2012 Volkswagen Passat Other Problems

Your sunroof suddenly shattered without any impact or warning. This could happen while driving or parked, creating a safety hazard from broken glass and potentially allowing water to enter your vehicle.

Bought in July and had 38461 miles and only put 3000 miles since bought. Driving down the road and it started raining and had 2” of water in my drivers side floor board. Took to jack Morris auto glass and they looked at it and said the pan on the driver’s side of the sunroof was cracked. He told me that driving it was risky as it could catch fire and cause electrical issues. Please advise.

HEATER COR CLOGGED. THE VEHICLE HAS 78XXX MILES. ON THE VOLKSWAGEN FORMS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE ALSO IN OTHER YEARS. IT IS THE SAME PART USED

MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND ALMOST KILLED ME AND MY DAUGHTER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT IT OUT BUT IT IS A TOTAL LOSS. I THINK IT COULD WELL BE THE STARTER AS MANY 2011 BUILD VW PASSATS WERE AFFECTED.

FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN NOR WILL IT UNLOCK. LATELY, (DECEMBER 2018), I CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR IN THE MORNING. SOMETIMES COLD DRY MORNINGS, OTHER MORNINGS MIST THAT HAS FROZEN, OTHER MORNINGS JUST COLD. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND WORK MY WAY OVER TO DRIVERS SEAT. TAKES UP TO 20 MINUTES FOR THE DOOR TO OPEN. I FOUND IT EASIER IF I HAVE DEFROST ON HIGH HEAT WITH VENT POINTED TO DOOR. I FIND THIS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS I DRIVE TO WORK KNOWING SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN AND I COULD NOT GET OUT.

SECONDARY AIR PRESSURE SENSOR FAILURE AFTER 37000 MILES,PART OF EMISSION AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

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HEATER CORE ON A 2012 PASSAT HAS CORRODED AND CLOGGED WITH FACTORY FLUIDS INSIDE STILL. CAUSES THE HEAT TO NOT COME OUT OF THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

RELATED TO NHTSA ID NUMBER 10929850 WHERE VEHICLE KEEPS TRYING TO RELOCK ITSELF. DEALER SAYS THAT THE INTERNAL LATCH HAS FAILED WITHIN THE DRIVER'S DOOR. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER LOCK. THEY WANT $426.65 TO REPLACE IT. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING...SOUNDS LIKE A SAFETY DEFECT TO ME.

VEHICLE STUMBLES AND HESITATES DURING COLD STARTS AND CLEARS UP AFTER APPROX 10 MINUTES. CONSISTENTLY OCCURS DAILY ESSENTIALLY SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DEALER, BUT THEY INDICATED NOTHING WAS WRONG AND NO ERRORS SEEN IN COMPUTER. THERE ARE SEVERAL BLOGS ONLINE FROM HUNDREDS OF OWNERS COMPLAINING OF THIS ISSUE AND VOLKSWAGEN APPEARS TO NOT BE RESOLVING THE ISSUE. THE CONCERN IS BUCKING, CHOCKING AND HESITATION BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF YOU NEED TO SPEED UP TO AVOID A VEHICLE OR CROSSING INTERSECTIONS WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD...SAFETY IS A CONCERN AND HAS BEEN....I DID BRING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AGAIN AND LEFT WITH DEALER FOR 1 WEEK...THEY CLAIMED THE TECHN FOUND NO ISSUE....WHEN I PICKED VEHICLE UP IT IMMEDIATELY HAD HESITATION, JERKY BUCKING ISSUE....NOT ACCEPTABLE.

ADBLUE EMISSIONS HEATER TANK FAILURE. CODE P202A. NOT BEING COVERED BY VW THOUGH CURRENTLY IN COURT FOR EMISSIONS SCANDAL AND REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF EMISSIONS SYSTEM.

WENT TO VW DEALER AND HAD CEL ON. DIAGNOSIS WAS DEF HEATER FAILURE. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND WITHOUT THE HEATER FUNCTION DEF FLUID FREEZES AT 12 DEGREES. CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN DEALER MAINTAINED AND CALLED VWOA AND WAS TOLD PART IS ONLY COVERED 3 /36. THE CAR CURRENTLY HAS 60000 MILES. SO THEY CHARGED ME 100 DOLLARS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND CAR IS IN THE SHOP CURRENTLY FOR THE REPAIR AT QUOTED 971.00 DOLLARS. THIS DEF SYSTEM IS CERTAINLY PART OF THE EMISSIONS SYSTEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT JUST DRIVING THE CAR UNTIL THE BUYBACK BUT FELT I MAY DAMAGE ANOTHER PART OF THIS COMPLICATED SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE STILL DROVE FINE BUT WAS PROBABLY SPEWING EVEN MORE POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR THAN IT NORMALLY DOES . IT SEEMS SILLY THAT I AM SPENDING 1071.00 TO ONLY HAVE VW BUYBACK IN THE FALL. THIS IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND I FEEL A COMPONENT THAT VW SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON. SO MUCH FOR VW AND MY " CLEAN DIESEL " I ALSO HAVE 2 OTHER OPEN RECALLS WITH NO PARTS FOR REPAIR YET. JUST GOT A CALL FROM THE DEALER THEY CRACKED THE DEF PUMP WHILE MAKING THE REPAIR TO THE HEATER,PARTS ORDERED. UNBELIEVABLE!

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD CODES READ. THE CODE WAS P205C AND THIS INDICATES THE EMISSIONS ADBLUE HEATER AND SENSOR HAD A PROBLEM. THE UNIT (HEATER AND SENSOR) IN THE ADBLUE TANK IS A NON SERVICEABLE UNIT AND MUST BE REPLACED. OVER $950.00 TO REPLACE. HAPPENED AT 50,466 MILES AND DEALER HAD NO HELP EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF TDI'S ARE HAVING IDENTICAL PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN DESIGN, MANY MANY TDI'S ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.

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