Have a water leak in my 2004 vw passat. After a heavey rain I was cleaning the inside of my car and noticed a large amount of water in the rear floor behind passenger's seat. I then soaked up all of the water and air dried my mat. I have searched the internet and found that this is a common occurance for vw owners and would like to report this immediately. Thanks for your time.
2004 Volkswagen Passat body complaints
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2004 vw passat 4-motion passenger vehicles are at high risk for a drainage clog related to the sunroof. This can occur even when the sunroof is in the down or closed position. The leak will cause water to pool in the right front passenger seat floor and can cause mold and a very smelly and potentially hazardous condition for the comfort and breathing of all passengers. Having attempted repairs, I do not believe that vw is adequately able to address this problem; is attempting to minimize or conduct sub-standard repairs; and are returning vehicles with mold to consumers while stating that there is no mold. This appears to be a design flaw that cannot be fixed.
I have a 2004 vw passat wagon. We were in the lake tahoe region last week during a rain and snow storm. We got in the car one morning to find inches of water in the rear passenger floor and to discover our transmission was shorted out. Had it towed 100 miles to sacramento, where it sat for a week before they were able to diagnose the problem which was pine needles in the drain below the battery which caused water to get in through the venting system. Volkswagon claims that this issue does not fall under warranty but was a matter of maintenance - yet no one seems to know that you are suppose to regularly check and clean the this drain as it's not part of normal maintenance procedures. We know at least the transmission control box is fried and do not have any idea if/what any other damage may be. There is nothing in the owners manual to tell one to check for this issue. I anticipate that this will be a cost of thousands of dollars. Besides the issue of water getting into the car, why is the transmission control placed in non waterproof location under the passengers seat that could be prone to getting wet? There is a forum in which many other vw owners speak of the same issue - http://www.theautobahn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12789 I cannot accept vw's lack of responsibility on this.
When it rains, water leaks into and floods the foot well on the rear driver's side.
Water coming into front passenger seat resulting in damages to the TCM (transmission control module), wet carpeting, and rust under the passenger seat. The transmission module failure resulted in vehicle not able to shift into higher gear, and delay acceleration. The TCM and carpeting was replaced.
Distance between the foot rest and clutch are designed poorly. When transferring feet from one pedal to another consumer's foot will get stuck between the pedals. Dealership has been notified. *ak there is a gap between the clutch pedal and the footrest to the left of the clutch pedal. Consumer's foot has gotten caught on sevreal occasions. Dealership removed footrest.
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