2007 Volkswagen Passat Brakes Problems

“As my husband was driving our Volkswagen home from work, he was merging onto an interstate at rush hour, and just as he got up to speed, the parking brake engaged (it's electric--it just turned itself on!). He managed to stop safely and had it towed to the vw dealer, where they looked at it and called us with an long list of things that would need to be fixed--the valves blew, the cv joints cracked, the transmission basically exploded, etc etc etc. It's about $6k worth of repairs! …”

“My 2007 vw Passat has broken down 4 times in less than 3 years with rear brake failure. The mfg. Has never fixed this problem, and is unresponsive to my numerous requests, to repurchase or fix my vehicle. I believe this to be a very serious defect as it causes my rear brakes to be inoperable. This is the first production year for vw electric rear brakes, and I believe they have a serious design flaw.”

“Leaving my home on my way to work in the am my brakes failed the pedal went all the way down panic and pumping they returned before I reached the stop sign, the 2007 Passat wagon has no ebrake just a button for the parking brake, which I did not use. I drove the car for the next 2 weeks without it happening again, then at the same stop sign (the first one I reach when I leave my house in the am) it happened again, pedal to the floor, pump,panic & just before the intersection they work. The weather on both occasions was rainy, and about 38 degrees. …”

“Driving home while stopped at a traffic light my car felt like it jerked forward though my foot was on the brake. I stopped my car briefly to get dinner, took a phone call and decided to leave. I put my car in drive and it would not travel forward. I put it in reverse and it would not respond. I looked at the display which indicated I should depress the brake pedal, I did. The message disappeared but the car would still not travel. I checked the parking brake button, it was on. I depressed that but it would not turn off. Everytime I put the car in drive the same depress the brake message. …”

“I own a 2007 Volkswagen Passat wagon with a 2.0 liter turbo engine. It was purchased in july 2008 as a certified pre owned vehicle with roughly 8,000 miles on it. Almost immediately, I noticed when the brake pedal was pressed hard, the pedal would go all the way to the floor. Vw inspected this and told me that it was designed to function this way. The problem with this (as I discovered later on) is that the brake pedal and gas pedal are very close together. In an emergency situation when the brake pedal is pressed hard, it goes past the gas pedal. …”