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1999 Volkswagen Passat service brakes, electric problems

13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, electric on the 1999 Volkswagen Passat2% of all complaints for this model year.

13
Service Brakes, Electric complaints
2%
share of all complaints
100,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Abs, brake light and oil light indicators on - apparently a common problem with passats. Faulty abs module according to dealership, $900 part. Vehicle has 67,000 miles and dealership serviced. This should not be happening and a recall should be made. *tr

    filed May 19, 2009

  • At random intervals while driving, the abs light, brake light, oil light, and asr light flash with accompanying warning beeps and the tachometer goes to zero. These warning eventually go away on their own. The instrument cluster has been replaced but the problem is still intermittently present. *tr

    filed Feb 8, 2009

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.