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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Evotec @ Apr 5th 2008 9:10AM
Im glad i sold my slow ass 2.0 passat.
Gardiner Westbound @ Apr 5th 2008 9:16AM
Leaking fuel lines and insufficient catalytic converter heat shielding might be an explosive combo.
FSM @ Apr 5th 2008 9:48AM
VW...well on their way to number 1. Look out GM and Toyota
Mobius_1 @ Apr 5th 2008 9:59AM
@FSM
It's Porsche now!
Avinash machado @ Apr 5th 2008 10:12AM
German engineering at its finest. Or is it mis-engineering?
the friendly grizzly @ Apr 5th 2008 10:38AM
And for all the VW apologists: this is not one you can blame on that "inferior" Mexican labor, is it?
MemphisNET @ Apr 5th 2008 11:10AM
Cars have problems, things get missed - nothing in this world is perfect. Are we surprised anymore ?
Frank @ Apr 5th 2008 11:29AM
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.
dyakobson @ Apr 5th 2008 11:39AM
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 @ Apr 5th 2008 11:40AM
And they would be right! so what's your point?
tankd0g @ Apr 5th 2008 7:53PM
Something so minor would never get recalled.
Thedevil @ Apr 5th 2008 11:41AM
@ frank
Frank @ Apr 5th 2008 2:49PM
Shouldn't you be commenting on the church of Mustang post?
Phil @ Apr 5th 2008 11:46AM
I guess it's one way to get people into the showrooms, issue a recall.
tankd0g @ Apr 5th 2008 12:58PM
Heh, in Canada these things rust off within the first 5 years anyway. BFD.
mike m. @ Apr 5th 2008 2:20PM
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 @ Apr 5th 2008 2:27PM
Wtf are you talking about idiot? They rust off every car in Canada, they are a superfulious peice of metal.
mike m. @ Apr 5th 2008 3:00PM
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 @ Apr 5th 2008 3:20PM
I've owned serveral idiot. They didn't burst into flames with no heat shield in place.
mike m. @ Apr 5th 2008 4:18PM
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??????