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2000 Volkswagen Passat service brakes, hydraulic problems

160 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, hydraulic on the 2000 Volkswagen Passat32% of all complaints for this model year.

160
Service Brakes, Hydraulic complaints
32%
share of all complaints
72,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Abs brake pump bosch 5.3 volkswagen part 8e0 614 111 ah began leaking and caused brake pressure failure in both circuits causing pedal to go to the floor. This was not the common failure of the abs control module electronics which merely causes a failure in anti-lock behavior. This is a total…

    filed Sep 11, 2011

  • Abs/asr/brake warning lights flashing and beeping. Message center says stop, brake fault. After having brakes replaced, I was told that the abs control unit is defective meaning that I have no abs function.

    filed May 16, 2011

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.