Fuel System, Other › Storage › Fuel Gauge System
Filed Dec 5, 2000NJ
RECALL 00V147000; BEEN PUT OFF BY DEALER AND VOLKSWAGEN COMPANY SINCE OCTOBER 2000, NO PARTS AVAILABLE.*AK THE PART WAS STILL ON BACK ORDER FROM FACTORY OVERSEAS. *YH
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2000 Volkswagen Passat complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages
Filed Nov 20, 2000NC
CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN ENGINE STARTED TO RACE AND REV UP TO 6000- 7000 RPMS. CONSUMER HAD TO HIT BRAKES AND SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 4, 2000SC
VEHICLE FAILED TO START.*ET
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Aug 21, 2000CA
CONSUMER FELT A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL BUT BY THE TIME THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE LEFT REAR TIRE COMPLETLY SHREDDED/BLOWNOUT (MICHELIN MXV4 PLUS TIRE 205/65R15P). NLM
Electrical System › Ignition
Filed May 15, 2000CA
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START UP. DEALER HAS REPAIRED AND REPLACED VARIOUS PARTS, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Apr 14, 2000NY
CAR WOULDN'T START. WHEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE V6 MODEL PASSAT ENGINES. THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY BURNING ANY OF THE U>S> AVAILABLE GASOLINES, WHICH IS CAUSING A CARBON BUILD-UP ON THE VALVES. THIS WILL BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THEIR SOLUTION IS TO ADJUST THE ENGINE SO IT BURNS HOTTER AND THIS MIGHT ALLIEVIATE THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE ALSO SUPPLYING DEALERS WITH A MACHINE TO CLEAN THE CARBON OFF THE VALVES, BUT THESE MACHINES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Feb 23, 2000FL
VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING PARTS. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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