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2013 Volkswagen Passat electronic stability control (esc) problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2013 Volkswagen Passat1% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
1%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Hello I purchase my passat 2013 last year in december it never gave me a problem but the engine light came on an it wouldn go off than the all kind of different symbols came across my dashboard so I took it to the mechanic they say I need new glow pipes so I got new glow pipes after they got…

    filed Oct 23, 2020

  • My 2013 vw passat 3.6 sel lacks a elec stability control switch on the vehicle. As a result, the traction is terrible on this vehicle in rain, snow, and sleet. The engine has a knocking noise, even though I service the vehicle at vw every 10,000 miles as required in the owner's manual. This vehicle…

    filed Dec 20, 2018

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.