Conventional Parking Brake Problems of Volkswagen Passat

Volkswagen Passat owners have reported 2 problems related to conventional parking brake (under the parking brake category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Volkswagen Passat based on all problems reported for the Passat.

1 Conventional Parking Brake problem of the 1997 Volkswagen Passat

Failure Date: 06/01/2001

Started with airbag light turning on. A week or so later the parking brake and abs lights turned on but only for the first few miles of driving. While these were on, the ac fan, wipers, and headlights do not operate. These lights now stay on most of the time.

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2 Conventional Parking Brake problem of the 1999 Volkswagen Passat

Failure Date: 06/08/1999

When the emergency parking brake was released vehicle accelerated forward.

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Other Common Parking Brake related problems of Volkswagen Passat

Problem Category Number of Problems
Parking Brake problems
14
Conventional Parking Brake problems
2
Parking Brake Indicator Light problems
1


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