Ownership Cost for 2010 Volkswagen Passat (Komfort PZEV)
Estimated: $39930 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2437
$1170
$1023
$926
$828
$6384
Insurance
$1743
$1804
$1867
$1933
$2000
$9347
Fuel
$1472
$1516
$1569
$1632
$1705
$7894
Maintenance
$2723
$1729
$1041
$1009
$2273
$8775
Repairs
$965
$1127
$1284
$1404
$1613
$6393
Taxes & Fees
$767
$767
$767
$767
$767
$1135
Total Ownership Costs
$10107
$7433
$6897
$6975
$8519
$39930
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/PZEV emission. Emissions Certification Test Group: AVWXV02.03PA.
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
2002
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
AUTOMATIC LOCK AND POWER WINDOW ON REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ARE INOPERATIVE. DEALER TOOK TWO ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT. ON THE FIRST, THEY APPLIED SOME ELECTROLYTIC GREASE IN THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE ENOUGH. THE NEXT TIME THEY REPLACED THE MOTOR AND LOCK UNIT. *AK
2010
VISIBILITY
BLINDING GLARE PROBLEM: I PURCHASED 2010 VW PASSAT KOMFORT 2 WEEKS AGO WHICH HAS A SILVER SHINY PLATE AROUND THE SHIFTER. WHEN SUNSHINE HITS THIS PLATE, IT RADIATES LIGHTS INTO DRIVER'S EYES. IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOOK AT IT, YOU GET BLINDED FOR A FEW SECONDS LIKE SOMEONE POINTED THE BRIGHT FLASH LIGHT INTO YOUR EYES. I AM STILL KEEPING THE ORIGINAL PLASTIC COVER TO REDUCE THE BRIGHTNESS BUT EVENTUALLY IT WILL PEEL OFF. I CANNOT PAINT IT IN A DARK COLOR SINCE IT WOULD VOID MY WARRANTY. THE OTHER PART THAT PRODUCE GLARE IS THE SILVER PORTION OF DASHBOARD WHICH IS SLIGHTLY TILTED. WHEN THE SUN IS BEHIND YOUR BACK AND HITS A DASHBOARD, THE SILVER PART OF DASHBOARD REFLECTS ON THE SIDEVIEW MIRROR CREATING AN IMAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE PUT WHITE TAPE ON IT. HALF OF THE SIDEVIEW MIRROR IS BLOCKED FOR A DRIVER'S VIEW. THIRD PROBLEM IS THE NIGHT GLARE IN THE REARVIEW AND SIDEVIEW MIRROR FROM THE HEADBEAMS OF THE OTHER CAR BEHIND MY CAR. IF THE REARVIEW MIRROR IS IN A DIMMED POSITION, THAN A DASHBOARD REFLECTION IS SHOWING IN IT. AND IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE SIDEVIEW MIRROR, THE HEADBEAMS LIGHT ARE SHOOTING THE EXTREMELY BRIGHT LIGHT STRAIGHT INTO THE EYES. THIS DARK AND BRIGHT CONTRAST GETS YOU BLINDED & DISORIENTED. I AM NOT SURE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WINDOWS. I CONSIDER ALL OF THE ABOVE DESIGN FEATURE VERY DEADLY. I AM ALWAYS DRIVING WITH SUN GLASSES, DURING A DAY DRIVE, WITHOUT THEM, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. I COMPLAINED TO VW CUSTOMER SERVICE & DEALERSHIP, SENT THEM AN E-MAIL AND A FEW PICTURES, THE CASE MANAGER DID NOT OFFER ANY SOLUTION, ONLY EXCUSE THAT THIS IS A VW DESIGN FEATURE & AS SUCH THEY CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING. *TR