10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
28,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

Sep 172013

Passat SE 2.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 28,000 miles

While stopping the car, it thumps as if the engine is hit by something. It is definitely a physical as I can hear the sound and feel the vibration. It doesn't happen all the time. It happens about ~30% of the time when stopping. It is not getting worse or better. It is consistently doing though. One of my friends told me it may be skipping a gear when the auto transmission downshifts. Dealer says they can't reproduce the problem (I never trust the dealer here; schumacher or whatever). They are awful and the car is awful. Bad buy.

- slipperyroad, Jupiter, FL, US