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2013 Volkswagen PASSAT Fuel System, Diesel Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1021441
Internal NHTSA #	10551179
Manufacurer	Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Brand	VOLKSWAGEN
Model	PASSAT
Model Year	2013
File date	21/10/13
Component	FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Was out of town in rush hour traffic and experienced a near complete loss of power. The do not operate vehicle indicator light came on. Was able to pull vehicle off to shoulder of the busy freeway and shut down the vehicle. After a few moments i re-started the vehicle. It still would not accelerate and the light came back on so i shut it down again. Was able to call the vw service center with cell phone and a tow truck dispatched. Got it to the local dealer. They said they could not help me because the service center was closed. Luckily a motel was close by. The next morning the service center advised there may be a bad fuel problem. It was shell diesel from a fairly large city station. Supposedly the fuel was "murky." if it was fuel problem i told vw service advisor i wanted a sample of the fuel so i could recoup my repair expense from shell. Later i was told there were no metal shavings, and the parts and labor expense to drain the fuel, purge the lines, and replace the fuel filter was not charged to me per "good will" service. They did not save any fuel for me. I did incur motel and food expenses and am worried vw will not reimburs my trip interruption expenses because it is "bad fuel" and since i have no fuel i cannot prove to shell the fuel was bad. According to invoice the cause of my problem was a p0087 = fuel/system pressure too low. Seems vw vehicles are having this problem more than they should and the customer is kept in the dark. I am afraid this problem will happen again.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	12382
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	EUREKA, CA
VIN pattern	1VWCN7A38DCXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	30/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
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Vehicle speed	5
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2013 Volkswagen PASSAT Fuel System, Diesel Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Volkswagen PASSAT Fuel System, Diesel Problems, Complaints and Defects

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