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2001 Volkswagen Passat vehicle speed control problems

19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2001 Volkswagen Passat4% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
4%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
4 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The accelerator sticks. You have to turn the vehicle off in order to stop. The consumer is responsible for the cost of the repair. *nm

    filed Jan 13, 2005

  • While driving 40 mph accelerator pedal stuck to the floor. As a result, consumer had to put her shoe under the pedal an pull it up. *ak

    filed Aug 27, 2004

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.