1999 Volkswagen Passat cruise control problems
Owners reported cruise control problems in 32 complaints for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat, 4% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 32 4% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 83,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 83,000 miles, and 15% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
Tl* - the contact called regarding the 1999 volkswagen passat. The contact stated that the vehicle began to accelerate on its own and the contact was unable to stop the vehicle by braking. The contact stated that the driver had to weave in and out of traffic to avoid hitting other vehicles. The vehicle eventually jumped the curb and struck a fence. There were no injuries. The side air bag deployed. The failure mileage was 120,000. There was no police report filed. Updated 04/05/07.*j
Our 1999 passat with the 1.8 liter engine stalls repeatedly when decelerating, this is dangerous. We purchased the car new and had a problems before 20,000 miles. VW cannot diagnose this problem. I took VW to the bbb since they were very uncooperative in repairing this problem, and then they changed the throttle body. Then the problem went away for a few years and is now back and VW again refuses to replace the throttle body.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat
- Brakes 250 complaints
- Suspension 140 complaints
- Engine 87 complaints
- Steering 79 complaints
- Electrical system 62 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 36 complaints
- Fuel system 31 complaints
- Air bags 22 complaints