Takata recall we were first notified in april 2016 that the takata airbags in our 2007 vw passatt "could potentially rupture...metal fragments could pass through the airbag cushion material, which may result in serious injury or death to the vehicle occupants." four months have passed and still there is no remedy available. It is not reasonable that volkswagen does not issue an update as to when the remedy may become available. Consequently, we live in daily fear of a possible death by airbag malfunction. Today's ny times has a front page article detailing the money-based wrong decisions of gm to buy the takata product when experts in the field testify that the ammonium nitrate used in the devices is unstable over time. Deaths and injuries have resulted. When will we know about the availability of the replacement parts?
2007 Volkswagen Passat airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags) in april of 2016. The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Takata recall. The recall was issued in february this year, yet my vw dealership (where I routinely go for repairs and checkups) tells me a remedy was still not available. I.e., I am driving a car with a potentially lethal default, which is known of, yet the manufacturer is either unable or unwilling to remedy asap? I am extremely concerned and unsure how to proceed.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Takata air bag recall has been a year or so ,and no evidence of repair in site.
Takata recall. There is no timeline for fixing the airbag in this car. I can't drive it and I can't sell it. It was recalled in feb 2016 and there is still no timeline for remedy. The manufacturer of this airbag needs to get these fixed.
Takata recall. Im was financing this vehicle for my business, but now im not able to upgrade through a trade due to this recall. What action must be taken to get assistance with this issue?
It's been about 3 months already and I really need a car for work and school, the least volkswagen can do is keep us updated about the car, I'm even thinking about getting a new one. I just hope they find a solution fast
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags) was received in march of 2016. The contact indicated that the us spec vehicle was registered in germany at a us military base. After contacting volkswagen, the contact was informed that the vehicle would not be repaired because it was not a u.s. Spec. The contact indicated that previous recalls on the vehicle had been satisfied by the dealer. The manufacturer was notified. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Takata recall - airbag light is on - I have 2 airbag issues and have asked vw to assist with rental car as long as they cannot remedy a new takata air bag, and dealer informs it will be months. Contacted the dealer and vw america several times for assistance for temporary car replacement if they cannot fix the takata airbag, vw america call center does not help and their service center is sneaky to ring my cell no and leave no message to document a record of cust servic- with no solution. Yet dealer did say another customer asked for re-imbursements of rental car and now vw refuses to work with customers who have rented cars, the problem has left me out of pocket for hundred of dollars. According to vw america they do not have a program ' that is their decision not to help customers manufacture needs to provide. This is complete negligence on behalf of vw america. Honda is covering their customers.
Takata recall air bag fault light is on non-stop, a recall for airbag is issued, concerned that if airbag deploys I will be killed by the shrapnel. Car is not worth the repair to the airbag fault light, as the airbag it will deploy is dangerous. Vw of USA cannot help me. Can't sell the car as is...too dangerous. Also a wandering electrical problem that causes doors to be unopenable from the outside...never know which door or how many will not open. Today it is the driver's door.have been paying on it, but haven't driven it (out of fear) since august '15. I owe $2045 on it...want vw to buy me out and scrap it. Car woke up with the airbag fault light one day. Vw USA is very sorry for my problem, but no fix available/no buyout.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The air bag warning light flashed and randomly remained illuminated. The contact received a recall notice months later for the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags). The dealer was unable to supply the parts for the recall repair remedy. The manufacturer was unable to provide a reasonable time frame that the part would be supplied to the dealer. The failure mileage was not available. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Takata recall. A recall letter was sent by volkswagen that the airbags have a significant airbag issue. We would like volkswagen to provide a rental car for my son until the airbag issue is resolved. This would reduce the potential of any risk.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. While driving at various speeds, the air bag light continuously illuminated. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 16v079000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.....updated 08/11/16 *bf updated 08/17/16.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v079000 (air bags). The dealer was unable to determine when the parts would be supplied by the manufacturer. The manufacturer was unable to provide a reasonable time frame to supply the part to the dealer. The contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 16v078000 (air bags) however, the part needed to repair the vehicle was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts unavailable. ...updated 06/30/16
"takata recall" my airbag light went on and remains on. Upon going to a vw dealership...I was told "ya that means the air won't deflate if you were in an accident". They never went into the car! I was told for them to run a test it would cost 125.00. I couldn't believe what I was hearing from a vw dealership. This is a safety issue and should be resolved with a cost to the customer. I then went on to a gas station...they had hand held device that could detect what the problem was. It came up as defect # 01217, side air bag igniter, drivers side(10199). They recommend taking it to certified dealer(which I did) as they did not have the parts to repair. The gas station did not charge me anything. Something is very wrong here!
"takata recall" everything was fine just another day when I shut off my car for the night all of a sudden my airbag light decides to stay on when starting my car in the morning and after work it says airbag fault on display and light still on.
All power to my steering wheel including the horn, radio controls and airbag had gone dead. We called vw but they indicates it is not a problem. My 2012 cc was recalled for this issue. I think this is a wider issue than just ccs. The recall should be expanded to 2007 vw passat wagons.
I was driving home doing 45mph, when my passenger side airbag deployed. I was not involved in a car accident or anything else that would've caused the airbag to deploy.
Airbag light came on for no reason. There might be a resistance on the airbag system causing it to turn on. I read that the resistance variance within a front seat side impact airbag connector can cause the airbag indicator light on the instrument panel to come on and stay on, even though the side impact airbag system is functioning normally.
Started my car to warm it up, came out to drive it and the airbag light was on. Dealer turned it off twice before the wiring harness and airbag had to be replaced. This was a very costly repair and I feel it should've been volkswagens bill, not mine as I did nothing to cause this and it was caused by poor craftsmanship, which I did not pay for.
Air bag fault indicator light came on.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 MPH, the air bag warning indicator illuminated continuously. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 59,850.
I would like to bring to your attention an issue that is happening with my 2007 volkswagen passat 2.0t. The cars airbag fault indicator light is on indicating that the air bag will not deploy if in an accident. I had an independent car mechanic investigate the issue and he informed me that the air bag fault is indicative of a bad sensor. I have an appointment with keffer volkswagen in huntersville north carolina to accurately diagnose the issue on 8/1/2014. I called volkswagen (703‑364‑7000) on 7/25/2014 and spoke with a customer advocate to file a formal complaint and ask them if they would cover the cost of the repairs. Since it is a safety issue and the issue has close proximity to the harness recall from 3 years ago I expected them to cover it. (I had the harness rewired with the new harness as a part of that recall.) volkswagen told me that they would not cover the cost of the diagnosis or repairs due to the age of the vehicle. Case # [xxx]. I have concerns because I know this is a bigger issue and not just a problem with my car. I have provided some screen prints of other volkswagen owners complaining of the same problems. Several drivers have been in accidents where the airbags did not deploy. Drivers are concerned about the airbag not deploying during an accident and of the air bag deploying while driving. I also have the same concerns and I believe that this issue should be investigated as a design flaw / defect that could lead to a larger safety recall. If volkswagen is to fix the issue with the same parts will the issues continue to persist? This is deeply concerning, especially when an employee at huntersville north carolina informed me that parts and labor are only covered under warranty for one year after the repairs. Will I be paying for this same repair over and over again? Your urgent attention and response is expected. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
On 4/92014 the air-bag warning light came on when I started the car. Manual states that this indicates the air bags may not deploy when they should but that they might deploy randomly while the car was driven.I took the car to open road vw in manhattan a vw dealership & service facility where they found "fault 2513" for seatbelt sensor and replaced it under the certified pre-owned warranty with which the car was sold. Open road vw stated that this repair was covered under their 1 year warranty on parts & labor as well as vw's cpo warranty. On 5/14/2014 (mileage 25,280), the airbag warning light came on again. Again I took it to open road vw. They found a fault for the passenger's seat belt force recognition sensor g453. Found defective buckle and replaced it.this repair was covered only by vw's cpo warranty as, the service rep said it involved a different part than the first repair and was therefore not covered by the parts & labor warranty provided by the dealer. On 6/23/2014, airbag warning light came on again. Found 1 fault n200 for resistance too low, replaced connectors for both front seats., charged $50.00 deductible as, again, this was a different repair than the last. I contacted vw of america's customer care and they said I would hear from a supervisor. The supervisor e-mailed that she would call me today, june 30, but I have received no call. On 6/28/2014 airbag warning light came on again at 10:pm could not take it the dealership on sunday because it is closed, but wrote to the supervisor on sunday. Called vw customer care this morning. Said supervisor would call me, but also that my cpo warranty had expired at midnight june 29, 2014. As this is an ongoing problem that began in april I expect it to be covered. It seems possible that this recurrent issue with the airbag warning light may indicate a potential danger to me and other owners of this vehicle.
Air bag fault light came on in the car, volkswagen dealer says airbag needs replaced and we have to pay for it, wondering why when its never been used/ in a wreck?
The airbag default light warning is on on the dash board. I was told by volkswagen dealer that the airbag is defective and needes to be repaired, they said that it was never been recalled. I am just wondering if there is any previous recall for that or are there many people complaining about this problem. When the problem started, the vehicle has only 72000 miles. Also I noticed that most volkswagen repairs need to be done by the dealer ( it's kind of monopoly).
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the air bag fault warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 62,000.
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