2002 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

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#10002625 | January 13, 2003

MY 2002 VW PASSAT HAS HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE COILS. ON 12-1-02, WITH 7,504 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE #2 COIL BROKE AND I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO GEZON MOTORS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI. I WAS VISITING MI, SO I HAD TO BORROW A CAR TO RETURN HOME TO OHIO. THEN, ON JAN. 12, 2003, COILS #3 AND #4 BROKE SO I HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO MIDWESTERN AUTO GROUP IN DUBLIN, OHIO. THERE WERE APPROX. 8500 MILES ON MY CAR AT THAT TIME. BECAUSE THE COILS ARE ON BACKORDER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CAR WILL NOT BE REPAIRED FOR TWO WEEKS. CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF VW DRIVERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING DEFECTIVE COILS, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PART. IN ADDITION TO THIS PROBLEM, MY RADIO SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED IN NOVEMBER 2002.

#10002386 | January 8, 2003

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SHAKES, CONSUMER STATES" TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY STATED A COIL HAD BURNED OUT. CONSUMER STATES DEALER IS ONLY CHANGING THE COILS AS THEY BURN OUT, DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

#10000478 | January 2, 2003

2002 VOLKSWAGON PASSAT - IGNITION COIL FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE MUCH POWER. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO (DECEMBER 23, 2002). THE VW DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THESE HAVE BEEN FAILING OFTEN BUT REFUSED TO REPLACE THE OTHER TWO COILS EVEN THOUGH THEY ADMITTED THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO FAIL THAN THE NEWER REPLACEMENT UNITS (OLD UNITS HAVE PART NUMBER H, NEW ARE J). WE HAVE REPEATEDLY CONTACTED THE VOLKSWAGON NATIONAL CONSUMER CARE NUMBER AND THEY HAVE LIED TO US ABOUT CONTACTING OUR DEALER (OUR REPAIR WAS DELAYED BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY CALLED BUT DIDN'T). WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH RISK OF GETTING STRANDED OR WORSE IN AN ACCIDENT. (NOTE: INCIDENT DATE IS JAN 2 2003 NOT 2002, BUT IT'S NOT AN AVAILABLE OPTION)

#10001698 | December 30, 2002

CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE STALLS WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH. DUE TO FAULTY ENGINE COIL. ON NOVEMBER 10, DEALER CHANGED THE ENGINE COIL #4 ON DECEMBER 26, DEALER CHANGED ENGINE COIL #3, CONSUMER ASKED THE DEALER TO CHANGE THE OTHER 4 INOPERABLE COILS AND DEALER REFUSED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

#10001394 | December 23, 2002

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT THERE DRIVEWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED HESITATING TO ACCELERATED, AND THE MIL(MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT) CAME ON. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT ONE OF IGNITION COIL SPRING HAD BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

#10000198 | December 17, 2002

THE COIL PACK HAS FAILED ON MY VW 2002 PASSAT 1.8T. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN IN ITS CONDITION. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS A PART FAILURE AND HE WASN'T SUPRISED. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THEM LATELY AND THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. LATER THAT NIGHT I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND I FIND OUT THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE 2002 1.8T ENGINE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. (VWVORTEX.COM OR GOOGLE.COM "VW COIL PACKS") SOMETHING WITH THE COLD WEATHER AFFECTS THE COIL PACKS. VW SHOULD RECALL THESE PARTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH WORKING COIL PACKS. LUCKILY WHEN MINE WENT I WAS TWO BLOCKS FROM MY APARTMENT. IT DID HAPPEN HOWEVER IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I ACCELERATED. ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER I EXPERIENCED AN EXTREME LOSS OF...

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