Owners/service Manual Problems of Volkswagen Passat

I own a 2017 Volkswagen Passat sel premium. One of my primary concerns is that the autonomous emergency braking system does not function according to page 271 of the owner's manual, or as promoted by their dealers, and in tv commercials. I took my Passat to two dealers, both supposedly checked it and said it tested 100% a week later, the car did not slow at all when I was close to a vehicle in front of me going 65 miles and hour and it slammed on its brakes. If I had not been paying attention, a serious accident would have occurred. I wrote a letter regarding my concerns to mr. Hinrich woebcken, ceo of vw of America. The response from vw was that my system works fine according to their dealers, and they will do nothing further for me! after that, I did some research and discovered the results of front collision prevention testing that was done by the insurance institute for highway safety. Their tests on 2017 cars included those of over 20 manufacturers. There are 3 different parts to the test: forward collision warning (on the Passat this is a two car symbol in the instrument cluster) low speed auto brake (this is for speed under 12 mph) high-speed auto brake (this is for speeds over 25 mph) the results of these tests shows that all comparable manufacturer's sedans either scored 2 or 3 points on the high-speed auto brake test. However the vw Passat scored "0" points, and was unable brake the car or reduce the car speed at all! the 2017 vw touareg also failed the high- speed auto brake portion of the test. I feel that vw needs to inform owners, and stop advertising that their cars have a functioning high-speed auto braking, as they do not! they should quickly come up with a fix, and recall all 2016 to 2018 Passats, and other models that have this faulty system! drivers have a false sense of security for a system that does not work!.

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I drive a manual transmission. I have a 3 year old car with 30, 000 miles on it. The transmission jammed while the car was on the highway. It was due to a clutch that had broken into pieces and needed replacement. As a seasoned driver of manual cars, having driven ones with >100, 000 miles on them I have never faced such a dangerous and unexpected disintegration of the clutch in a car that has only 30, 000 miles on it. Keeping in mind the kind of tampering and mishandling that it would need to break a clutch I complained to vw about this and they have done nothing to help. Instead I am left with a heft bill to pay for the repairs, and, will probably need to buy a new car anyway as I would not endanger my life and that of my children driving a car with some serious engineering and/design issues that vw will not take responsibility for. The car also has electrical issues which I informed vw about; the parked car with the parking breaks on while turned off rolls off on the most gradual slopes and onto the street.

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In October 2015 the passenger front door lock began to intermittently fail to engage and disengage. Attempts to switch the lock from the door panel switch and the key were both ineffective. The lock control for the vehicle is 100% electronically controlled, such that there is no means for manual override on the passenger side. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on Nov 6, 2015 and the lock was repaired under warranty. 1 week after the passenger side lock was repaired, the driver side lock began to fail intermittently. The vehicle was broken into on the night of Nov 19 at my residence, as the driver's side door lock had not engaged and the vehicle was left unprotected from thieves. Failure of the lock function presents a safety hazard while on the road and leaves the vehicle unsecured from thieves. Inability to manually force the lock to latch means the vehicle/passengers are vulnerable until the car can be returned to the dealer for repair. I believe this is a design flaw as this has occurred in two locations on my vehicle within the span of a month and online forums report similar issues with the same make/model vehicle.

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Fuel tank ventilation valve is leaking fuel. Vw dealer refused to fix it under the existing recall: NHTSA campaign id number: 08v156000 NHTSA action number: pe08008 I have vw Passat 2004 GLS 4 motion w/manual transmission.

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Engine mounts broke and I replaced them on may 10, 2014, then they broke again on July 6, and I again replaced them now they broke again today as I was pulling out of the gas station. Was there any type of recall relative to the mounts of the engine in this model which is the 200 Passat wagon with manual transmission. The windows also keep steaming up and strong smell of anti freeze.

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