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2003 Volkswagen Passat power train problems

35 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2003 Volkswagen Passat6% of all complaints for this model year.

35
Power Train complaints
6%
share of all complaints
54,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2003 volkswagen passat. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle jerked and stalled. The vehicle inadvertently shifted in reverse and the brakes stopped working. The contact had to apply the parking brake. The contact mentioned that the gear shifter was stuck in park. Also, the…

    filed Dec 1, 2017

  • The ad blue heater failures are rampant is all passat models 2012 to 2015. The safety issue is that in the winter time when ad blue freezes the car goes into a non restart countdown. If the car stalls during this time the person may be stuck in sub zero weather without heat. The ad blue heater is…

    filed Aug 24, 2015

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.