Whining sound when driving forward not when it's coasting and it sounds like slipping. Caught before complete turbo failure. Cause reported by dealer: verified, found metallic whine noise under boos. Ran gff an found p02900 - turbo under boost.
2012 Volkswagen Passat transmission complaints
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As I was driving my new 2012 volkswagen passat from my house to my destination, my transmission fluid began to leak out onto the street. I had purchased the car eight days earlier which was a new car from the dealership which only had 2 miles on the car. The amount of miles I had put on the car was 500 miles and the transmission fluid leaked because of a malfunction inside of it. The car was under warranty and they dealership had to put a new transmission into my car because of the old one had defected parts inside.
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).
I recently purchased a 2012 passat tdi. I really liked the car. However, I have a safety suggestion that may save someone's life in the future. Let me tell you my experience. I took possession on february 9, 2012. On march 15, I came home to lunch and pulled in my garage. Apparently, I did not have the back tires all the way in. Our driveway has a slight incline. I got out of my car and was watering some flowers. In a few moments my car rolled down the drive, curved and went off an embankment and hit trees on the way down. It was totaled. I had it one month and one week. Needless to say, I was sick. Now I realize that I did not have it in park. This car was different that any car that I have driven in the past because you don't have an ignition to put the key in. You just have a button to turn it on and turn it off. Because it was different, I was more concerned about pushing the button to turn it off. In all of my other cars you couldn't get the keys out unless you had it in park. I had made this mistake a few times but was always on a flat area-usually in my garage. My suggestion is that you have a feature on these push button vehicles that will sound some kind of alarm when it is turned off and not in park. My heart cringes when I think that I could have done this with my grandchildren in the back seat in their car seats. This car has many features and is very technologically advanced, but I strongly feel that a feature such as this should be placed on these cars.
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
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