Dealer informed of a $2,200 clutch repair at 32k miles which seems very early. Vw customer service provides no assistance.
2000 Volkswagen Passat transmission complaints
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While driving between 5 to 10 MPH and with out any warning the driver and passenger cv-joint broke. As a result the front suspension fell off. Manufacturer stated so what there is no big deal. Dealer replaced both cv-joint. *nlm
My clutch failed at only 21,000 miles. I have never heard of a clutch failing in a vw that early. Vw did cover parts, but I was required to pay $600.00 in labor.
The vehicle hesitated and jerked when it reached the speed of 40 MPH.
While driving at 45mph vehicle decelerated to 5mph, like the brakes were being applied. Consumer pressed accelerator, however vehicle would not accelerate. Transmission will not shift gears. Drove vehicle at 15 MPH. Vehicle decelerated at 5 MPH, and mashing the accelerator to the floor did not increase the speed. Both happened in a duration of 5-7 mins. The vehicle then resumed at normal operation. Consumer had taken vehicle to the dealer, no problem was determined. Dealer claimed that the vw factory contact had no record of aberrant action and had no fix for the problem.
First problem 07/2002 driving at approximately 45 MPH, car decelerated as though brakes applied to about 5mph. Transmission (automatic) dropped to low gear. Responded by depressing accelerator all the way down with no increase in speed. Car acted like there was either a transmission or fuel feed problem. A second similar occurrence took place 08/2002 except this time car exhibited similar trait after having been parked. On both occasions, the identical problem lasted approximately five to seven minutes and then the vehicle resumed normal operation. After the second episode, contacted vw dealer, the imported car store, 1432 s harbor city blvd., melbourne, fl who performed diagnostic tests, but could find no causative factor. While in the dealer service waiting room, afemale owning a vw jetta, spoke of having a very similar problem with her 2001 0r 2002 model. Had we been traveling on an interstate highway and had these problems, the action of the vehicle could very likely result in an accident involving personal injury or death. Every time I operate the car, I feel as though a repetition of hte behavior could happen and I feel the safety of any occupants of the car are in jeapordy.
Tire jack is weak. Consumer jacked up vehicle to change tire, and jack bent/ twisted, causing it to fall from under vehicle.also, axle of vehicle fell to ground. Contacted dealer, and dealer urged consumer to call the manufacturer's customer service. Manufacturer told consumer to take jack to dealer for inspection.
Transmission periodically experiences intermittent hard shifting on startup. The vehicle then goes into "limping mode" which causes very slow acceleration. The problem causes a sensor in the car to display "emissions workshop" warning on the dash indicator. Turning the car off and restarting seems to correct the fault. Vw diagnostic procedures identified the problem as "1 dtc recognized 18227 p1819 035 pressure control solenoid 2 open/short to ground sporadic dtc 1551 diagnosis". The problem has occurred immediately after startup, and on a second occassion while in gear standing at a traffic signal. Subsequent testing could not identify a specific defective component and no corrective repairs were made. This problem is a safety hazard if the vehicle fails to operate according to manufacturers specifications when operated on high speed controlled access highways. Failure to accelerate on a freeway at a critical time could result in death or serious injury.
The speedometer does not read correctly, the speedometer is approximately 3 MPH higher, reading 73 MPH when actually going 70 MPH, volkswagen accepts an error of up to 5 MPH and will correct problem from manufacturing.
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