The check engine light came on and the engine started running rough. The high pressure fuel sensor failed ruining the camshaft and associated parts. The dealer said there is metal in the oil. Engine needs to be replaced. This is consistent with recall for 2007 vw 2.0t engines but no recall on 2008s.
2008 Volkswagen Passat fuel system complaints
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There has been a recall on my vehicle since august 16, 2017 on the fuel pump control module and and it is getting worse and worse on my vehicle and my vw dealership said they cant get the product to replace it and they don't know when it will be in. I am getting terrible gas mileage and it cuts out, which is dangerous.
My 2008 volkswagen passat has cut off while driving. There is no warning light, it simply turns off and flashes the battery signal and turns off. The other times no other light is present. Due to this issue, changed out fuel pump,crank position sensor, engine harness, spark plugs, o2 sensor, and oil change. Issue still persists. I almost got hit by a semi truck when it cut off. There is no check engine light present at all. The battery is good. It's as if I'm driving and the fuel cuts off. I already changed the fuel pump and engine harness, don't know what else could cause this. Big safety issue as car gives no warning and just turns off while on highway or when coming to a stop sign while the car is in motion.
Smell of gasoline inside car
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.
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.
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.
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.
Driving normally on the highway and the vehicle suddenly stopped running. Vehicle would not restart. Aaa advised and vehicle delivered to my local vw mechanic. I advised vw and they never heard of that problem. Fuel pump needed to be replaced. Car has 35000 miles. Vw customer service advised me that the 2008 passat is not included in any campaign, such as a recall or warranty extension. Fuel pump was replaced.
Driving normally on the highway and the vehicle suddenly stopped running. Vehicle would not restart. Aaa advised and vehicle delivered to my local vw mechanic. I advised vw and they never heard of that problem. Fuel pump needed to be replaced. Car has 35000 miles. Vw customer service advised me that the 2008 passat is not included in any campaign, such as a recall or warranty extension. Fuel pump was replaced. Cost $600
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.
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.
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.
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
The cam follower on 2006-2008 passats with the 2.0t fsi bpy engine are all susceptible to an event where the cam follower gets a hole in it and the high pressure fuel pump can drill through the intake camshaft. Volkswagen gave a warranty extension to 2006 and 2007 passats but will not take care of the 2008s! Volkswagen claims new parts were used but I had the repair done and the part number on my fuel pump was different than the new one! It is a $2000 problem and this need to have action taken! The symptoms can cause terrible accidents! They include extremely poor acceleration, jolts, hesitations, rough starts, and rough idles. Volkswagen says that this is VIN specific and 2008s do not apply but numerous people with passats, gti's, and jetta's with this engine have had this problem! It is dangerous. I have nearly gotten in many accidents and it is expensive to repair it. They have recognized it as a problem as they have released numerous technical service bulletins for this specific model year concerning these parts! There needs to be formal action taken as this is not just a few cars that this has happened to, but many!
2008 vw passat. Purchased brand new from mcdonald automotive littleton co transmission slipping 2009 brakes / rotors. 2010 sunroof / would not close pouring rain. Needs new motor 2011 leaking oil vacuum pump 2013. 87000 miles turbo cut off valve 2013 front rotors 2013 engine revving up 2013 headlights keep going out.
Coming home from the grocery store my wife noticed a fuel smell coming from the back seat. I removed the back seat to see a access panel to the fuel tank. I removed the rubber cap and saw the top housing of the fuel pump, which is plastic, had a crack and fuel was spraying out of the crack. Called dealerships in az and they all said the same thing, no fuel pumps available in the united states. They have discontinued the part # 3c0919051ag and replaced it with 3c0919051am. Why did they have all dealerships return that part and no recall was issued?
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 volkswagen passat. The contact applied pressure to the accelerator pedal however, the vehicle would not respond. She was able to manually shift the gear in order to get the vehicle off the main roadway. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle with a faulty high pressure fuel pump and advised having it replaced. The manufacturer was not notified. No repairs were performed. The dealer had been waiting for the part needed for repairs for approximately one month. The current and failure mileages were 62,000.
Check engine light comes on intermittently starting in march 2010 with a low fuel pressure fault. Car runs fine most of the time, but sputters when the fault occurs and fuel economy suffers. After receiving this fault multiple times, repair shop suggests we try a new fuel filter to see if that clears it, but it will likely need a new fuel pump. New fuel filter helps for 3 weeks, but fault starts occurring again. I took the car to another shop for a second opinion and they agreed that I needed to replace the fuel pump and fuel pump sensor, which I had done in nov 2010 after the fuel gauge stops reporting accurate fuel levels. This clears both issues until february 2011, when low fuel pressure fault starts firing again intermittently every 2-3 weeks as it had before and fuel gauge is not reporting accurate fuel levels again. Now vw states the fuel pump is not the problem (a $1k repair!) and is recommending a new high pressure fuel pump and cam shaft - a $2,300 repair! To add insult to injury my car now smells like fuel after driving it. Vw refuses to provide any sort of warranty for any of this work, including the first two repairs that didn't fix the problem. I cannot afford to make these repairs at this time and I am considering asking vw credit to take back the car.
After going grocery shopping, after leaving the parking lot, I accelerated to about 2500 rpms and then engine cut out and stalled. I tried to restart the car and every time I try to put it into gear, the engine cut out and stalled. I managed to get it into a bank parking lot next door. Fortunately, all this happened sunday night, which very little traffic on the road. There was a check engine light with the following codes: 001056 - catalyst system; bank 1: efficiency below threshold p0420 - 002 - lower limit exceeded - intermittent 012555 - low pressure fuel regulation: fuel pressure outside specification p310b - 008 - implausible signal - mil on 004767 - low-pressure fuel pressure regulation: pressure too high p129f - 001 - upper limit exceeded - mil on 000135 - fuel rail/system pressure: too low p0087 - 002 - lower limit exceeded - intermittent 000135 - fuel rail/system pressure: too low p0087 - 008 - implausible signal this is on a 2008 vw passat 2.0t (with the bpy engine). The dealership technician replaced the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) sensor. Apparently, there has been an update to the sensor, which my car lacked.
I have 2008 vw passat with 26k miles on it. The follower cam at hpfp go bad and damaged my engine it is a common problem on vw 2.0t fsi engines please make vw/audi to do something with it or extend warranty.
Fuel gauge reads incorrectly. Prior to first service call, gauge read nearly empty when tank was full; after replacing "sending sensor" the condition reversed and now reads full when tank is nearly empty.
2008 vw passat. Fuel pump had to be replaced at 29k miles, after frequent stalls while driving at low speed, difficulties cranking and frequent display of fuel cap light.
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