2001 Volkswagen Passat cruise control problems
Owners reported cruise control problems in 19 complaints for the 2001 Volkswagen Passat, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 19 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
Cruise control was set at 65 MPH with about 400 miles on vehicle, and brakes did not turn off cruise control . Vehicle did not stop. Driver had to use emergency parking brake, and crashed into vehicle in front of him. Upon impact, driver's and passenger's airbags did not deploy, which did not protect the occupants. VW did not give consumer a loaner car and could find nothing wrong with vehicle. *slc
As consumer entered the parking lot, the vehicle all of a sudden accelerated, consumer had no control over the vehicle and subsequently crashed through some large boulders and into a ditch, the side airbags deployed, however the front air bags did not, consumer suffered injuries. Mr
Other problems reported for the 2001 Volkswagen Passat
- Engine 91 complaints
- Electrical system 83 complaints
- Brakes 69 complaints
- Fuel system 46 complaints
- Lighting 39 complaints
- Suspension 32 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 32 complaints
- Air bags 26 complaints