2008 Volkswagen Passat Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“Transmission went into neutral while accelerating at highway speed last night. False neutral? No noticeable lights came on and finally put itself back in gear after we came to a stop. Gear selector was never moved. I've read many people having this issue and seems to be a temp or speed sensor in the trans.”

“I was on the highway with my car in motion when my car began to sputter and stall forcing me to pull over and have my car towed home, where it only starts after turning over multiple times and will not shift gears properly due to an improper fuel pump not giving the engine enough fuel.”

“The cam follower on 2006-2008 passats with the 2.0t fsi bpy engine are all susceptible to an event where the cam follower gets a hole in it and the high pressure fuel pump can drill through the intake camshaft. Volkswagen gave a warranty extension to 2006 and 2007 passats but will not take care of the 2008s! Volkswagen claims new parts were used but I had the repair done and the part number on my fuel pump was different than the new one! It is a $2000 problem and this need to have action taken! The symptoms can cause terrible accidents! …”

“Check engine light prompted me to take my 2008 vw Passat 2.0t to the dealer to have code read. Advised it was a malfunction of the camshaft and the high pressure fuel pump (hpfp) cam follower that has been recognized as a flaw meriting warranty extension on the 2006-2007 models. I have been informed that the 2007 model year was produced through 7/2007. My vehicle was manufactured in 8/2007 and thus has the 2008 model year, but the dealership service manager informed me that this was the same parts and the same problem as the prior years with extended warranty. …”

“The timing belt tensioner let go. The car has 78000 miles on it. And a quick google search resulted in finding many instances and a class action law suit over this issue do to vws reluctance to order a recall.”