1998 Volkswagen Passat defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1998 Volkswagen Passat. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• STUCK-OPEN THROTTLE
  Engineering Analysis EA04017 · opened Jun 30, 2004 · closed Feb 10, 2005 · led to recall 04V495000

  Vwoa has recalled approximately 28,300 my 1998-99 a6 vehicles in cold weather states that experienced the highest rate of throttle icing incidents in the subject vehicles (04v-495).the failure rate in the a4 and passat vehicles is much lower than in the recalled vehicles.odi will continue to monitor the experience in t…

• PASSENGER AIR BAG LID FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA03020 · opened Oct 7, 2003 · closed Apr 23, 2004

  This investigation involves the volkswagen (vw) passenger supplemental inflatable restraint (psir) lid utilized in my 1998-2002 vw passat.the psir lid may detach from the instrument panel during air bag deployment.the office of defects investigation (odi) of the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) op…

• PASSENGER SIR DOOR MOUNTING STUD FAILURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE03021 · opened May 23, 2003 · closed Oct 7, 2003

  Odi opened a preliminary evaluation (pe03-021) based on two reports of failed bolt studs that attach the passenger supplemental inflatable restraint (psir) door cover to the instrument panel (ip) on the volkswagen (vw) passat (model years 2000, 2002).vw has indicated to odi that it has no additional reports.vw implemen…

• FUEL TANK PUNCTURE
  Engineering Analysis EA00028 · opened Dec 28, 2000 · closed Jan 29, 2002 · led to recall 02V026000
• FUEL TANK PUNCTURE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE00033 · opened Aug 10, 2000 · closed Dec 28, 2000

  The office of defects investigation opened this investigation on august 10, 2000 based on 9 reports regarding punctured fuel tanks involving the jetta, passat, and cabrio models.the reports indicate additional reports in its response to the preliminary evaluation.this investigation has been upgraded for further study.

• POWER BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM BY-PASS
  Recall Query RQ99008 · opened Jun 1, 1999 · closed Nov 14, 2000 · led to recall 99V131001

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