2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT Engine Problems

I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THIS 2014 VW PASSAT FROM NISSAN AND THEY DID NOT REVEAL ALL THE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE! I'M REALLY DISSATISFIED WITH THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AS I FEEL THIS IS BEING DECEITFUL, NOT TO MENTION VERY UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. DISHONEST!!!!! TO SAY THE LEAST!

THE CAR LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A BLOWN TURBOCHARGER. THIS OCCURRED AT 32,000 MILES. NOW, THE CAR HAS LOST POWER AGAIN WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR GOING UP A HILL. I BELIEVE IT IS A BLOWN TURBOCHARGER. THIS OCCURRED AT 64,000 MILES. THE DETAILS BELOW ON DATE AND MILES ARE RELATED TO THE SECOND INCIDENT.

EXACTLY 28 DAYS AFTER FIRST BREAKDOWN HAD ANOTHER EXACTLY THE SAME. SEE YOUR PREVIOUS REPORT #10818720. DRIVING TO WORK ON HIGHWAY 2014 VW PASSAT ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR CAN NOT GO OVER 30MPH & DECREASING SPEED. TOW TRUCK CALLED, MECHANIC & DEALERSHIP, RENTAL CAR, & PRIVATE INSURANCE ALL AGAIN. DEALERSHIP STATED CHEWED WIRES FROM SQUIRRELS & DOES NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. 1ST TIME $2,700. 2ND TIME $700. LEARNED OF SOY-BASED COATING ON WIRES. LOCAL FARMERS & GOVERNMENT GRASS CUTTER WORKERS HAVE CHEWED WIRES ON THEIR TRACTORS ALSO. PLEAE INVESTIGATE. PLEASE RECALL. PLEASE HELP.

HEATER CORE CLOGGING. HEATER CORE HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR TO YEARS AGO. COOLANT HAS BEEN DISCOLORED AND CLOUDY. FIRST REPLACEMENT WAS IN JANUARY OF 2015. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN JANUARY 2016.

ONE DAY AT ABOUT 25,000 MILES I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE VENTS WERE NOT RECEIVING ANY HOT AIR TO WARM THE CAR. THERE WAS PLENTY OF HEAT COMING OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE, BUT ONLY COLD AIR COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THEY SAID THAT THE HEATER CORE IS CLOGGED. SO THERE IS SOME TYPE OF CONTAMINATE IN THE COOLING SYSTEM EFFECTING THE HEATER CORE. THEY ARE REPLACING THE HEATER CORE UNDER WARRANTY, BU I HOPE IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE REST OF THE COOLING SYSTEM.

2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT DIESEL. OWNERSHIP 1/1/2 YRS. MILEAGE 14,000. DRIVING TO WORK COULD NOT GO OVER 30MPH. DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON SHOWING EMISSION CONTROL MONITOR & PRE GLOW. THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO COLDER WEATHER. HAD TO BE TOWED & AT DEALERSHIP NOW FOR REPAIR. COMPLETE BREAKDOWN. VW MECHANIC STATING THERE IS MAJOR DAMAGE DUE TO A RODENT OR SQUIRELL PROBLEM. STATED THE WIRING IS CHEWED UP EVEN IN THE HEADLIGHTS. I AM THE ONLY CAR OWNER IN THE PARISH AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THIS PROBLEM?? HAVE WARRANTY BUT VW SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO GET RENTAL CAR. WAITING FOR STATE FARM INSURANCE ADJUSTER TO GO TO DEALERSHIP. HELP! PLEASE SEND A NHTSA REP TO INVESTIGATE AND LOOK AT VEHICLE.

VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLS WHILE BRAKING. DOES NOT TRIGGER A FAULT CODE WITH VEHICLES COMPUTER. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES AND HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO DIAGNOSE ISSUE. CAUSE OF INCIDENT: UNKNOWN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SOFTWARE NEEDED TO BE UPDATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE WOULD OPERATE AS IF IT WERE TO STALL AFTER THE SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS COMPLETED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATER CORE WAS BLOCKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC AT 5 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

MILES ON CAR AT FAILURE: 21,755 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS FROM DEALERSHIP: REPLACED TURBO, GASKETS, REFLASH, CHECK PARTICULATE FILTER AND REPLACE. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPS AT FAILURE:20S 30S FAILURE WARNING SIGNS, IF ANY: TURBO BEGAN MAKING HORRIBLE WHINING SOUND ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 8, 2015. CALLED VW 3/9/15 AND TOOK TO DEALER 3/10/15 FOR EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO 3/12/15 FIRST AVAILABLE APPOINTMENT. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR INDICATORS EVEN AFTER 3 DAYS OF DRIVING WITH HORRIBLE NOISE. WARNING LIGHTS ON DASH/MFI: NO LIGHTS OR INDICATORS PROBLEMS SINCE REPLACEMENT: NOW AT 25,766 MILES. CHECKED OIL CAP TO CHANGE OIL EVERY 5K INSTEAD OF 10K NOW THAT OUT OF SERVICE CONTRACT AND NOTICED PARTICLES AROUND OIL CAP. GOT MAGNET AND FOUND THAT MANY WERE MAGNETIC. I HAVE VIDEOS OF THE TURBO WHINING BEFORE REPLACEMENT AND THE MAGNETIC PARTICLES IDENTIFIED LAST EVENING. OIL WAS NOT CHANGED AS PART OF TURBO REPLACEMENT NOR WERE THE HIGH PRESSURE LINES...

DRIVING ON BUSY CITY STREET AT ABOUT 45 MPH WHEN ENGINE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. COASTED TO LEFT HAND TURN LANE WHERE I TRIED TO START VEHICLE AGAIN, BUT IT WOULD CRANK ONCE THEN DIE. VEHICLE WOULD REPEAT TRYING START WITH TURNING OVER IGNITION. AFTER A NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS AND TURNING EVERYTHING OFF, VEHICLE FINALLY RESTARTED. TOO TO VW AND AWAITING RESPONSE. PREVIOUS WEEK, STOPPED AT LIGHT IN D, BUT TRANSMISSION WOULD DID NOT INITIALLY ENGAGE. AFTER MORE THAN A FEW SECONDS TRANSMISSION ENGAGED. WHEN DECELERATING, GENERALLY VERY ROUGH AS YOU GET CLOSE TO STOPPING. *TR

MY DAUGHTERS 2014 VW PASSAT TDI FAILED ON FRIDAY, 2/27/2015. HER CAR LOST POWER AND WAS MAKING WHIRLING AND CLANKING NOISES. SHE OF COURSE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF RIGHT AWAY. THERE WAS NO WARNING LIGHT OF ANY KIND, EVEN WHEN I TURNED IT ON BRIEFLY TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. AFTER A VERY BRIEF START, I COULD SEE WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT ALONG WITH A VERY STRONG OIL BURNING SMELL. THERE WAS NO OIL LEAKING FROM THE CAR ANYWHERE, BUT I DID NOTICE WHEN I PULLED THE OIL DIP STICK THAT THERE WAS NO OIL. IT APPARENTLY HAD BURNED IT UP. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED DIRECTLY TO DON BEYER VW AND WENT THE NEXT DAY (SHE BROKE DOWN LATE EVENING). WE ASKED THE SERVICE CENTER IF THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE AND THEY SAID NO. HOWEVER, WHEN WE EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED, THEY IMMEDIATELY SAID IT...

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A SNOWY COLD MORNING - A DISTANCE OF JUST A COUPLE MILES IN A MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY. THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE AS IT CLIMBED A SLIGHT HILL. I DEPRESSED THE FUEL PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. AN ENGINE MALFUNCTION YELLOW WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I TRIED PROCEEDING FORWARD NOTHING HAPPENED. LIMPED IT TO SIDE OF ROAD. CALLED 24/7 VW ROAD SIDE ASSISTANCE. CAR WAS TOWED TO NEAREST AUTHORIZED DEALER. THEY STATE THE TURBO FAILED. *TR

WHEN DRIVING CAR LOSS OF POWER HAD TOWED TO VW DEALER TURBO FAILURE WITH JUST 9700 MILES. *TR

THE TURBOCHARGER FAILED, CAUSING THE CAR TO SLOW TO A CREEP (5 MPH) IN THE MIDST OF OTHER TRAFFIC TRAVELING AT 35 TO 40 MPH. *TR

CATASTROPHIC TURBO FAILURE AND STATER MOTOR FAILURE. CAUSED BY EXTREME COLD WEATHER START UPS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE COMPRESSOR WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPRESSOR FAILED AND WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000.

THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SHUTTING OFF WITHOUT NOTICE AND STALLING. CALLED THE VW DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US TO DROP IT OFF. ON SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2014 VEHICLE WAS DROPPED OFF GOT SEVERAL CALLS STATING THAT THE TECHNICIAN COULDN'T DUPLICATE THEM PROBLEM, FINALLY WE RECEIVED A VOICE MESSAGE THE TECH WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE. VEHICLE WAS GIVEN BACK TO US ON SEPTEMBER13, 2014, STATING IT WAS THE CRANK SENSOR THAT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TOOK THE VEHICLE HOME DROVE AROUND THE WEEKEND AND ITS BEGAN TO STALL AGAIN. ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2014 DRIVING TO MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL ON THE I-15 FREEWAY PASSING A SEMI-TRUCK THE VEHICLE SHUTS OF COMPLETELY, STEERING WHEEL GETS HARD NO CONTROL, NO POWER TO THE VEHICLE. I PUSHED THE HANDLE TO NEUTRAL START THE CAR AGAIN AND SLAM THE HANDLE TO DRIVE. CAR STARTED RIGHT UP PULLED TO THE SIDE AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. DROVE...

WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND SLOWING DOWN, THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN,COULD NOT STEER AS STEERING WHEEL LOCKED,LOST ALL POWER, COULD NOT APPLY BRAKES AS THEY DID NOT WORK, THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED A 1/2 HOUR LATER COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, CALLED THE VW NATIONAL NUMBER, EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAPPENED AT FASTER SPEEDS, THEY DID NOT SEEM OVERLY CONCERNED, TOLD ME TO TOW IT TO THE NEAREST VW DEALER FOR SERVICE, THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN TAKING IT BACK FROM THE DEALER, WHAT DO I DO? *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WENT FROM THE "ON" POSITION TO "ACCESSORY" OR IN BASIC TERMS IT SHUT OFF CAUSING A LOSS IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AGAIN AND DRIVE IT NORMALLY. *TR

TURBOCHARGER FAILURE ON A TDI ENGINE. ENGINE DIED WITH VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT-MOST LANE OF 3 LANE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. RESULTED IN VEHICLE STRANDED IN EMERGENCY LANE AWAITING A TOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SLOW TO START UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WOULD ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO DRIFT TO THE RIGHT WHEN TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS NOT CENTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT AN ALIGNMENT WAS NEEDED. THE DEALER REPLACED FOUR TIRES BUT THE FAILURE STILL RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO WAS THEN UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7.

TURBOCHARGER FAILED. STARTED MAKING NOISES, THEN POWER LOSSES, THEN DASHBOARD LIGHTS. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED TURBOCHARGER FAILURE DUE TO 'INTERNAL MALFUNCTION' AND STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY DRIVING STYLE, EXTERNAL FACTORS. *TR

EXITING INTERSTATE AND MERGING ONTO STATE ROUTE, VEHICLE LOST POWER, COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED IN TRAFFIC. TOWED TO DEALER NEXT DAY, FOUND TURBOCHARGER HAD FAILED WITH NO WARNING. *TR