Filed under: Recalls/TSBs, Volkswagen
VW recalling all 410,000 Passats sold between 1999 and 2005
If you are one of the nearly half-million Americans driving a 1999-2005 Volkswagen Passat, your dealer will be expecting a visit. Every gasoline-powered Passat (the list includes the 1.8-liter I4, 2.0-liter I4, 2.8-liter V6, and 4.0-liter W8) is being recalled for a heat shield issue. Apparently, the shield near the catalytic converter on some automatic-equipped cars may be damaged, so VW wants the dealers to check them out and add additional shielding if necessary.
While it has your attention, Volkswagen has also found some faulty fuel lines on cars with the 1.8-liter turbocharged engine, and some of the all-wheel-drive equipped cars may have damaged fuel tank ventilation valves. Thankfully, no accidents or injuries have been reported from any of the problems. VW will begin notifying owners on May 30.
[Source: Automotive News, subs. req'd]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Evotec 9:10AM (4/05/2008)
Im glad i sold my slow ass 2.0 passat.
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Gardiner Westbound 9:16AM (4/05/2008)
Leaking fuel lines and insufficient catalytic converter heat shielding might be an explosive combo.
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FSM 9:48AM (4/05/2008)
VW...well on their way to number 1. Look out GM and Toyota
Mobius_1 9:59AM (4/05/2008)
@FSM
It's Porsche now!
Avinash machado 10:12AM (4/05/2008)
German engineering at its finest. Or is it mis-engineering?
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the friendly grizzly 10:38AM (4/05/2008)
And for all the VW apologists: this is not one you can blame on that "inferior" Mexican labor, is it?
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MemphisNET 11:10AM (4/05/2008)
Cars have problems, things get missed - nothing in this world is perfect. Are we surprised anymore ?
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Frank 11:29AM (4/05/2008)
If this was a Chrysler (or Ford or GM) recall a lot of posters would say what POS the car is, even though VW has worse reliability than the domestics.
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dyakobson 11:39AM (4/05/2008)
But the difference between a VW and a Chrysler is that on the whole, the Chrysler is a POS. VW on the other hand, is just a POS in regards to reliability. :)
Thedevil 11:40AM (4/05/2008)
And they would be right! so what's your point?
tankd0g 7:53PM (4/05/2008)
Something so minor would never get recalled.
Thedevil 11:41AM (4/05/2008)
@ frank
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Frank 2:49PM (4/05/2008)
Shouldn't you be commenting on the church of Mustang post?
Phil 11:46AM (4/05/2008)
I guess it's one way to get people into the showrooms, issue a recall.
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tankd0g 12:58PM (4/05/2008)
Heh, in Canada these things rust off within the first 5 years anyway. BFD.
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mike m. 2:20PM (4/05/2008)
REEEEEALLY???
Well, then i would suggest that you take your rusted Passat to VW, because they have a 10 perfertion warranty...they will take care of it.......oh, what is that you say??...you don't eeeeven have a Passat? Oh, OK then.
So you are talking $hit like most of the other posters! I always love seeing these posts! It never takes long. I just wonder what it is about these people. Is it envy, ignorance or just plain old simple stupidity. I think it's all three together!
Keep it up losers. These VW posts are as sure like stink on a monkey.
tankd0g 2:27PM (4/05/2008)
Wtf are you talking about idiot? They rust off every car in Canada, they are a superfulious peice of metal.
mike m. 3:00PM (4/05/2008)
So, your Passat is rusting off right before your eyes...eh?...oh sorry, I didn't catch the part where you said you don't actually own a VW, but just talking out of your a$$!
Admit it, you don't know what you are talking about!
tankd0g 3:20PM (4/05/2008)
I've owned serveral idiot. They didn't burst into flames with no heat shield in place.
mike m. 4:18PM (4/05/2008)
So, you have owned several. I guess you got a new one every 5 years.
If there is a true idiot, then it must be you. How dumb does one have to be to make the same mistake more than once??????