1994 Volkswagen Passat problems
NHTSA has received 36 complaints about the 1994 Volkswagen Passat, and 17% of them involve cooling system. After that come electrical system (17%) and brakes (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 36 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Cooling system 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 26th most-complained-about out of 31 model years of the Volkswagen Passat with enough data (19 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Consumer states that recall work was performed in april and since that time vehicle has been cutting off and not starting properly. Fixed under recall 95v178000, cooling system:fan.
Going uphill, making left turn at about 10 MPH, vehicle became inoperative/stalled, causing the steering to lock up, almost resulting in an accident. Intermittent problem. Dealer cannot reproduce defect.
The passive restraint system causes the battery to drain. The seat belt switch built into the door causes the seat belt motor to run when the vehicle is on off. The seat belt module was disconnected, rendering the vehicle without seat belts.
94 volkswagen passat, 110k miles, experienced heater core failure, leaking 200 degree fluid onto floor of passenger compartment near gas/brake pedal and fogging over interior of windshield with sticky anti-freeze residue.