My third complaint about this piece of crap of a car is that now it does not work. Like so many of you I am having that same problem with the engine going bad. That big STOP sign came on and said oil pressure low. The car would not start and has not started in about two now, had it towed to the mechanic and he is saying that I need a new engine. WTF, this car isn't even that old. The engine thats in it now still looks brand new. At the moment my husband and I can't afford a new engine so we going to have the car towed back to the house where it will just sit. The sad part about the whole thing is that we are still paying for this piece of you no what. VW should be ashamed of selling faulty vehicles and I will never buy another one.

I want to point out that owners of the 2001-2004 Passat w/1.8 liter turbo engines are about to get the final death blow. This car is well known for the famous "engine sludge" issue and the money it has cost VW and the owners of the Passats.

The cleverly disguised "sludge issue" is not the true cause of the problem, the real issue is caused by a major design flaw of the engine. The engines were assembled in Turkey and when the failure issue started showing up, VW blamed it on the assembly of the engines being faulty from the Turkey plant.

Once the procedures at the plant were investigated and found as being followed properly, VW finally took an X-ray look at the engine. They found that the cause was a design flaw with the openings where the oil passes between two parts of the engine, the openings are not aligned properly! Therefore the engine is always operating under a restricted flow of oil.

Nowhere has this been made public. VW is trying to settle a class-action lawsuit (in the U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts, Docket# 1:07-md-01790. This suit is VW's way of possibly washing their hands once and for all of this issue. VW is about to get away without having to publicly state the real issue and provide the owners the true financial compensation we should receive. Just pay us for our loss instead of the lawyers.

My 2004 Passat (bought certified used from a VW DEALER) cost me $1,800 in labor to replace the engine and I lost $6,000 in trade-in value. The replacement engine was backed by VW for only 12K miles or 12 months. That is VW's real acknowledgment of what they knew about the issue. I traded the vehicle in because the replacement engine was going to have the same issue and fail again, therefore costing me even more money.

The lawyers for the class action suit want to settle and quickly because the court has the right to award the lawyer up to $37.5 million in attorney fees and $1.75 Million in related costs. Whose best interest do the lawyers hold?

So for me, this means, VW and the lawyers are willing to give me $900 for the $7,800 ($1,800 labor bill and $6,000 hit on trade-in value) the car cost me because of this issue.

took our car in to get a new headlight and coil wire they did some recalls. within 24hrs our oil light came on. we took it to the dealership who said we needed a new engine(cost between $8000 and $9000). found out a week later about oil sludge problems online noone told me this was the causer could be the cause ive talked to VW they wont help because we used the 15000 mile mobile 1 and changed it every 10000 or so going over it once to12000. they said we voided our warranty. the problem is we bought the car new in 05 and neither VW nor the dealership ever notified us of the possible problems or the 8 year extended warrenty that was on the car if they had we wouldn't have bought it we were looking for something reliable or so we thought. so if anyone knows what or where i should go to get help on solving this i would appreciate it thanky you.

We purchased this car used in January 2008. We have had it to the dealer ship several time for recalls and repairs. Prior to this most recent event, I was driving home from work when the whole car starts to vibrate. This was at the end of June. We take it to the dealership and we asked them to run a diagnostics on it and was told it was an ignition coil problem. No other problems noted. Cost of repairs around $400. On August 20, 2009 my husband was on his way to the hospital to pick up his dad when a large STOP came on the dashboard warning him of engine problems. He checked the oil and it was fine. We had the car towed to the dealership. The dealer called stating they thought it might be a sludge problem but the Turbo had also went out of it and would have to be replaced prior to the Sludge test. The cost $1700. The next call was to inform us that the engine would need to be replaced for $6000-$8000. The technician advised my husband to get a new car. Which we would love to do, however we still owe for this piece of JUNK. The dealer advised that VW may cover some of the repairs if we could provide them all the maintenance records but as it is a used vehicle that wasn't possible.

So we paid another tow bill and the car is currently sitting in the driveway taking us space and I plan to shop for a Clunker that will get me from point A to point B as I can't afford another car payment at this time. I will NEVER own another VW product. I will tell everyone I know that they are a piece of junk. This is the worst vehicle we have ever owned.

I bought my Passat 1.8T used with 15k and at 36k my light came on to Stop because of oil pressure, no warning light came on before this to check the oil. I had to tow it to a VW dealer, at first I was told it was covered under warranty if I produced my oil change receipts which I did and then waited after three weeks I was told that the receipts were not valid enough for the warranty. Better still I was made to feel like I did nit care for my car and was threatened with VW going after my garage because idf insufficient oil changes. I have been using this garage since I had my first car and my family and husbands family uses it also and I am the only one with oil sludge. I am now finding out that this is a common VW fault which VW does not like to stand behind the warranty fix. I had bought the VW after a car accident I had with my Subaru that had close to 100k on it. I will never buy a VW again I am going back to Subaru at least I know that the car is solid and they stand behind all their work.