Yeah, I remember hearing about a problem with the coil packs on the
first cars to be equipped with them. But, VW certainly wasn't the only
German brand that used them. Of course, there will have been a factory
recall on them, and Bosch will have rectified the problem, by now.
I seriously doubt that VW is loosing money on every Passat made since
'02. I'm sure they've been able to recover a lot of their warranty
expenses from Bosch. I've heard similar horror stories about certain
BMW and Mercedes models.
One thing I learned, long ago, about VWs (and I've worked as a VW
dealer salesman, a LOOOOOOONG time ago, and have friends working in VW
agencies), is to never buy a new VW model until it's been out for at
least a year or two. They almost ALWAYS have a lot of problems with
newly introduced models, dating back to the ball joint front suspension
on the '66 beetle.
Re: the Audi A6 being a sister car of the Passat.....It's the A4 that is
the Passat sister car. My father-in-law has owned several A6s, and they
are awesome cars. But the Audi he liked the best was an early 90s model
90 CS Quattro.
Bud Osbourne
-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces+abcoz=hky.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces+abcoz=hky.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ron
Soave
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:44 PM
To: 'Spridgets'
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] [Thicko] Suburu question
--- Bud Osbourne <abcoz@hky.com> wrote:
> list, by the way) of horrible, unspeakable problems
> with all Passats.
On an 04 or 05, a friend had the coil pack go almost
immediately, followed by 2 transmissions under
warranty. She was pursuing Lemon Law when I last saw
her 2 years ago. In 6 months of ownership she had been
able to drive the car for less than 1/2 the time. My
son's best friend's parents got a new 06 wagon to haul
their dogs, some crippling electrical problem right
away. When she got it back, she was waxing it and the
roof dented from pressure (she's about 5'5, 115
pounds). I read last year in Newsweek that VW was
losing money on every Passat sold since '02 due to
warranty repair costs. My boss's company car is an
Audi A6, he's on his 2nd without issue, and I kind of
thought they were sister cars.
Ron
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