2004 Volkswagen Passat air conditioning & heating problems
Owners reported air conditioning & heating problems in 20 complaints for the 2004 Volkswagen Passat, 6% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 20 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 48,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 8
- Injuries and deaths
- 10 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When air conditioning & heating problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 air conditioning & heating complaints that report mileage, the median is about 48,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 8 fires, 10 injuries.
What owners wrote
Turned on seat heater to 1 while waiting for car to warm up. Noticed a burning smell and felt a hot burning sensation on my buttocks. Turned off seat heater and got out of the car. There was a 5/8' hole burnt through the seat with some smoke still coming out of it. The seat heater had been on less than 1 minute. Will contact dealer later today to resolve the issue. Cw.
A couple minutes after turning on my heated driver's seat, I felt something stinging my left leg. Shortly after, I began to smell a burning smell, and smoke entered the cabin. I could not pull over as I was on a busy street. I put my hand down there and felt a hole in the seat and the heat of the wire. I turned the heated seats off, and pulled over to inspect the seat. With the seat heater on I could see the light of a wire burning in there through a dime-sized burn hole.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Volkswagen Passat
- Engine 74 complaints
- Fuel system 62 complaints
- Seats 35 complaints
- Transmission 31 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints
- Lighting 19 complaints
- Brakes 16 complaints
- Body & structure 16 complaints
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