I used to love my Passat

[Winesnob]

Hi there, I have posted here previously when I was taking possession of my new 125kw TDI Passat back in 2007. Since then I have had trouble free motoring but on a routine drive to Canberra on the long weekend it went pear shaped. My pride and joy went from 120k/ph to 0 in under 10 seconds in traffic. VW roadside assistance were fantastic and organized a tow truck but were unable to help with a hire car as it was after 12pm on a Saturday. They did spring for a $300 cab fare which took us home so we could grab the wife's car and continue on our trip. The fault was diagnosed as a number 2 injector failure which sounds simple enough but this stopped the car completely and it could not be re-started. Incredibly there is not a spare part for this in Australia and the dealer where the car is being serviced is still searching the world for one, or so they tell me. My issues are that this car is under 3 years old and only has 49000km on it. I would not expect a fault of this severity in a sub $50k let alone a +$50k car with so few km on it. I would also have expected this to be fixed quickly and not costing me a fortune on rental cars.

For anyone thinking of buying a VW Passat; please don't think for that extra $10-20k you are buying peace of mind though I'm sure there are hundreds of Passat owners who have not had any issues at all.

[VR28LT]

Sorry 2 hear about your dramas & i know how it feels when something wants 2 break unexpectedly..... But what can i say, failures do happen . Hope VW find a new injector asap so you can be on your merry way . Dont let this one bad experience change how you feel about your passat.

[Jason Gecko]

weird stuff happening to my diesel Passat

I too love my Passat - which is 6 months out of warranty, 55K on the clock and I was hoping to keep this car and drive it for a long time. Last week my wife was driving the passat - we were low on diesel (But had been lower- the screen was registering 60-70km left in the tank) when the car just stopped and we had to pull over with seconds notice. My wife told me that a yellow coiled indicator came up on the screen. Rang VW assist and they talked me through a flood start which failed. Got the car towed to the dealer in Botany Sydney. Heard nothing from them for a couple of days regardless of plenty of phone calls from myself. The dealer finally rang back to tell me that they had to replace the wiring tray and all of the injectors, told me it would cost in the region of $5,000, at that VW would pay for the whole thing! They offered this without any discussion from me. Sounds dodgy - what is going on here? I've read other stuff about similar failures - particularly in the UK. Anyone got any thoughts?