Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2009 Volkswagen Passat submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
RECALL UPDATE: CURRENTLY, INTAKE MANIFOLD NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED-ENGINE LIGHT ON-COST $1400.00. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP FOR FUEL PUMP WAS TOLD IT WAS REPLACED BUT WOULD NOT GIVE EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS. SIDE FRONTAL AIR BAG NEVER REPLACED-WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP DID NOT NEED IT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE USED, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO VOLKSWAGEN OF ORANGE PARK (7220 BLANDING BLVD, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32244 (855) 758-7110) WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY $100 TO HAVE THE INDICATOR TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
TAKATA RECALL WANTING TO KNOW IF MY CAR IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR 18V148000 AND 08V57700 FOR SUSPENSION
TAMARA RECALL. ECP LIGHT COMES ON. THE CAR WILL STALL OUT. IF I LET IT SIT 5-10 MINUTES IT WILL START UP AND I CAN DRIVE FOR A WHILE, BUT IT'S STALLING OUT MORE FREQUENTLY. I AM AFRAID TO GET ON THE FREEWAY.
TAKATA RECALL- I WAS NOTIFIED BY TK HOLDINGS INC. THAT MY 2009 VW PASSAT SHOULD HAVE AIRBAGS REPLACED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL RECALL. I CONTACTED VW AND THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE MY AIRBAGS STATING THAT MY CAR WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN AIRBAG RECALL, BUT ONLY ELIGIBLE FOR A FUEL PUMP RECALL.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V509000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER (BACHMAN VOLKSWAGEN, 9652 BLUEGRASS PKWY, LOUISVILLE, KY 40299, (502) 996-8943) DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES AND WORSENED WHILE WAITING FOR THE PART. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
DEALER HAS NO REPLACEMENT PARTS TO FIX THE RECALLED AIR BAG.
TAKATA RECALL. AS OF FEBUARY 6TH THEY HAVE NOT ISSUED A FI FOR MY CAR AFTER 2 YEARS.
I RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM WV IN APRIL 2016. IT IS NOT DECEMBER OF 2016 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO ADDRESS THIS RECALL. IN ADDITION TO THE RECALL I DO HAVE THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON, IN THE DASHBOARD SIGNALING THAT SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ASAP. THANK YOU *TR
THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS STOPPED WORKING ONE DAY, ALONG WITH THE HORN. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE DISPLAY SHOWS "AIRBAG FAULT" EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THIS CAR, AND VW REFUSES TO COVER THE REPAIR. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM TO BE A FAULTY CLOCK SPRING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO AN UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE ROAD. NONE OF THE FRONT OR REAR AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURIES FROM A BUMP TO THE FOREHEAD. ALSO, THERE WAS AN OCCUPANT IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT, WHO SUSTAINED SEVERE INJURIES TO THE BRAIN AND REMAINED HOSPITALIZED. A POLICE REPORT OF THE INCIDENT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED TO A IMPOUND FACILITY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. WHILE TURNING LEFT, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK PILLAR HOLDING UP A BUILDING. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE ALSO ACCELERATED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,500.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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