2017 Volkswagen Passat

BLINDSPOT MONITORING SYSTEM ON LEFT SIDE OF CAR INTERMITTENT, CAPTURED INCIDENT ON VIDEO. WENT TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR REPAIR, PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. DEALER FALSIFIED REPAIR DOCUMENTATION ON ALL VISITS AND ADMITTED THE CAR WAS NOT TEST DRIVEN AS STATED ON THE INVOICE OF THE FIRST TWO VISITS. SENT DEMAND LETTER REQUESTING PERMANENT REPAIR TO VOLKSWAGEN, IT WAS RECEIVED ON 2JAN, RECEIVED NO REPLY. VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE WILL NOT RETURN PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND AFTER THIS SYSTEM ALMOST CAUSED A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT ON 6JAN I REFUSE TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE ALL OF MY DOCUMENTATION AND COMMUNICATION WITH VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE, IT IS WAY TOO MUCH TO ATTACH TO THIS COMPLAINT. THE DEALER, GULF COAST AUTO GROUP, FALSIFIED DOCUMENTS AND MADE NO EFFORT TO FIX A SAFETY RELATED SYSTEM AND VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE HAS SENT ME PAPERWORK OFFERING TO BUY THE CAR BACK BUT WILL NOT RESPOND AFTER SENDING ME THE BUYBACK PAPERWORK. THIS 'BUYBACK' OF THE CAR IS AN ATTEMPT BY VOLKSWAGEN CORPORATE TO HIDE THE FACT THAT THEIR DEALER CONTINUALLY JEOPARDIZED MY SAFETY. AND AFTER SENDING THE BUYBACK PAPERWORK THEY WILL NOT RESPOND TO EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR SINCE 6JAN, AND IT WILL NOT BE DRIVEN BY ME EVER AGAIN. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE WOULD CONTACT ME REGARDING THIS MATTER SO I CAN SEND ALL OF MY DETAILED DOCUMENTATION FOR YOUR REVIEW.

ACCESS START MODULE FAILED. CAR REFUSED TO DETECT KEY FOB AND DASHBOARD WAS OFF WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE. COULD NOT PRESS ON BRAKE TO PUSH START IGNITION. CAR BATTERY WAS AT FULL 12-12 VDC. CHECKED FUSES AND NOTHING WAS BLOWN. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER TO CHECK UP. TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO RESET ACCESS START MODULE BY DISCONNECTING BATTERY FOR 15 MINUTES. DEALER REPLACED FUEL RELAY FUSE AND ACCESS START MODULE. VEHICLE WAS DOWN FOR 4 DAYS. NEW MODULE HAD TO BE RE-PROGRAMMED FOR AT LEAST A DAY AND NEEDED ALL KEY FOBS TO BE RE-PROGRAMMED.

AC TAKES 5-20 MINUTES TO BLOW COLD AIR. MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS TO DEALER AND SERVICE DO NOT RESULT IN ANY ATTEMPT TO FIX PROBLEM BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE ARRIVE AT THE DEALER, THE PROBLEM HAS CORRECTED ITSELF. THIS OCCURS FIRST THING IN THE DAY. AFTER IT STARTS BLOWING COLD AIR, IT WORKS FINE THE REST OF THE DAY. THIS IS THE 3RD VW PASSAT WE'VE DRIVEN THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. VW WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE PROBLEM.

I OWN A 2017 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT SEL PREMIUM. ONE OF MY PRIMARY CONCERNS IS THAT THE AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM DOES NOT FUNCTION ACCORDING TO PAGE 271 OF THE OWNER'S MANUAL, OR AS PROMOTED BY THEIR DEALERS, AND IN TV COMMERCIALS. I TOOK MY PASSAT TO TWO DEALERS, BOTH SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED IT AND SAID IT TESTED 100% A WEEK LATER, THE CAR DID NOT SLOW AT ALL WHEN I WAS CLOSE TO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME GOING 65 MILES AND HOUR AND IT SLAMMED ON ITS BRAKES. IF I HAD NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED. I WROTE A LETTER REGARDING MY CONCERNS TO MR. HINRICH WOEBCKEN, CEO OF VW OF AMERICA. THE RESPONSE FROM VW WAS THAT MY SYSTEM WORKS FINE ACCORDING TO THEIR DEALERS, AND THEY WILL DO NOTHING FURTHER FOR ME! AFTER THAT, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED THE RESULTS OF FRONT COLLISION PREVENTION TESTING THAT WAS DONE BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY. THEIR TESTS ON 2017 CARS INCLUDED THOSE OF OVER 20 MANUFACTURERS. THERE ARE 3 DIFFERENT PARTS TO THE TEST: FORWARD COLLISION WARNING (ON THE PASSAT THIS IS A TWO CAR SYMBOL IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) LOW SPEED AUTO BRAKE (THIS IS FOR SPEED UNDER 12 MPH) HIGH-SPEED AUTO BRAKE (THIS IS FOR SPEEDS OVER 25 MPH) THE RESULTS OF THESE TESTS SHOWS THAT ALL COMPARABLE MANUFACTURER'S SEDANS EITHER SCORED 2 OR 3 POINTS ON THE HIGH-SPEED AUTO BRAKE TEST. HOWEVER THE VW PASSAT SCORED "0" POINTS, AND WAS UNABLE BRAKE THE CAR OR REDUCE THE CAR SPEED AT ALL! THE 2017 VW TOUAREG ALSO FAILED THE HIGH- SPEED AUTO BRAKE PORTION OF THE TEST. I FEEL THAT VW NEEDS TO INFORM OWNERS, AND STOP ADVERTISING THAT THEIR CARS HAVE A FUNCTIONING HIGH-SPEED AUTO BRAKING, AS THEY DO NOT! THEY SHOULD QUICKLY COME UP WITH A FIX, AND RECALL ALL 2016 TO 2018 PASSATS, AND OTHER MODELS THAT HAVE THIS FAULTY SYSTEM! DRIVERS HAVE A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY FOR A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT WORK!

FAILED STEERING WHEEL CLOCK SPRING ON A 2017 VEHICLE THAT HAS BEEN DRIVEN 20,000 MILES OVER 14 MONTHS. AFTER BEING PARKED FOR APPROX 40 MINS, PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT MY STEERING WHEEL MAKE POPPING/CLICKING SOUNDS AND IMMEDIATELY THE AIRBAG ERROR SENSORS WENT OFF ALONG WITH MY SERVICE VEHICLE WARNING. UPON TURNING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT THE STEERING WHEEL MADE A FEW ADDITIONAL POPS/CLICKS. IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE STEERING WHEEL CLOCK SPRING ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE A PART ON HAND AND HAD TO ORDER IT, SO I DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. NOW THAT I'M HOME AND RESEARCHING THE FAILED STEERING WHEEL CLOCK SPRING ISSUE, I AM QUESTIONING WHETHER I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT.