Three of four original ignition coils have failed. Two of the replacements have failed. Vw america has been contacted. They acknowledge that they are aware of the problem and that a new coil is available, but they refuse to replace the coils until they fail. When the coils fail, the car runs very "rough" does not engage into the turbo phase and the engine light comes on. Dt
2002 Volkswagen Passat fuel system complaints
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While driving, the rear passenger side tire failed and damaged the fuel filler neck causing a fuel leak. Consumer believes this failure is very similar to the failures described in odi-influenced recall 02v026000 for 2000 model year vehicles. A fire could have resulted if an ignition source were present. *tt
Dangerous situation. When accelerating from a complete stop vehicle does 1 of 3 things: 1)gasps for gas and goes nowhere (dangerous when making left hand turns) or 2) tries to move ahead like a carbureted care with vapor lock or 3) performs normally.
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