Ownership Cost for 2010 Volkswagen Passat Wagon (Komfort SULEV)
Estimated: $40567 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2533
$1216
$1064
$963
$861
$6637
Insurance
$1756
$1817
$1881
$1946
$2015
$9415
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2759
$1769
$1069
$1069
$2289
$8955
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$817
$817
$817
$817
$817
$1211
Total Ownership Costs
$10314
$7549
$6998
$7103
$8603
$40567
Air Bag Loc Curtain: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Wagon
Displacement CC: 1984
Displacement CI: 121.071108283
Displacement L: 1.984000
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 200.00
Engine KW: 149.140000
Engine Manufacturer: Volkswagen
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: VOLKSWAGEN
Manufacturer: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA
Manufacturer Id: 1147
Model: Passat
Model Year: 2010
Other Engine Info: 50-St. BIN 3/SULEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: AVWXV02.03SA.
Other Restraint System Info: Active Seat
Belt Advanced Front Air Bags.
Plant City: Emden
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: Komfort
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I PURCHASED A USED 2003 VW PASSAT 1.8T WAGON IN 2006. IT WORKED PERFECTLY UNTIL THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 75,000 MILES AND A NUMBER OF ISSUES OCCURRED THAT I FOUND OUT ARE KNOW ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE AND ISSUE. FIRST THE ENGINE COILS STARTED FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I ENDED UP REPLACING FOUR OF THEM AND THEN VW ISSUED A RECALL BUT ONLY COVERED A FRACTION OF WHAT IT COST TO REPLACE. THEN THE STOP TURN ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND I FOUND OUT THAT THE 1.8T ENGINE HAS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW THAT LEAVES THIS ENGINE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CREATING OIL SLUDGE EVEN WITH ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. VW ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR THIS ENGINE AND ISSUE BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT IS A DESIGN FLAW BUT WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE UNLESS YOU SHOW THEM A COMPLETE RECORD OF ALL OIL CHANGES. I MAINTAINED THIS CAR ROUTINELY BUT DO NOT HAVE ALL RECORDS MILLIONS OF OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE ARE NOW STUCK WITH A DILEMMA OF SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX SOMETHING THAT VW KNEW ABOUT AND SHOULD HAVE FIXED. VW NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND MADE TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE FOR VEHICLE OWNERS REGARDLESS OF A COMPLETE MAINTENANCE RECORD, BECAUSE IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE EVEN WITH COMPLETE MAINTENANCE. *TR
2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED 2010 VW PASSAT IN JUNE 2010. THE CAR STARTED TO JUMP ON ACCELERATION FROM STOP, AUTO HOLD BUTTON DID NOT WORK, AND CAR WAS ROLLING BACK ON MILD SLOPE. I TOOK CAR TO THE VW DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAD TO WAIT FOR 2 WEEKS SINCE THE PART WAS COMING FROM GERMANY. THEY REPLACED THE MECHATRONIC UNIT AND AUTOHOLD BUTTON. THE CAR IS NOT JUMPING NOW BUT I HAVE A FEELING THE PROBLEM IS COMING BACK SINCE IT DOES NOT GO SMOOTHLY FROM STOP TO DRIVE SOMETIMES. AUTOHOLD BUTTON IS WORKING. IF THE AUTOHOLD BUTTON IS NOT ON, A CAR IS STILL ROLLING BACK ON A MILD SLOPE SO YOU HAVE TO MOVE YOUR FOOT QUICKLY FROM BRAKE TO GAS AND PRAY THERE IS NO CAR BEHIND YOU. 2010 VW PASSAT PERFORMS VERY WELL AFTER YOU REACH 60 MILES AND OVER BUT BELOW THAT SPEED, IT TAKES TIMES TO PICK UP A SPEED. SOMETIMES, THE GAS PEDAL HITS THE FLOOR AND A CAR IS STILL NOT PICKING UP THE SPEED. DRIVING IN A SPORT MODE DOES NOT HELP, SINCE THE TRAFFIC IS ON STOP AND GO. *TR