will be addressed.

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Vehicle stalls at red lights or when idle. Epc light continues to light up. Continue to take vehicle to dealers each time they were unable to fix stating change the oil it is bad. At this time we are replacing engine at 86,000 miles, fuel pump was also changed in December 2020.

While driving the car at highway speeds it stalls and the epc light comes on. This has happened many times while merging with other traffic and can be very dangerous. I have spent well over $1000 trying to get this problem fixed, and the problem still remains. Even the vw dealership dose not have an answer.

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After you guys installed the new emission program my car now has problems with the electrical system and the sensor for the oil light. It has been doing this since April 8 and before that we never had this problem.

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Tl the contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that during cold weather, the vehicle vibrated excessively when started. The contact stated that after warming up the vehicle and driving for approximately 30 minutes, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the vehicle would then restart several minutes later. Bay ridge Volkswagen (8910 4th Ave, brooklyn, NY 11209, (718) 351-7000) was contacted and informed of the failure. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the engine control module needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 48,000.

Volkswagen of America engineered less-than-safe headlamps on my 2013 vw Passat 3. 6 sel. My headlamps are substandard, and do not shine bright a night as the xenon headlamps on the competitors of Volkswagen. For a $40,000 vehicle, it's an expectation to have xenon headlamps, which are much safer than the existing headlamps on the vw Passat. Volkswagen has been installing 280 hp v6 engines in its Passat since the 2006 model while their competitors have been installing 330hp and up in their v6 models. The vw Passat should have at least 350hp/380 torque with all wheel drive, with a longitudinal engine. It's quite obvious that the executives at Volkswagen of America, and Volkswagen ag are interested in sacrificing quality and safety to save a dollar.

I had the recall for the fuel pump repaired in August 2018 by the wilmington dealership. I don't believe it was either done right or however they did it did not fix the problem because in October 2018 my car is having the recall problem starting again which is causing gasoline to run out immediately and this time it's worse than before the fumes are now in the vehicle even when the car isn't on. I believe I should have this recall issue repaired again because it should not have only lasted 2 months and needing the fuel pump module to be replaced/repaired again but problem is worse the second time around. Acceleration and stalling is becoming more of an issue again.

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Car stalled and stopped from full motion to reduced speed.

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Pulling out of driveway epc light comes on. Total loss of power and engine speed set to 1800rpm in "safe mode" no one knows exactly what is wrong. Mechanics cannot ttell me what is wrong. Dealership vw has no idea and want to start replacing items in descriminately and I don't have that kind of money to throw around and besides. The people that built the car can't figure it out. This is a huge safety issue. Computer faults and shuts down the power at hiway speeds and sometimes car stalls out. This is very dangerous and happening to hundreds maybe thousands of people I'm reading online and talking with other owners.

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.

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~tl the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Passat. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle stalled and failed to restart. Warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The contact managed to restart the vehicle and drove to the dealer where it stalled again. The dealer (darcars Volkswagen, 12511 prosperity dr. , silver spring, MD 20904, (301) 622-7000) diagnosed that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired by an independent mechanic. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Nhtsa campaign number (17v509000). The failure mileage was 111,000. As.

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I was on the highway with my car in motion when my car began to sputter and stall forcing me to pull over and have my car towed home, where it only starts after turning over multiple times and will not shift gears properly due to an improper fuel pump not giving the engine enough fuel.

(ap - were there injuries? was a police report filed?) tl the contact owns a 2006 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle stalled and crashed into a curb and the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact stated that the fender wheel and grill were cracked. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

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(sh - no dealer info) tl the contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. While driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle suddenly stalled and all power was lost. There were no warning indicators illuminated before or after the failure. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen Passat. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but it failed to remain on. The contact was close to home and pushed the vehicle back into her driveway. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the fuel pump module failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired since it was included in NHTSA campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The parts were not available for the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to call a dealer. The low country Volkswagen dealer (1001 johnnie dodds blvd, mt pleasant, SC 29464 (843) 881-8555) was contacted and confirmed that the parts would not be available until December or January. The failure mileage was unknown.

The contact owns a 2007 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the vehicle was in the driveway at the contact's residence. The contact started the engine, and it immediately stalled. The contact restarted the engine and noticed that there was smoke coming from the dashboard. The contact disconnected the battery and left the doors open. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer begley auto repair located at 3401 manatee Ave w, bradenton, FL 34205; phone number: (941) 748-3297 where it was diagnosed that the whole wiring harness needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 72,000.

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Stalling, sputtering erratically. It sputters, bumps and may stall. When it stalls it is necessary to turn ignition completely off and start again in park.

Sometimes vehicle stalls upon starting and then will restart. The vehicle sometimes shakes and sputters and then stalls while stopped. Also, many times car will stall when vehicle is moving sometimes at high speeds with no warning and has almost resulted in numerous accidents due to stalling in middle of road or highway. This has been happening well over a year.

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.

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 mph, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The failure recurred. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Mf.

Vehicle intermittently stalls while braking. Does not trigger a fault code with vehicles computer. Have taken vehicle to dealer multiple times and have still not been able to diagnose issue. Cause of incident: unknown.

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.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 vw Passat. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled without warning while driving at various speeds. The failure was experienced numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic whom performed a diagnostic the engine oxygen sensor, the coil spring the sparks plugs and wires were replaced however the failure was not corrected. The contact stated that vehicle rear tail light also failed. The rear tail lights was not repaired. The manufacture was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000. Li.

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Purchased this vehicle used. I have had it for two years now. Problems encountered: burning smell, driver side flood light blew out or came off; shaking momentarily while driving, driver side mirror flew off while making a left turn; noticed when I had an oil change last of January or first part of February the vehicle was using quite a bit of oil. I put about five or more quarts in by may. The latter part of may it used two quarts in two weeks. Went shopping Saturday before mother's day, parked the car at food lion when I came back out, I tried to start the car and it stalled. When it did start, the vehicle was shaking. I took the car home, checked the oil along with my brother and it needed more oil. I put two more quarts in. On Monday I was at the dealership at 6:40 a. M. (woke them up). After checking the car, their finding was it needed a fuel pump and a sensor; later they replaced two crank sensors and said the car is still shaking; then after approximately a week and a half, I called the service manager and he informed me the car needs a engine. Friday, may 22, I went by the dealership and picked up some things out of the automobile and was told the warranty company finally gave in and the motor will be in, in three days. Well, after reading the horror stories about the 2009 Passat on this website. I plan to trade this vehicle without delay, as soon as they release it to me. I am sadden, because I really loved this vehicle. I have been reluctant to drive this car out of town, and now I am afraid to drive it to work which is 30 mile a day plus or at all. I do not feel safe in it, and I pay to much to be having all these problems. Who knows what will be next.

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!.

The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. While attempting to merge into traffic at 5 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but the failure was unable to be determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,800.

Tl-the contact owns a 2006 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 30 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on several occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 136,000. Djr.

The vehicle had been shutting off without notice and stalling. Called the vw dealership and they told us to drop it off. On September 5th, 2014 vehicle was dropped off got several calls stating that the technician coundn't duplicate them problem, finally we received a voice message the tech was able to duplicate. Vehcile was given back to us on september13, 2014, stating it was the crank sensor that failed and needed to be repalced. Took the vehicle home drove around the weekend and its began to stall again. On septemeber 15th, 2014 driving to my daughter's school on the I-15 freeway passing a semi-truck the vehicle shutts of completly, steering wheel gets hard no control, no power to the vehicle. I pushed the handle to neutral start the car again and slam the handle to drive. Car started right up pulled to the side and called the dealership. Drove the vehicle off the freeway with hazard lights, dropped my daughter of at school and drove straight to the dealership. Told the service tech, I trusted your techs had fixed this problem, my daughter and I could have gotten killed because of the loss of power and the vechile shutting off with no notice! called the vw corporate no one is willing to help or listen. Told monique in vw corp that we could have been killed in this unsafe car, she replied" you could get killed crossing the street or in another vehicle dont blame it on vw cars. No concern with our saftey. The vehicle is ready to be picked up they replaced the engine harness. I am scared for my saftey and my kids safety. Many complaints in the consumer affairs regarding 2014 vw Passats, we are not the only ones with these issues. I just want a safe reliable vehicle to drive around with my family. I want to be placed into anything but a Passat. Something safe, reliable transfer my debt to another vehicle, just want to be safe.

Complete loss of engine power: vehicle on three occasions has experienced complete loss of engine power when shifting from reverse to drive. Display depicts 'alternator malfunction' but dealership claims no fault code stored, therefore no repair can be made. I provided photos of the trouble lights and a video of other lights that come on after the power loss happens. Dealership verbally acknowledged something is wrong. Vehicle taken in twice for this issue, dealership unable to replicate problem. Dealership troubleshoots electrical system. Technician verbally told me it could be a transmission problem w/ the internal clutch failing to release, stalling the vehicle.

Started hearing a whistling type of sound and noticing that the vehicle was not accelerating when I pushed on the pedal. As I tried to pull off the road the vehicle stalled and I could not get it started to get out of the road. Very scary. It finally started long enough to get to the side of the road and it stalled out again. There was smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe. The vehicle would not start again. The vehicle was towed to the dealership where I purchased it and have it serviced. The service department called to tell me it was the turbo and that the vehicle needed a new engine. I will be going to the dealership on Monday to pick up the vehicle but will have a list of questions on what exactly has been replaced and what type of warranty this new engine has.

Was driving 2013 Passat tdi sel just fine. Turned around in a parking lot and when I went to pull back into traffic, the car had no power. Stepping on the gas almost made the car stall, but it would idle fine. After trying everything and even shutting the car off and restarting, it did the same, would idle fine but you could not step on the fuel pedal, it would make the car stall out. Local mechanic drove to his nearby shop by just leaving it and drive and used idle power only to get it there (yes it took a while). There were no idicator lights on the dash so he hooked it up to his computer and it gave three errors for injector failures. Vehicle was towed by roadside assistance to dealer 100 miles away. The next day, I was told the turbo charger had failed and had to be replaced. Two weeks later, I was told they were still waiting for a gasket. Finally after almost 3 weeks to the day, they said my car was fixed. I am going to pick it up tomorrow but have very little faith in this car after reading the numerous threads out there about the turbo charger failure rate in this model vehicle. I think its time for a recall.

Since after the day one of the purchase my car started shaking, vibrating. I had to have coils replaced. The car started running for 2 weeks then when I was in the traffic it started shaking then stalled. I was able to pull over in the parking lot. I had wiring harness and coils replaced again this time. The car had startup issues and then mechanic replaced camshaft sensor. After 3 weeks same problem!!!! I was on the side of the road had to be towed. Changed spark plugs and coils but after 2 months OH my goodness same problem now they think ecu is fried coils are bad maybe fuel pump no one is able to figure out and I cant spend any more thousands of dollars on a car im still financing. Very dissappointed! I dont feel safe at all on the road and im scared to cause an accident because of the stalls on the road. Please help! feel very unsafe!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not provided. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 24,000. Ak.