NHTSA Complaint #10923720 — 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

ON 10-20-16 AT 6:00PM, VEHICLE ENGINE STUMBLED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING IN MIDDLE OF 6 LANE FREEWAY AT RUSH HOUR. TRAVEL SPEED AT TIME OF STALL 40MPH, ADJACENT EXIT LANE WAS MOVING AT 65 MPH PLUS. HAD TO COAST THROUGH TRAFFIC TO EMERGENCY LANE. WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO DEALER. DIAGNOSED AS CATASTROPHIC HIGH PRESSURE FUEL PUMP FAILURE. FUEL DIAGNOSIS ACCEPTABLE. DESPITE EARLIER MODELS HAVING EXTENDED WARRANTY MY VIN # APPARENTLY IS NOT INCLUDED (MANUFACTURED 8-2013, ENGINE MANUFACTURE DATE UNKNOWN TO ME). ODOMETER READING 60,846 MILES, POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 60,000 MILES. SERVICED AT DEALER ON 10-12-16 AT 59,833 MILES INCLUDING FUEL FILTER. VWOA DENIED ANY WARRANTY CLAIM, LATER AGREED TO 50% OF COST. I PAID $2,843.16 ALL SERVICES PERFORMED, FUELED AT LOCAL STATION ALL RECEIPTS KEPT. FAILED PUMP PART NUMBER03L-130-755-AB. REPLACED WITH P/N 03L-130-851-HX. *TR