2012 Volkswagen Passat: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Oct 10, 2016 · Engine, Fuel system · IL

Vehicle stumbles and hesitates during cold starts and clears up after approx 10 minutes. Consistently occurs daily essentially since vehicle was purchased. Issue was brought up a couple of times to dealer, but they indicated nothing was wrong and no errors seen in computer. There are several blogs online from hundreds of owners complaining of this issue and volkswagen appears to not be resolving the issue. The concern is bucking, chocking and hesitation becomes a safety issue especially if you need to speed up to avoid a vehicle or crossing intersections when vehicle is cold...safety is a concern and has been....I did bring the vehicle to the dealer again and left with dealer for 1 week...they claimed the techn found no issue....when I picked vehicle up it immediately had hesitation, jerky bucking issue....not acceptable.

Filed Jun 6, 2016 · Electrical · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 volkswagen passat. After the vehicle was serviced under a recall, it began to hesitate and the epc warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the wiring and harness needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage and recall details were unknown. Updated 09/22/16*lj

Filed Jul 7, 2014 · Transmission · PA

The car hesitates to the point that it comes close to causing an accident with oncoming traffic when pulling out after being stopped. It hesitates and then surges forward. The car will roll forwards and/or backwards depending whether you are facing downhill or uphill when sitting on a hill and you take it out of park. To put in gear--very scary. I just had the car serviced at the dealer and the dealer says this is a common complaint with these cars--it is a diesel not gasoline. I looked on some complaint web sites and there are complaints all the way back to 2006 about these very same issues--when is something going to be done about this--does someone have to get killed before something is done. It is obviously a design issue and has been one for a long time. Please address this as I do not want my kids or family to drive this car due to these problems--I could never forgive myself if something happened to one of them and I knew about the problem-- the dealers are obviously not doing anything about the issue--read the complaints for yourself and what consumers have been told by the dealers when they report the issues--you are our only source of help in this situation-please investigate this very potentially dangerous situation with these transmissions--thank you--[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6)

Filed Oct 20, 2013 · Acceleration, Fuel system · 7,235 miles · IL

The vehicle has a significant delay/hesitation upon initial acceleration (2.5l). This is dangerous when pulling into or across traffic. It happens intermittently.

Filed Jun 8, 2013 · Engine, Fuel system · 29,000 miles · SC

I was driving down the highway going approximately 67 MPH in the middle lane. The battery light flashed once, no other warning other lights flashed and there were no previous warning lights to flash. Suddenly the car hesitated and then my speed dropped to 0 in a matter of seconds. Luckily, the transport trucks behind me were paying attention and actually blocked the traffic until I could get the car in neutral to safely roll onto the shoulder. This is a huge safety issue; I was lucky. What good is it to have a car that you now feel is unsafe to drive! Vw should have to buy this car back.

Filed May 31, 2012 · Transmission · 10 miles · KY

The vehicle has a significant delay/hesitation upon initial acceleration (2.5l). This is dangerous when pulling into or across traffic. This issue is known to others and is reported elsewhere on the web. Http://www.passatworld.com/forums/111-volkswagen-passat-b7-discussion/344045-my-review-2012-passat-somewhat-long-read.html (see performance note).

Filed Feb 28, 2012 · Acceleration, Transmission · 10 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle would hesitate before accelerating. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the dealer advised the contact that the failure was common, but there was nothing that could be done to fix the problem. The dealer test drove another vehicle of the same year and model and the failure also occurred in the test vehicle. The contact stated that the failure would only occur intermittently. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 10 and the current mileage was 3,500. Updated 04/19/12