Ownership Cost for 2001 Volkswagen Passat (GLX V6 4Motion)
Estimated: $34949 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1773
$1826
$1890
$1965
$2054
$9508
Maintenance
$2763
$1864
$874
$398
$2291
$8190
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$294
$294
$294
$294
$294
$435
Total Ownership Costs
$8242
$6836
$6071
$5790
$8010
$34949
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: Driver Seat Only
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 2771
Displacement CI: 169.096794886
Displacement L: 2.771000
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 190
Engine KW: 141.6830
Engine Manufacturer: Volkswagen
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: new Passat
Model Year: 2001
Other Engine Info: 50-St./Can. LEV emission.
Emissions Certification Test Group: 1ADXV02.8334
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat Belt
Plant City: Emden
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: GLX 4Motion
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
IN AUGUST, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD BEEN COMING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND SEVERAL FAULTS AND RECALLS (MY CAR ONLY HAD 39,000 MILES) AND TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AROUND $800. I PAID THIS AMOUNT ONLY FOR THE LIGHT TO COME ON ABOUT A WEEK LATER. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO MAKE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT BUT THE LIGHT WENT OFF AND STAYED OFF ABOUT A MONTH AND WAS TOLD TO TRY CHANGING OR TIGHTENING THE GAS CAP. I DID BOTH, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND STAYED ON AND IN NOVEMBER, I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAM SHAFT AND THAT THE CAR WAS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE CAM SHAFT ATTACHED TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE FUEL SHAFT WAS COMPLETELY WORN THROUGH. ADDITIONALLY, THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER FOR A FEW WEEKS!!! OBVIOUSLY VW IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND HAS DONE NOTHING TO NOTIFY OWNERS. I HAVE BEEN TO THE SAME DEALER THREE TIMES AND WAS ONLY TOLD RECENTLY AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT SEVERAL STRANGE NOISES AND ENGINE LIGHT ISSUES. 1) HOW DID YOU NOT SEE THIS BEFORE? 2) IF THIS WAS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY, THEN WHY DIDN'T IT GET FIXED THE FIRST TIME? I BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THIS "CAMSHAFT" ISSUE AND I WAS RIPPED OFF. *TR
2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
MY VW PASSAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH HESITATION UPON ACCELERATION. MY DEALER HAS HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT VW OF AMERICA SEEMS UNAWARE OF IT AND HAS NOT PROVIDED A FIX. I AM CURRENTLY TALKING WITH VWOA AND WORKING MY WAY UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. PICTURE THIS: I AM LEAVING A GASOLINE STATION, ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY TO THE STATION EXIT, CHECK TRAFFIC IN THE CURB LANE ON A 45 MPH LIMIT CITY STREET, SEE THERE IS AMPLE ROOM TO MERGE IN FRONT OF THE NEAREST CAR, PRESS THE ACCELERATOR - AND NOTHING HAPPENS - FOR AS LONG AS 3 SECONDS! I NOW ACCOMMODATE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF IT HAPPENING BY WAITING FOR A LARGE GAP IN TRAFFIC, SOMETIMES TO THE IRRITATION OF THE DRIVER BEHIND ME. IT IS VERY BOTHERSOME: AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHEN THE PROBLEM DOES OCCUR, IT IS ALWAYS AT SLOW SPEED, AROUND 10 MPH, AFTER A SHORT ACCELERATION AND AFTER LIFTING MY FOOT FROM THE ACCELERATOR AND REAPPLYING PRESSURE. THE TACHOMETER IS AT 1000 RPM AND SITS THERE FOR 1 TO 3 SECONDS, THEN RISES QUICKLY TO THE POINT WHERE THE ENGINE SPEED ENGAGES THE TRANSMISSION AND ACCELERATION BEGINS. I HAVE TRIED PUMPING THE ACCELERATOR WHICH DOES NOT SEEM TO SHORTEN THE HESITATION TIME. *AK