Recall for the following: no part is available to fix this as of yet. The vehicle is 10 years old. I want to sell it. On certain vehicles, there could be an interruption in electrical power to the fuel pump control module. This could result in the fuel pump running continuously, resulting in a drained battery and/or a no start condition, or cause a loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Recall status recall incomplete. Remedy not yet available remedy replace the fuel pump control module and relocate it within the vehicle. Safety risk descrpition a loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property.
2008 Volkswagen Passat engine complaints
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Aug 16,2017 manufacturer recall number20ae the federal safety agency recall number17v509 recall statusrecall incomplete, remedy not yet available summary on certain vehicles, there could be an interruption in electrical power to the fuel pump control module. This could result in the fuel pump running continuously, resulting in a drained battery and/or a no start condition, or cause a loss of motive power while the vehicle is in motion, which could increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Battery was dead after only two years had to have it towed off highway tires plus said code fuel pump and transmission module open recall !
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a complete loss of power while being driven approximately 50 MPH. Also, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. 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. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and was not able to confirm when the parts were to become available. The contact was guaranteed compensation, but only if the mechanic used volkswagen manufactured parts. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. Vin tool confirms parts not available.
I was on the highway with my car in motion when my car began to sputter and stall forcing me to pull over and have my car towed home, where it only starts after turning over multiple times and will not shift gears properly due to an improper fuel pump not giving the engine enough fuel.
The timing chain tensioner failed causing extensive engine damage resulting in a repair estimate of 4500
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle suddenly stalled and all power was lost. There were no warning indicators illuminated before or after the failure. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but the cause of the failure could not be determined. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
While I was driving 50mph, the internal timing belt belt and tensioner broke in the engine and I lost all control of the vehicle and had to pull over during rush hour traffic. The timing belt should last the life of the motor according to vw which is obviously not true. Severe safety hazzard. I had the car towed to vw dealership and after taking the engine apart that is the diagnosis they gave me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. While driving at a low speed, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but it failed to remain on. The contact was close to home and pushed the vehicle back into her driveway. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the fuel pump module failed and needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired since it was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 17v509000 (fuel system, gasoline). The parts were not available for the repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to call a dealer. The low country volkswagen dealer (1001 johnnie dodds blvd, mt pleasant, sc 29464 (843) 881-8555) was contacted and confirmed that the parts would not be available until december or january. The failure mileage was unknown.
I was driving on the highway and noticed a loss of power with the engine light on. When I completed the trip, I found that the camshaft follower had worn all the way through, leaving metal fragments inside the engine. The camshaft had worn away at the high pressure fuel pump, with damage occurring to both parts. What was addressed in technical bulletin 2015153 happened to my car as well. The issue is that vw denied to help because my car was a 2008 model year, with a production date in january of 2008. The recall and warranty extension applied to model year 2006-2007, but because the same exact failure happened on my car it should be covered also.
Engine failure due to cam shaft, high pressure fuel pump, oil pump, cam shaft follower. Loud noise and rough sounding engine. Constant warning light of "stop! Low oil pressure" problems similar or identical to the 07 engine that was recalled.
The timing belt tensioner let go. The car has 78000 miles on it. And a quick google search resulted in finding many instances and a class action law suit over this issue do to vws reluctance to order a recall.
My vehicle (2008 vw passat) started having acceleration issues and would only go up to 40 MPH as well as also having a rough start up when turning my car on. I proceeded to take it into the dealership to have this looked at and at first they claimed that I needed a new high pressure fuel pump which would cost me around $700. Later in the day, I received a call back telling me that my intake camshaft was broken and that they could not make the repair without replacing this as well. Now my total was up to $2000. After doing some research and calling around to compare prices, I talked to a repairman that had to replace his camshaft in the same year vw car because of similar issues. I found that my model 2008 vw passat was built with a faulty intake camshaft revision b which was found to be abrasive and causing friction with the fuel pump. Since 2008 vw found a sneaky way to replace this with a revision a camshaft and not recall the previous part, which has now, over time caused my $2,000 problem and could have put my family at risk of an accident due to acceleration issues. I guess this repair would have fallen under my powertrain warranty, which has since expired, but most car issues take longer than the warranty period anyways, especially those which occur over time with faulty parts. I have talked to vw and they cannot do anything for me and there is not an open recall on this part and never has been. The issue was just pushed under the rug, hoping to be ignored forever. Until now, I will not allow other to suffer what I am going through now and vw has a bad reputation with being dishonest right now so why wouldn't they hide yet another issue? Please look into this for me and provide me with further steps to take action.
Check engine light appeared while driving and I brought to service station where I was informed that the timing chain had failed due to the tensioner. After researching on the internet I found that this is a safety issue that vw has known about since the early 2000's.
2nd ignition.coil failure in 1 month period.
Oem ignition coils (06f905115f) seem to have a design flaw. Changed one and now another one has went bad. Car lost some of its power when on the interstate. There was recall for earlier year models of the same vehicle. However the 2008 model is not included in the recalls.
Sometimes vehicle stalls upon starting and then will restart. The vehicle sometimes shakes and sputters and then stalls while stopped. Also, many times car will stall when vehicle is moving sometimes at high speeds with no warning and has almost resulted in numerous accidents due to stalling in middle of road or highway. This has been happening well over a year.
Started the car/engine in the morning and mil came on rough start with rattling in engine bay. Brought to vw dealership. They indicated the oil screen in front of the check valve in the cam shaft positioner bridge "has come apart lodging itself between the camshaft adjuster [valve] and intake camshaft adjuster." it appears this is a recognized problem for 2009 audi a3, a4, tt per tsb 15-11-21. However, the issue is not recognized for other (vw) vehicles with same engine group. Though I understand the other complaints below are anecdotal with repairs ranging from $700 to $4,000 depending on the extent of internal damage, I could not find anyone researching this issue regarding causes and occurrences that may elevate this problem to a recall: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?7118356-misfire-and-cam-crank-correlation-error http://www.excelerateperformance.com/news/2-0t-tsi-timing-chain-tensioner http://forums.ross-tech.com/showthread.php?5312-ccta-tsi-valve-actuator-problem/page2 http://www.golfmk6.com/forums/showthread.php?s=aa587752110817fa3f1148944194e2bc&t=60320&page=2
Engine began making a louder than usual sound. There were not any check engine lights. I took the car to the garage and was told that my camshaft follower was worn completely through causing damage to chain and pump. Need to replace fuel high pressure pump, camshaft, timing chain tensioner cam follower and vacuum pump. Luckily I got it to the garage before even more damage occurred and the engine just stopped.
Engine would shut off within 1-90 seconds after starting, thereby disabling all accessories including power steering & brakes, causing loss o control of vehicle, sometimes while at high speed on highway. Diagnosed by local shop as a failure of the cam follower, which wore through, in turn causing failure of the high pressure fuel pump, as well as scoring of the intake camshaft, necessitating replacement of all three components.
Warned by other owners of 2006-08 passats, I inspected the high pressure fuel pump, cam, and cam follower for abnormal wear. The high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) cam follower has been recognized as a flaw requiring warranty extension to 120,000 miles on the 2006-2007 models. This fault causes failure of the cam follower and the fuel pump shaft wears into the camshaft causing loss of fuel/speed, acceleration, or engine power upon failure. My vehicle exhibits identical early wear and failure as 2006-07 models, though vw refuses to extend warranty coverage for 2008 cars. Further consideration of 2008 vehicles with the identical problem should be considered. Volkswagen customer service has been contacted by several affected owners in this matter and is unwilling to acknowledge that this flaw recognized in 06-07 vehicles extends into some 2008 vehicles and is denying coverage of this safety/emissions issue. Vw customer care has denied any flaw or extended warranty for 2008 2.0t owners despite the warranty extension for prior model years for the exact same problem.
This "certified pre-owned" vehicle has consistently performed dangerously and unreliably since it was purchased. The car would not start on so many occasions that we lost count. When the car would start, it would cut off without warning in the middle of driving it down the road, coming off of exit ramps, and on busy highways, not even giving the driver an opportunity to pull over. The engine would rev at unexpected times, causing the car to want to move forward even when the brake was being depressed. The car would want to move forward at stop lights, in traffic, and in parking garages. The engine would also run loudly and at a very high RPM any time the air conditioner was on. These concerns were reported to the dealer on numerous occasions. We have emails from the service manager saying that there is nothing wrong with the car. It would cut off and require towing the same day it was both dropped off and picked up from the dealership for this very reason. The vehicle is now parked at the service department of the dealership because it is completely undriveable. We have reached out to volkswagen group of america. Their solution is to allow the car to get repossessed, and they will gladly sell us another vehicle. This is out of the question. Payments continue to be made on the car.
Check engine light prompted me to take my 2008 vw passat 2.0t to the dealer to have code read. Advised it was a malfunction of the camshaft and the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) cam follower that has been recognized as a flaw meriting warranty extension on the 2006-2007 models. I have been informed that the 2007 model year was produced through 7/2007. My vehicle was manufactured in 8/2007 and thus has the 2008 model year, but the dealership service manager informed me that this was the same parts and the same problem as the prior years with extended warranty. This fault causes premature wear on the cam follower and the hpfp rod wears into the camshaft causing loss of fuel/speed, acceleration, or engine power upon failure. Seeing as how my vehicle has the same build as those of previous model years that were included in the warranty extension, further consideration of 2008 vehicles with the identical problem should be considered. Volkswagen customer service has been contacted by several affected owners in this matter and is unwilling to acknowledge that this flaw recognized in 06-07 vehicles extends into some 2008 vehicles and is denying coverage and disregarding the safety issue that follows failure of the camshaft due to the erosion of this part. Vw customer care was not able to produce proof that my vehicle had different or improved parts by way of a different set of part numbers installed. The technicians confirmed that my camshaft was identical to the recalled camshaft, and the cam follower wear was so extreme that the hpfp rod was eroding the cam surface directly. Vw customer care has denied any flaw or extended warranty for 2008 2.0t owners despite the warranty extension for prior model years for the exact same problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled and all the warning lights illuminated. The vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 165,000.
This is all about vw passat 2008 2.0t, it was a rainy day on saturday (nov-14) engine started misfire and gave flashing engine check light, immediately went to see the vw service to get the feedback, service guy guessed it might caused due to misfire in one or more cylinder and took vehicle back with engine fluid topoff, on the way back home the engine check light came and stayed constant. So on monday morning went to vw service to get full diagnose, service guy gave p300 and p301 as random misfires and did additional findings saying intake manifold needs de-carb with $1000+ in service charge, I declined the repair and got the vehicle back with cleared code. Now the engine is not running smooth and seems it lost turbo power. Even during freeway take over if I press hard on gas peddle engine light flashes for couple times and there is no faster pick up to do smooth over take, if I choose run vehicle under this condition it may not be safe on roads. I read similar complaints reported here. Planning to take back to service center to see if they got any possible recall updates from vw.
Smelled smoke in cabin of car stopped car on interstate I-4. Smoke coming from under hood. Lifted hold to see oil all over engine and exhaust. Had tow to dealer where it was confirmed as a rear main seal defect due to not beading the seal at the factory. Fire hazard!!!!!!!!
I purchased this vehicle used at 42k miles in may 2010. The vw dealership had changed oil at the time of my purchase. Almost exactly 4 weeks later I checked my oil and none registered on the dipstick. It required an entire quart of oil to bring back to acceptable fill level. Calling vw they stated this was not enough oil to even constitute an oil test. They stated that this fsi motor can burn up to 1 quart of oil every 1200 miles and will still be within the mfr acceptable limits. This means in this 2.0t 4 cyl motor it can burn over 6 quarts of oil between oil changes, which is more than it can hold. A quart of full synthetic oil castrol brand as required is over $9, this is not cost effective and infuriating. I will not purchase another vw because of this experience and recommend anyone else not to as well. Vw offered no options repairs or fixes and I foot the expensive oil habit. Who buys a car that knowingly burns and breaks down full synthetic oil?
Vehicle has approx one year of difficult starts requiring multiple attempts. On 7/20/14 while driving in parking lot vehicle stalled and refused to restart despite numerous attempts. Towed home. Dtc showed control module for electronic steering column lock leaking. Vehicle refusing to start despite all other electrical components checking out. Check engine light not on.
We came home from a 30 mile trip and parked the car in the driveway. Went in the house and about 5 minutes later heard a big pop sound. I think is was a tire exploding and found the entire engine on fire. Another popping sound occurred and another tire blew. On the drive home there were no problems noted on the dash board. When we got out of the car there were no odors or indication of a fire. My keys were in the house at the time of the fire. Other issues that might be related. This past week my charger got extremely hot to touch and I stopped using it. I also felt the car try to start after I turned it off.
I have a 2008 volkswagen passat 2.0t. I bought this vehicle used with 66000 miles. After numerous visits to my dealer about the check engine light being on and them saying it was a sensor not a problem they would replace it. I was driving down interstate 65 doing 65mph the car sputtered and lost most power down a major interstate. This caused a quick reduction is speed. Come to find out the camshaft and high pressure fuel pump were destroyed by the two components grinding against each other. Now the 2006 and the 2007 vehicles both had this problem and volkswagen put extended warranties on these vehicles. This could cause a accident sooner or later. Thank you
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the engine stalled as the oil warning light illuminated. The contact added oil to the vehicle but the engine refused to start. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for inspection where they stated that the timing belt and the head gasket needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000.
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