2006 Volkswagen Passat Engine cooling Problems

“I have a 3.6 engine and the oil pump bolt that holds timing chain and crank chain came loose and cause major engine problems. Dealer says I need to replace the engine and it's going to cost me over $7000.00 dollars for a used engine or $16000.00 for a new engine and vw of america won't take any responsibility.”

“The oil pump broke and destroyed the motor. I had to be towed to the dealership; they took a month to replace parts and repair the motor. There have been a significant number of such incidents; this has been admitted by vw to be a manufacturer part fault, but they fail to recall '06-'07 passats and cover the costs. I just saw this site or I would have reported it sooner. I did not otherwise find any other support.”

“20 after I purchased my car at carmax in laurel, md in june 2009 I had to take it back because my AC was blowing hot air, after a diagnosis carmax sent my car to a fitzgerald Volkswagen dealership in annapolis, md where they diagnosed it for the same problem and in turn had to replace my AC compressor, condensor and clutch. I ran the AC for approximately 2 months (july & aug 2009) that year, since we were already half way through the summer. …”

“There are no events leading up to failure. I didn't experience the symptom when I bought the car. The car had 71 miles at the time of purchase. I started experiencing the problem between 200-250 miles. Failure: the vehicle sometimes shakes mildly to violently when the ignition is on and the vehicle is in park or neutral. I serviced the vehicle with Volkswagen and they said this is normal.”

“I've encountered lots of issues with my vehicle and am very tired of taking it to the shop like it is an old piece of junk. This time I have a noise which is coming from the underhood. It's a clicking noise that is very unusual. I took it to the shop but they weren't able to identify the problem. And I also found that I am not the only one having that noise, there are tons of people with the same exact problem that posted their same problem online. There should be a recall on this.”