1999 Volkswagen Passat Fuel System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, FUEL FUMES EMITTED IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, FUEL WAS DISCOVERED LEAKING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SUB FRAME. ALSO, THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V156000 (FUEL SYSTEM). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.

I HAD MY CAR DIAGNOSED AT THE VW DEALER, AND THEY SAID THERE ARE EMISSION PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE RECALL I RECENTLY FOUND ON MY CAR, WHEN I CALLED THE NUMBER ON THE RECALL, VW CUSTOMER SERVICE INSISTED I WAS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THIS CAR REGULARLY SMOKES, LETS OFF HUGE SMOG CLOUDS WHEN I PUT GAS AND IS A FIRE RISK ACCORDING TO THEIR RECALL. I DON'T DRIVE IT BECAUSE I'M AFRAID IT IS GOING TO EXPLODE INTO FLAMES. *TR

WINTER 2008-2009 HAD SEVERAL TIMES WHEN CAR WOULD ACCELERATE ON IT'S OWN. BRAKES DID NOT HELP. ONLY WAY TO STOP IS TO APPLY BRAKES WITH BOTH FEET AND SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO PULL OVER AND PUT IN NEUTRAL, WHICH MAKES TAC GO OVER 7000 RPM'S. HAD THROTTLE BODY CLEANED AND RESET IN SPRING OF 2009 BUT PROBLEM RECURRED AGAIN THIS YEAR. ON MONDAY, FEB. 8, 2010 TEMPERATURE WAS IN LOW TEENS. WARMED CAR FOR APPROX. 7 MIN. DROVE SLOWLY DUE TO BAD ROAD CONDITIONS AND AT APPROX. 3 MILES INTO DRIVE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING AGAIN ON ITS OWN AND NO PLACE TO PULL OFF. HAD TO STOP IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS POSITION AND PRAY I WASN'T HIT BEFORE I COULD SAFELY START CAR AGAIN. FINALLY ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE AFTER APPROX. 5 MIN. WITHOUT REVVING PROBLEM BUT APPROX. 2 MILES LATER CAR AGAIN ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY DID A GENERAL DIAGNOSIS WHICH SHOWED NOTHING. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND MAKES ME EXTREMELY NERVOUS TO DRIVE MY CAR. VW OF AMERICA STATES THAT MY CAR WAS NOT IN ANY RECALL AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND COULD NOT DIVULGE IF THEY RECEIVED ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES A HOUR BY MY HOUSE WHILE I WAS DRIVING A BIG CLICK NOISE SOUNDED ON MY FRONT RIGHT WHEEL THE CAR SWERVED AND FELL IN A DITCH THE POLICE CAME AND THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS YOUR TIE ROD AND AXLE BROKEN I HAD TO CHANGE THEM. PLUS MY ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AND IT NEEDS A NEW MODULE AND IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY PASSAT OUT THERE HAVE NO PROBLEM AND THE DEALER WONT HELP OR VW HOTLINE PLUS MY TWO FRONT WINDOWS JUST FELL AND THE WINDOWS NEED A WHOLE NEW ACTUATORS AND ON THE INTERNET ALOT OF THE PASSAT HAVE THAT PROBLEM AND THE DEALER WONT HELP THERE IS FIVE RECALLS ON PASSAT AND THE DEALER DON'T WANT TO DO BUT 1 OF THEM SO PLEASE HELP ME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 08V156000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY). THE DEALER STATED THAT IN ORDER FOR THE RECALL REPAIR TO BE PERFORMED, THEY WOULD NEED TO PERFORM $800 WORTH OF REPAIRS FIRST. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NOTICE DOES NOT CLEARLY STATE THAT, WHICH IT SHOULD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND EXPLAINED THAT THE ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY APPLY IF THE RECALL REPAIR NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SHOULD BE CLEARLY STATED IN THE NOTICE THAT ADDITIONAL CHARGES MAY ACCRUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

1. UNKNOWN 2. VISIBLE GAS LEAK, INTERMITTENT. RECURRED APPROX. 1 YEAR AFTER INITIAL VISIBLE LEAK TO AN EXTENT I WAS ABLE TO TRACE. 3. REPLACE CRACKED RUBBER HOSE CONNECTED TO FUEL FILTER. (PART IS NOT AVAILABLE BUT I HAVE PHOTOS). *TR

THE CAR STALLS WHEN STOPPING AT INTERSECTIONS, AND SOMETIMES WHEN JUST RELEASING FOOT OFF OF ACCELERATOR. *NM

1) CAR STALLS OR HESITATES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PRESSED. 2) CAR HAS STALLED AT INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER UNSAFE PLACES. 3) FUEL PUMP IS FAILING AND WILL BE REPLACED. *JB

OUR 1999 PASSAT WITH THE 1.8 LITER ENGINE STALLS REPEATEDLY WHEN DECELERATING, THIS IS DANGEROUS. WE PURCHASED THE CAR NEW AND HAD A PROBLEMS BEFORE 20,000 MILES. VW CANNOT DIAGNOSE THIS PROBLEM. I TOOK VW TO THE BBB SINCE THEY WERE VERY UNCOOPERATIVE IN REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM, AND THEN THEY CHANGED THE THROTTLE BODY. THEN THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A FEW YEARS AND IS NOW BACK AND VW AGAIN REFUSES TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY IS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND THEY WILL NOT ADMIT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM OR FIX IT. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS ON RECALL FOR THE PROTECTIVE SHIELD IN THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL HOUSING . THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. *NLM *SCC THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY ONLY GET A FEW PARTS IN THE OFFICE A TIME. *JB

THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL FOR THE FILLER NECK RECALL 02 V 026 000 WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. THEY WERE MAKING APPOINTMENTS A MONTH TO 6 WEEKS IN ADVANCE.*AK *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS RECALL 01V157000 RELATED TO THE FUEL GAUGE. THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WAS MORE FUEL THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL. FUEL SENDING UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. *AK *NLM *JB

THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A RECALL WHICH WAS FOUND ON THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE HE OWNS CONCERNING THE FUEL SYSTEM FILLER NECK. *MR PH *JB

MY CAR HAS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED BY YOUR RECALL CAMPAIN ID#01V157000. UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL.*AK

CONSUMER HAD A FLAT TIRE WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. , EITHER TIRE OR ROAD HAZARD DAMAGED FUEL TANK, AND CAUSED IT TO CRACK. FUEL TANK WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. *JB

DURING THE REPAIR OF THE REAR CUP HOLDER THE DEALER DISCONNECTED THE WIRE FOR THE FUEL TANK FILLER LID CAUSING THE LID NOT TO OPEN. NLM

FUEL PUMP REPLACED, NOW CONTINUAL GAS SMELL, 1 FUEL INJ. REPLACED STILL GAS SMELL, DEALER HAS CHECKED 4 MORE TIMES SINCE, NO REMEDY, ALSO NO NOTIFICATION FROM VW ON ANY OF THE RECALLS IN PLACE, 3 THAT YOU HAVE LISTED. *AK

FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD NOT REGISTER A FULL TANK OF GAS EVEN WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL. DEALER REPLACED FUEL SENDING UNIT FROM THE TANK TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING, RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. THE WELL LINING BETWEEN THE TIRE AND THE FUEL TANK FOR CUSION PURPOSE WAS OBSERVED TO BE BENDED AROUND THE TOP PORTION OF THE TIRE. PIECES OF TIRE HIT FUEL TANK AND CAUSED A FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: M3TA CXYX TIRE SIZE: 15 )

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DECELERATING VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES. PRIOR TO THIS PROBLEM, VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER FOR REPAIRS,AND VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. *AK

GAS TANK RUPTURED. NLM

GAS TANK RUPTURED. NLM

GAS TANK RUPTURED. *SLC

GAS TANK RUPTURED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. PIECES FROM THE TIRE HIT THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSED A MAJOR FUEL LEAK WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK