NHTSA Complaint #11083873 — 2013 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT

CAR WOULD MAKE WHIRLING SOUNDS INTERMITTENTLY, DIFFICULTY GOING UP HILL, ROUGH IDLE SOMETIMES, CAR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, CAR SHUT OFF WHILE IDLING AT A LIGHT, CAR HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING OR WOULD START THEN SHAKE AND LET OUT LOUD AND HARD BURSTS OF GAS FROM EXHAUST AND CUT OFF, CAR WILL START UP THEN LOSE POWER, SOMETIMES WILL START BACK UP. ONE TIME IT TOOK 3 TRIES AND WOULD NOT START. HAD AT VW DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE JAM 2017 TILL NOW. HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY AFTER I GOT GAS, SHUT OFF THEN TOOK A WHILE TO GAIN POWER AND EPC AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WERE ON THEN DISAPPEARED. EVERY OTHER TIME THE WNGINE LIGHT WOULD DISAPPEAR. THE LAST TIME IN MARCH THEY HAD THE CAR 10 OR SO DAY. TWO DAYS LATER IT IDLED ROUGH. THEY WERE BUSY TO CHECK THE CAR NOW THIS. JAN 2017 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY SAID FAULT P0106/P2188- DID SOFTWARE UPDATE AND ADVISES FAULTS MAY COME BACK. FEB 2017 ENGINE LIGHT THEY SAID SAME FAULTS AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED. GOT REPLACED. MARCH 2017 CAR STALLED IN TRAFFIC MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY CLEANED THROTTLE BODY. MARCH 2017 IN IDLE CAR SHAKING AND SHUT OFF RPMS UP AND DOWN REPLACED CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. MAY 2017 SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC- REPLACED N80 VALVE. 05/05/18 GOT SPARK PLUGS CHANGED. MARCH 7 CAR SHUT OFF THREE TIMES AFTER GETTING GAS. THEY HAD IT TILL MARCH 19 SAID CHARCOAL CANISTER NEED REPLACING THEN UPON PICK UP SAID N205 VALVE CAM ADJUSTER SOLENOID CLICKING LOUDLY. MARCH 29 NOTICED HEARING WHIRLING SOUNDS AND ROUGH IDLE. CALLED EALER NO ONE AVAILABLE OVER WEEKEND. BUSY. TODAY 04/08 CAR SHUT OFF AFTER 2ND GAS FILL UP. STARTED BACK SLOWLY EPC AND ENGINE LIGHT STEADY THEN IT GAINED POWER AND LIGHTS OFF. VW CORPORARE ADVISED IN 2017 I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND HAVE HIGH MILEAGE. OPENED CLAIM AGAIN TODAY THEY SAID SAME THING BUT WILL SEE IF THE CORPORATE WOULD BE WILLING TO OFFER ASSISTANCE. ALL WORK HAS BEEN DONE VIA VW DEALERS