2007 volkswagen passat. Consumer writes in regards to loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion
2007 Volkswagen Passat fuel system complaints
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I purchased the vehicle from a used car dealer on 7/26. I test drove it and everything was running smoothly. The vehicle had 124k miles. I bought the car in las vegas, nv with the intent on taking it to california for my teenage daughter to have in college. On 7,30, I was driving and the vehicle would not accelerate ast 20, like it was placed in neutral. This occured in the evening so I could not call anyone. I coasted off the road. Turned the vehicle off, then restarted and it worked fine. I looked on this website and saw there were recalls for the fuel pump module. I called a dealership who couldn't do it until late august. Findlay volkswagen scheduled me for 8/6. I was leaving town so I left the vehicle with family. I picked the vehicle up on 8/17 and headed to california. The same thing occured twice while on the road. We called a local vw dealer, they said it would cost $144 just to look at it. I took it to a local mechanic who tested the vehicle and said it the actual fuel pump. I contacted volkswagen corporate, who were very responsive but can not help. Here I am, with a vehicle that could stall on the road, causing an accident that can harm or kill others. Volkswagen knows its the faulty module that can cause the pump to fail, but leaves customers high and dry to have to replace the pump. My daughter saved her own money to buy a reliable vehicle and now we have to fork over more money. No engine lights are on. It's disappointing and sad.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. Three days after the vehicle was purchased, an abnormal odor of fuel came from the vehicle. A day later, the odor worsened and the contact could not enter the vehicle. In addition, the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact called momentum volkswagen of clear lake ((844) 894-5461, 15100 gulf fwy, houston, tx 77034), but no assistance was provided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 64,000.
Takata recall, on june 18th 2018 I took my car in at volkswagen dealership on figueroa street in los angeles regarding the 2 recalls on my vehicle and I called the volkswagen manufacturer the day before they told me the only thing that could be fixed was the takata airbags recall but the other recall was still pending so they didn't do anything to my car and I have an invoice showing then thing was done that even takata airbags for fix I complain to the volkswagen manufacturer and they said that the airbags were fixed he sent me a email copy of the invoice and it's a different invoice than the one I have mind you that the miles that are on the invoice that they send me are not the miles on my vehicle at all to this day I'm still having a hard time I'm getting everything fixed in my car the two recalls they keep on pressuring me to go ahead and and pay out of my pocket for everything to be done my car is sitting there parked I still make payments on it my tags are up next month I need a smog check and I cannot get a small check cuz it won't pass cuz the check engine light is on I've been back and forth with the volkswagen dealership and still nothing they said there's nothing they can do regarding a pending recall
Air bag light is on .. Called the dealership and keep getting a round about my air bags and the service they did on my car .. They had my car for 3 days and the morning I picked it up about an hour later had to have it towed back in again because the didn't do the recalls right .. Now my engine light is on and my airbag light is on .. I've called and they do not want to listen to what I have to say .. They are telling me more things could be wrong and it will cost a lot of money to fix it .. I've had my car for almost 3 years with no problems and now that they have done work on it .it keeps messing up?
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. While driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle lost power and shut off without warning. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the contact may be reimbursed for the repairs related to the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The manufacturer sent some paperwork to the contact that needed to be completed for the reimbursement. The failure mileage was approximately 125,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline); 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. Northampton volkswagen (361 king st, northampton, massachusetts 01060, (413)586-3102) was made aware of the recall and stated that the part was unavailable. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Volkswagen of downtown la (1900 s figueroa st, los angeles, ca 90007, (213) 477-7358) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.
My car was driving fine until feb 2018 after I get it back from getting the suspension redone. After driving it 20 miles my car stops running as I am driving through a major road leaving the military base. I get it towed to the volkswagen dealership and they state that the high pressure fuel pump had failed (after 2 months of fixing my regular fuel pump) causing the engine to loose compression and now they said I need to pour in a new engine and new high pressure fuel pump and a turbo that was scraping metal shavings into my engine as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time as the recall notice was received over a year ago. The dealer (wallace volkswagen, 2805 se federal hwy, stuart, fl 349940) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
There is an outstanding safety recall that opened 08-16-2017 involving the fuel pump control module. Volkswagen says a repair is not yet available - after nine months! This is unacceptable.
I smelled fuel while I was changing tires and found the fuel tank sending unit is cracked and leaking fuel
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The dealer (herzog-meier mazda volkswagen volvo, 4275 sw 139th way, beaverton, or 97005) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 18v148000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Bozzani volkswagen in covina, california was notified of the issue. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
The smell of gasoline inside the car is unbearable, I saw leaks from the bottom, running down the gas tank, so I removed the back seat, and found that the top of the fuel pump was cracked in many parts, and fuel comes out, non stop, through those cracks. This is not supposed to happen with the fuel pumps. It is an extremely dangerous issue, specially when the electrical connexion are right there. A little spark can be catastrophic. A few years ago, volvo had a recall on this exact issue. I think vw should do it also. God knows how many lives are in danger right now. Mostly children that ride in the back seats. I am trying to cover the cracks with a paste, but it seems it is not working. The gasoline keeps coming out even when the car is parked and off for a long time, I disconnected the pump, and it does not stop. I did not take pictures before I put the paste, but even with the paste, the gas is coming out through it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair as the recall notice was received over six months ago. The dealer (momentum volkswagen, 2405 richmond ave, houston, tx 77098) was contacted and confirmed that the parts were not available for the recall remedy. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 144,522.
Son was driving down highway and front end of vehicle started to shake then stalled and would not start. Towed to independent mechanic. Replaced hpfp ($1500). Now told the timing chain jumped and has to be replaced with timing sprocket, timing tensioner, and intake came shaft. Not sure if there is damage on engine bottom as well. The cost is over $2000. Vw does nothing but does acknowledge faulty parts. My sn could have been killed on the highway. This car has 78,000 miles. It should not stall at 65 MPH.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 volkswagen passat. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer (legend volkswagen, side a, 158 merrick rd, amityville, ny 11701, (631) 691-7700) was unable to verify when the remedy and parts would be supplied from the manufacturer. The manufacturer was contacted. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
We asked jack daniels to fix the fuel pump as we received notice of the recall. They said they could not do it. Our car now bucks at high speeds, particularly when driving uphill. What should we do? We do not think the car is safe to drive.
I contacted the volkswagen headquarters concerning a recall notice for, a fuel pump module and was informed the part was not available at this time. According to the recall this part could result interruption of electrical power to the fuel pump, drained battery, fuel pump running continuously and loss of power while vehicle is in motion resulting in possible injury or crash. I am already experiencing trouble with driving this vehicle. The company suggested to pay for the repairs and I would be reimbursed. I am not in a position to due that monetarily. I believe the company should provide a temporary replacement until this matte is resolved. This is the second recall for this vehicle, the first was airbags which was replaced, thank you for your assistance concerning this matter.
Fuel pump control module we contacted volkswagen about the failure of the fuel pump control module and were told that this one is not covered under the federal safety agency recall. The problem: replacing the battery in september 2017 and having a starting problem in mid-october. Took the car to a volkswagen dealer... They ran test to find out the problem, well the battery failed the test so they had to replace but at the same time they told us the fuel pump control module was failing. They stated it was heating up and should be replaced. When I did some background research on a fuel pump module I found recall notices which included 2006-2010 passat wagons which is our car. The recall states," the pump condition also could cause the fuel pump to run continuously, draining the battery and making the car unable to start". This was happening on the month old battery we just had replaced. So I want to find out if this car can be included in the recall because it is a problem that is in keeping with the recall!
Takata recall,fuel pump control module recall, wirrs for headlamps failty. Head lamps go out while driving sometimes, faulty parking break that has been fixed and does not work again. No fix for fuel module recall. Car stalls while driving in traffic. Paid 5200 out of pocket for both recalls. Car can not be inspected due to recall with no fix. Been fixing the recall problems out of pocket since november 2014. Also fuel cap light comes on while driving and gas gauge does not work. Both also have been repaired and are again now faulty
The lid for the fuel tank which contains the vehicle fuel filter is cracked and was leaking pressurized fuel underneath the passenger rear seat any time the key was on. This is the exact same problem that volkswagen has issued recall 20z4 for touareg model vehicles. The first symptom I noticed was the car had to be cranked for only a second or two longer for the engine to start. After about 3 days of experiencing a minor short crank I was parked in a parking structure and had to crank the engine over for almost 20 seconds before the engine started. This is when I began to smell gasoline. I drove the car about 2 miles home and removed the rear seat and fuel pump access panel and found the top of the fuel tank covered in fuel. I took the vehicle to the dealer and they confirmed my diagnosis of a "fuel filter flange" leaking which was replaced and resolved the fuel leak and prolonged crank.
My emissions light keeps lit, my airbag light says malfunction, vehicle was stationary when lights came on.
On saturday jan 10, 2014, while cruising at approx 45 MPH driving straight, on a dry and clear day, the ecp dash light came on with no warning and the power of the car diminished significantly slowing down immediately and acceleration was extremely slow making it unable to maintain traffic-flow speed and driving uphills was even worse, slowing down and not able to maintain speed until over the hill.(virginia hilly roads). I took car to the local vw dealer, terry vw lynchburg,va who told me that the 2 timing chains and all associated parts would need to be replaced with an estimate of $3536.00. I mentioned to them about the issue relating to the 3.6 engine in this make/model/year having a repeated problem with the oil pump bolt that holds these together working loose and that vw had recognized this issue and replaced the "oil pump bolt" with a new model bolt on the assembly line after this same issue had occurred repeatedly with other owners of this same 3.6 engine. Same issue recorded multiple times in vwvortex.com, passatworld.com, carcomplaints.com, volkswagendefect.com, arfc.org, and others. I contacted vw of america who denied this problem existed and that they would not assist in the repair whatsoever. Since this is not an isolated issue and vw is not ignorant of it, and it causes the car to slow down immediately without notice, this could have been a serious issue had I been on a hi-speed highway and/or in congested traffic, vw needs to recall these vehicles with this engine and replace these items as this is not a normal failure item on most vehicles with is low of mileage.
My vw passat 2007 stalls and/or does not start. It has stalled while driving on the freeway and then sometimes does not start at all. Sometimes if tried after a while it may start. I'm told it is a high pressure fuel valve problem that is part of a recall but my VIN does not qualify for that.
Over the last few months, starting in march, we have had increasing problems with our 2007 vs passat wagon. When stopped at a stop light, or stalled in heavy traffic, the engine suddenly just cuts out and dies. The car will restart again, but this can happen repeatedly. Also, while driving, the car will suddenly begin to lose power and start to de-accelerate for a few seconds before pressure on the gas pedal reconnects to the engine. It's terrifying. We have taken the car in to numerous service providers (all authorized vw) and they are unable to detect a problem on the vw plug in computer analyzer or see anything wrong on visual inspection.
My 2007 passat 2.0t wagon car has developed a symptom when the RPM goes over 3000 specially when I need acceleration and it cuts of the power (fuel or something else I don't know, there is a tsb regarding to cam shaft lobe wear this is the exact symptom I have) the mil comes on with a code 2293. I went to the dealer and they say y vehicle is over warranty mileage and they will not cover it. I noticed many people are having the exact same issue on the internet and when driving on the highway this is a serious safety issue since the engine power cuts off. By the definition of the tsb this is apparently a manufacturing defect they even release an updated part and advise the dealers to use the updated part. I like many others are forced to pay a hefty repair sum just after couple thousand miles over warranty period. In my opinion vw needs to issue a recall on this issue.
Coil pack cracked after 45,000 miles and caught fire. I caught it in time and was able to put out. Replaced coil pack and any damaged wires associated with the fire.
2007 volkswagen passat. Engine started knocking so I had it towed to the dealer. It ended up needing a new engine because the high pressure fuel pump plunger failed and sent metal into the engine destroying it. Vw refuses to pay for it.
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