NHTSA Complaint #10673095 — 2007 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

ON SATURDAY JAN 10, 2014, WHILE CRUISING AT APPROX 45 MPH DRIVING STRAIGHT, ON A DRY AND CLEAR DAY, THE ECP DASH LIGHT CAME ON WITH NO WARNING AND THE POWER OF THE CAR DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY SLOWING DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND ACCELERATION WAS EXTREMELY SLOW MAKING IT UNABLE TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC-FLOW SPEED AND DRIVING UPHILLS WAS EVEN WORSE, SLOWING DOWN AND NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN SPEED UNTIL OVER THE HILL.(VIRGINIA HILLY ROADS). I TOOK CAR TO THE LOCAL VW DEALER, TERRY VW LYNCHBURG,VA WHO TOLD ME THAT THE 2 TIMING CHAINS AND ALL ASSOCIATED PARTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $3536.00. I MENTIONED TO THEM ABOUT THE ISSUE RELATING TO THE 3.6 ENGINE IN THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR HAVING A REPEATED PROBLEM WITH THE OIL PUMP BOLT THAT HOLDS THESE TOGETHER WORKING LOOSE AND THAT VW HAD RECOGNIZED THIS ISSUE AND REPLACED THE "OIL PUMP BOLT" WITH A NEW MODEL BOLT ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE AFTER THIS SAME ISSUE HAD OCCURRED REPEATEDLY WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS SAME 3.6 ENGINE. SAME ISSUE RECORDED MULTIPLE TIMES IN VWVORTEX.COM, PASSATWORLD.COM, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM, VOLKSWAGENDEFECT.COM, ARFC.ORG, AND OTHERS. I CONTACTED VW OF AMERICA WHO DENIED THIS PROBLEM EXISTED AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST IN THE REPAIR WHATSOEVER. SINCE THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE AND VW IS NOT IGNORANT OF IT, AND IT CAUSES THE CAR TO SLOW DOWN IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT NOTICE, THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE HAD I BEEN ON A HI-SPEED HIGHWAY AND/OR IN CONGESTED TRAFFIC, VW NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES WITH THIS ENGINE AND REPLACE THESE ITEMS AS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL FAILURE ITEM ON MOST VEHICLES WITH IS LOW OF MILEAGE. *TR