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2006 Volkswagen Passat fuel system problems

65 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2006 Volkswagen Passat, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
65 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
93,000 miles 43 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
4 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2006 Volkswagen Passat Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 93,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 9 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 93,000 miles
Based on 43 complaints that include mileage. 21% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles4
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles9
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 43 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 93,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 crashes.

What owners wrote

I own a 2006 VW passat, and I had an accident in the parking lot, at 5 miles/hour. My passat would not stop in the parking spot, it went slowly forward, hit the light poll on the left side, then it went head on to the car parked in front of the spot I chose to park. It hit this car and it pushed the car for 8 feet before my passat stopped. It all happened at very low speed so I could have the time to see my foot being on the right pedal, on the brake, and I kept pumping the brake, but the car wouldn't stop.

Reported at 12,230 miles, November 2007 Crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 volkswagen passat. While driving various speeds, the vehicle decelerated. In addition, while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle was not functioning. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the high pressure fuel pump needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Reported at 120,000 miles, February 2016

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