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2007 Volkswagen Passat fuel/propulsion system problems

31 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2007 Volkswagen Passat12% of all complaints for this model year.

31
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
12%
share of all complaints
124,500 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The timing belt is terrible on this vehicle. This is the same model and engine as the last recall but mine didn’t qualify because it is a 2007 not a 2008. The belt is and chain are completely unstable and prone to catastrophic failure that can happen anytime while driving especially on the highway…

    filed Jul 20, 2022

  • To start off, this car has common failures of the High Pressure Fuel Pump Cam Follower. This poses serious risk of damage to the engine when the follower is blown throw and the car goes into limp mode and if this happens on road it could be catastrophic. There were no warnings that this was the…

    filed Jun 11, 2022

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.