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1999 Volkswagen Passat service brakes, air problems

35 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes, air on the 1999 Volkswagen Passat5% of all complaints for this model year.

35
Service Brakes, Air complaints
5%
share of all complaints
77,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 1999 passat 4 cyl. Turbo abs module failure. Diagnosed at dealer. $3200 to replace. Will not pass state inspection in current condition.

    filed Mar 22, 2007

  • In my 1999 volkswagen passat there is a control module known as the abs control module. I belong to a nationwide passat group known as www.passatworld.com/forums and this is a major issue. It seems in early model passats (1998-2001) the abs control module gets extremely hot over time since it is…

    filed Jan 24, 2006

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.