Other Engine Info: 50-St./Can., Emissions Certification Test Group: XADXV02.8324
Other Restraint System Info: Depowered Airbags: Airbag - Dr/Pass, Active - Dr/Pass
Plant City: Emden
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLX
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I BROUGHT MY 2003 PASSAT GLX SEDAN INTO DEALERSHIP BECAUSE CAR WAS JERKY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. CAR HAS 41,214 MILES ON IT, 90% HIGHWAY. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH PADS. DEALER INFORMED THAT PASSAT ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED IN LIEU OF REPLACEMENT. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I VIEW, IT APPEARS THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE ROTORS. *JB
1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
AT AROUND 60,000 ABS LIGHT COMES ON VEHICLE, WHICH MAKES ABS USELESS WHEN LIGHT IS ON, IT WORKS OTHERWISE. WHEN LIGHT IS ON BRAKES LOCK-UP. ABS MODULE COSTS $1010 + LABOR 405 = $1415 TO FIX THIS. SPOKE WITH DEALER, THEY SAID THEY HAVE SEEN MANY OF ABS CONTROL MODULES GONE BAD PASSATS. THIS COULD BE A BIG SAFETY PROBLEM SINCE IT AFFECTS BRAKING.*AK