Air Bag Problems of Volkswagen Passat

Volkswagen Passat owners have reported 1,654 air bag related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 12 most common air bag problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag (1,170 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag light on (201 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Air Bag problems of Volkswagen Passat

The Air Bag problem

I was parking my car and then I heard a loud crack. Then I noticed my car's airbag malfunction warning notice came up on the dashboard along with other failures. I can see on the edges of the horn panel on the left that its slightly detached, so it seem the airbag has somewhat inflated.   Read details...

The Air Bag Light On problem

Clock spring fail airbag light is on horn is not working dangerous to drive car likethis   Read details...

The Warning Light On problem

The contact's daughter owns a 2010 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that her daughter had her fuel pump replaced on five separate occasions. After the most recent failure, the contact had the vehicle towed to schumacher Volkswagen of west palm beach (3001 okeechobee blvd, west palm beach, FL   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

The air bag inoperative light illuminated in the dashboard display. All steering wheel electrical functions including horn, display control for items such as speed display stopped working, radio control, and phone control eased to function.   Read details...

The Side/window Air Bag problem

My passenger side airbag sensor all of a sudden is �broken� requiring a $400 repair. I don�t really ever passengers in my car. Is this normal?   Read details...




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