5.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$0
Average Mileage:
73,500 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
  2. secured bulb, connections (1 reports)
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problem #2

Sep 142017

Passat S 2.5L L5

  • Automatic transmission
  • 98,000 miles

Constantly getting the light out indicator. The bulb receptacles are junk. I cleaned them with detox and other contact cleaner used in aviation and no help. I never seen such garbage in all my life! Shame on you Volkswagen. You gave German engineering a bad name!

- Tim B., Belgrade, US

problem #1

Mar 042016

Passat S 2.5L V5

  • Automatic transmission
  • 49,000 miles

tail light goes out on occasion

I have had a 2006 VW Jetta and now my 2012 VW Passat and they both did this to me.

So every now and then the "you have a light burnt out" light will appear on my dash. It has happened 2 times on each car. The back right tail light appears to be out. Usually i can just give a light knock on the light housing and it turns back on. If you have the problem continuously the actual problem is a partially loose wiring connection. Not sure if anyone else has the issue but i simply just made sure all the wires were snug and pushed them together a little harder and it hasn't happened since. Just letting you guys know

- mink232, New Lenox, IL, US