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2000 Volkswagen Passat structure problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the structure on the 2000 Volkswagen Passat2% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Structure complaints
2%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My husband pickup would not start, so I lift my hood of my passat to give him a jump and the whole section all the way across that holds the battery have at least 6 inches of water just standing in there. We have had some down pours of rain,but rain water should never be standing on the inside of…

    filed Jun 10, 2015

  • I am the second owner of this 00 vw passat . This car has been a great running and driving car. I bought it in feb 10 2012 . On sept 17 2012 my wife was driving this car to my sons football game with my mother in law. She was going about 50 mph when it shuttered and shut off . She was able to get…

    filed Sep 19, 2012

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.