Service Brakes Problems of Volkswagen Passat - part 2

The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the brake assistance warning light illuminated. The braking system engaged independently and caused the vehicle to come to a complete stop. There were no objects in front of the vehicle. The contact veer to the shoulder of the road, turn the vehicle off and back and the vehicle resumed normal operation. The vehicle was taken to jim ellis Volkswagen atlanta (5901 peachtree industrial blvd, chamblee, GA 30341, (770) 458-6811) to be diagnosed however, the technician provided no information to the contact. The vehicle remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000.

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Failure of the abs control/pump on my 2012 vw Passat with less than 100,000 miles on it causing unsafe driving conditions. I look online and see that this is a significant safety issue for vw owners I sent this to vw as a concern and to NHTSA as a concern previously but never heard anything from either one.

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The brakes and rotors went to seen and the car is driving funny.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2019 Volkswagen passant. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds the collision avoidance system would randomly activate causing the vehicle to abruptly stop although no vehicles or objects were nearby. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer fairfield vw located at 5071 lycoming mall dr, montoursville, PA but the cause of the failure was not determined. Also on several occasions the vehicle would not start when pushing the start/stop button and the message "no key detected" would sometimes display. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure mileage was 15,000. Jft.

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When stopped and start going and get to about 30 mph and shifts into third gear the emergency brake system engages and I can barely move. I have to turn my vw Passat off, wait a couple minutes and turn it back on form the emergency brake to dislodge. Example: I'm in vegas at a stop light it turns green so im going up a on ramp to get on freeway and as soon as I accelerate and car shifts into 3rd gear a yellow p with a circle around it comes on my dash and when I push on the gas ( I had many cars behind me) my car revved up but would not go because the emergency parking brake came on. And it continues to do it to me. If I can get past third gear it's fine and 1st and 2nd gear are ok. I just purchased the car and called on recalls there weren't any. This almost made me have a serious accident on my way home the same day. Because I have to go over a pass to get home it did it to me 4 times and the last time cp8ld of killed me. Ive been reading the problem others are having with vehicle and they are the same as mine. Braking system failure on 2006 volkswagon Passat. Please help us who can not afford to pay to have it fixed. And I cant sell it because I cant let somone else get hurt. This is my only transportation and I love my car. But now I'm scared to drive now. I can't afford to fix it and can't risk selling it and now have nothing to get to work. Please help. Thank you.

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Abs intermittently comes on when brakes are being used under regular pressure. Sometimes when trying to stop at a light or slowing down when a car is turning in front of me, the abs comes on and the car does not stop as it should. I have almost hit the back of a car in front of me because the abs came on when the car normally would have just stopped as usual. This problem has been intermittent for roughly 6 months.

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The automatic emergency braking (aeb) 'feature' in my 2017 vw Passat engaged this morning at aprox 10:30am mst, when accelerating onto an empty street, after turning westbound onto 8th avenue, from northbound colorado boulevard in denver, colorado. Based on the time of day, there's no way sunlight could be a factor as I was headed west and it was well before noon. The car passengers and I were all very startled by the dashboard lighting up and the brakes automatically engaging so suddenly and severely, with no road obstructions. This is the second occurrence of the aeb feature engaging for no apparent reason, I don't recall the first time specifics, other than the sun was behind the vehicle (it was after 4pm, and I was headed eastbound) I have zero idea what is happening with my vehicle and the aeb feature engaging without any visible road obstructions this and the previous time. Note, he brake pedal was not depressed/engaged during either occurrence. Also note, the aeb feature has engaged previously, accurately, apparently and reasonably functioning as designed.

Have replaced numerous parts . . . The epx light keeps coming on which may reference to the oil pump bolt failing. . . Crankshaft and cam shafts codes keep coming on even though they were replaced. . . Transmission shifting slightly hard. . Overheating even though new parts were installed. . . Air bag light stays on. . Brakes have been bleed over 10 times and are still too soft cause me to brake at a further distance to avoid a wreck. . . . I am on a fixed income and cant afford a massage bill to fix it and vw is aware over these years of the issues and wont recall to repair any of the issues. . . I have all reciepts for the parts replaced. . .

I have noticed that my Passat has brake issues that leads me to believe that my car is affected by the national recall on Volkswagen Passats. I have tried on numerous occasions to set appointments a dealership to have my car evaluated but to no avail. So as in a further attempt to protect the safety of me and my family I am filing this formal complaint to get some help before there are any issues with my car. This my everyday car my wife and children occupy this vehicle regularly, please if their any way for anyone who can look into my situation it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Normal heel toe relationship between gas pedal and brake impossible. While driving, I went to step on brake. Position of pedal way ahead of gas pedal. Result I was pushing down on fire wall. When I tried to step on brake, my foot was trapped behind the brake pedal.

Tl- the contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Passat . The contact stated that when driving various speed the front brakes made a loud abnormal noise. The vehicle was diagnose at sheehy Volkswagen of springfield 6601 backlick rd, springfield, va 22150 , (703) 544-2973, they stated that the front brake calibers needed to be repaired. The vehicle had not ben repaired. The manufacturer were made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000. Nd.

Loss of airbags, power brakes, power steering, transmission shifting functions, engine hesitation. Indicator lights on dash flash or stay on steady include: coil, steering wheel, air bag, abs, image of car skidding, brakes, and tire inflation. The speedometer does not work and the fuel gauge just keeps sweeping. The rev limiter does not work either. The auto start feature is non functional and the push button to stop the motor from running must be pressed twice instead of once. Car had this discrepancy on 30 Jan 2019, 06 Feb 2019, and now 27 Feb 2019. The dealers keep working on a grounding nut but the problem keeps persisting. Problem has always accursed immediately after starting the car, not while driving.

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Tl the contact owns a 2018 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 50 mph, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle failed to stop. The contact had to apply excessive force to the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. After the failure, the brake fluid warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was towed to vyletel Volkswagen Buick GMC (located at 40555 van dyke Ave, sterling heights, mi 48313, (586) 977-2800), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted, but there was no response. The approximate failure mileage was 800. The VIN was not available.

Transmission leak coolant leak engine light and brakes radiator leak.

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Hello- parking brake will not disengage, making car undriveable. Parking brake also turns on on its own when the car is on (stationary on mine, in motion on others cars) and also when car is off. My car was also parked and the brake unreleased and the car went backwards down the driveway. My 65 mother was home alone and ran out and stopped and held the car (and pushed it back up driveway) herself. Forums have stated this is a known issue and the parking brake turns on when driving which has resulted in crashes/ accidents and injuries.

My pregnant fiance, her 3yr old son and I were driving on a city street approximately 35mph. A vehicle cut off the truck in front of me and the truck in front of me slammed on their beaks, which made me slam on mine. I slammed on my breaks and it did not stop my vehicle, I tried to use my emergency break and did not stop the vehicle so I swerved over as much as possible to avoid my fiance's passenger side from being hit. I rear ended the truck in front of me. Everyone seatbelts locked except my fiance's. She hit the dash, insurance company totaled the vehicle and the vehicle manufacturers customer service stated it did not get hit hard enough to deploy airbags. There has been a couple times previous to the accident that I would be at a red light with my break pedal all the way down and all the sudden I would start to slowly roll, with the break pedal still all the way down.

There was a valve body recall for rough shifts. I had noticed these a couple of times. Also the vacuum pump, airbags ects.

My vehicle attempts to straighten itself out as I'm going through a curve and I actually have to put more effort than necessary to keep steering wheel appropriately turned to go through the curve entirely. Also while going through a curve, if attempt to slow down, my brakes seem to make some type of scraping sound and I can feel the scrape or vibration of the problem through the pedal. Both these issues can and have occurred while traveling at a low speed such as 30 mph or at higher speed, such as 50-60 mph. I have had a few close calls with other vehicles on the road die to these issues. I will specify a date because it asks for a date but it's been happening since I first purchased the vehicle.

Air bag light is on . . Called the dealership and keep getting a round about my air bags and the service they did on my car . . They had my car for 3 days and the morning I picked it up about an hour later had to have it towed back in again because the didn't do the recalls right . . Now my engine light is on and my airbag light is on . . I've called and they do not want to listen to what I have to say . . They are telling me more things could be wrong and it will cost a lot of money to fix it . . I've had my car for almost 3 years with no problems and now that they have done work on it . It keeps messing up?.

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I bought this vehicle on June 8, 2018, from heritage vw. The car already had a safety recall for brakes which was issued on may 25, 2018. The dealer failed to inform me about it before purchase. Later after my purchase on June 22 a do not drive was issued on this vehicle, they asked me to drive the vehicle to their dealership stating that it is fine to drive it.

Volkswagen dealer refuses to fix recalls.

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The issue with my vehicle has been an ongoing thing since I purchased it it is now paid for even under warranty it was misdiagnosed the braking system pulsates and I was told that was normal because they had just change the brakes and then now the dashboard lights up like a christmas tree it tells me that the there's a few the steering wheel lights up the airbag lights up the road condition lights up and then I would turn the car off a pulsates when I'm breaking at 60 miles an hour or 70 miles an hour. I've taken the vehicle back to the dealership and as was there any recalls and the only recall was something I had to do nothing with the the vehicle issues they do not seem Volkswagen does not seem to find these issues that I'm reading in previous messages an issue but it's our safety so I'm very concerned about even purchasing another Volkswagen.

Since I have this car having problems vibrations I took the car on vw dealer few times I explain to them my car is vibrating when I apply the brakes also when I cruise over 55mph. They told me always car is performing to manufacture specifications so now I have 6500 miles on my car I took my car to different dealership they found out my tires ar cupping. And my roots are out of round and alignment was correct tire balancing they did few time tire roatation so now I have 6500 miles on the car less then 1 year old car. And vw of USA we cannot cover under warranty I replace the tires on my own and the car still vibrates idk what to do any further very disappointed also having issues with front assist with adaptive cruise control and lane assist no response.

At speed of 40-60 mph, with the adaptive cruise control engaged, the car will bring the car to 5-10 mph rapidly, by slamming on the brakes with no other vehicle in front of it. This has occurred multiple times, and has been reported, but not duplicated at the dealer. The car has also slowed itself, under the adaptive cruise control, in other situations where there was no vehicle in front of it.

Takata recall- not sure if it is but my car has issue on the steering. Also my airbag light is on and along with that my horn is disabled. Not sure if its under recall but how do I get those repair.

The contact owns a 2003 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle jerked and stalled. The vehicle inadvertently shifted in reverse and the brakes stopped working. The contact had to apply the parking brake. The contact mentioned that the gear shifter was stuck in park. Also, the check engine, tire pressure, and epc indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to heritage Volkswagen of south atlanta at (678) 263-3711 (4305 jonesboro rd, union city, GA 30291) where it was diagnosed that the ignition control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and confirmed that there were no recalls associated with the VIN. The contact was advised to call NHTSA. The approximate failure mileage was 172,000.

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The brakes have squealed since ai have leased the vehicle ew in 2017. I have had them looked at several time by a vw shop and they have said it is normal.

I have a 2016 Volkswagen Passat se that I leased about a year and a half ago. A little over a month ago the car braked on its own with myself, my mother, sister, and my 2 year old son in the car for absolutely no reason going 45 miles per hour. The next incident the car decided it was not going to brake and we had to step on the brakes so hard to get any kind of reaction, almost causing an accident. At this point we took it to vw and they are claiming there is no issues with the car; I beg to differ! yesterday again the car braked on its own going 30 miles an hour for absolutely no reason. Took the car to my personal mechanic prior to taking it to vw and a pic of what came up on their diagnostic computer is uploaded. The vw dealership I took it to after keeping it two weeks claim there is nothing wrong with the car; however, they reset my computer in the car and now the car is showing no codes. There was a similar incident reported on carcomplaint. Com same year, model and trim as mine.

The abs brakes are faulty. . . . They work randomly. From what I have research this particular modular should have been a factory recall. . . . .

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The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 45 mph, the brake pedal independently engaged and the traction control warning indicator illuminated. The contact stated that the failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 400.

Antilock brakes caused abrupt breaking, coming to a forceful stop and causing injury to the driver and passenger. This happened at low and high speeds creating unsafe driving conditions for the family. Last experienced on Feb 3, 2017.

Tl the contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Passat. While driving 45 mph, without depressing the brake pedal, the vehicle began to brake independently and a wavy line warning indicator illuminated. In addition, the steering wheel started to vibrate violently without warning. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to south bay Volkswagen (located at 3131 national city blvd, national city, CA 91950, (619) 336- 4020) to be diagnosed, but a failure code could not be located. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided case number: 171672068. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.

Periodically, when driving, the "abs", "brake", and the "anti slip regulation" lights will flash with an alarm sound that lasts around three seconds and the lights go off. This happens when the car is running and has happened on the highway and while stopped. There is no difference in the way the car handles, drives, or brakes during and after this occurs. On one instance the "anti slip regulation" light stayed on and I had to stop and shut the car off. When I started it again, the light was extinguished. This has been going on for 3-4 months and only happens about once a week.

Twice, on may 12 and on October 22, while in a parking lot and pulling into a vertical parking spot at very low speed, I tapped the accelerator, and suddenly the car rapidly sped up. I was unable to stop it with the brake pedal, and I hit a brick planter the first time it happened, and I hit the post holding up the front of a building the second time. The brake pedal on the Passat is approximately 3" wide and located only an inch or so from the accelerator. It is possible that I hit both pedals while trying to stop the vehicle, but that does not explain the sudden acceleration that caused the car to jump the curb and hit the planter and the building. Frightening situation. I wasn't injured the first time but was fairly well shaken up the second. The body shop said the damage to the vehicle was almost exactly the same each time. I took the car to t he vw dealer after the first accident, but they said there was nothing wrong.

The contact owns a 2015 Volkswagen Passat. While the vehicle was stationary with the brake pedal depressed, the vehicle accelerated rapidly without warning. As a result, the contact's vehicle rear-ended another vehicle. The contact stated that the failure recurred a second time, but there was no crash. The air bags did not deploy in the first crash. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was driven away from the scene. The dealer was made aware of the failure, but could not diagnose the cause of the failure. The dealer test drove the vehicle in stop and go traffic and determined that the vehicle was in good working condition and was performing as designed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing was wrong with the vehicle. The vehicle was tested a second time after the failure recurred, but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The failure mileage was 6,175.