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"The system is very slow to display the rear camera image after shifting into reverse most often noticed when backing out of a parking space when parked for longer than 5 or 10 minutes. The display typically comes on after beginning forward motion. VW"

"back up camera often does not activate for up to 30 seconds after putting the car in reverse"

"There is an unacceptable delay in rear camera display once the car is placed in reverse. On initial start up it can take more than 5 seconds. Absolutely unacceptable"

"The system is so slow that I am backed out of my garage and headed down the driveway BEFORE the backup camera even comes on. Too late!!! Terrible system"

"CD kept spinning and drained the battery upon sitting. Had to replace the entire gps/radio/cd module"

"Display screen darkened covered under warranty"

"System would freeze and sometimes reboot. Other times ignition would need to be shut off in order to get it going again. Continental makes crap head units"

"The backup camera sometimes comes on within seconds of starting the car and putting it in reverse and sometimes the screen remains blank for a whole minute. It isn't related to how recently the car was running. The performance is erratic and intermittent."

"Reboots at will"

"The screen would fail to illuminate or be very dim. On other occasions the screen navigation wouldn't work"

"Not sensitive enough to determine when on feeder or main highway or determine address when in subdivision where streets close. Cant find many Texas established addresses. If street # not recognized, won't use default to get close to address. VW manag"

"The information center controls maps, back up camera screen, radio & external music devices. I had constant problems with screens freezing, music controls going to max volume when you touch them, etc. Unit was replaced, but still have same problems"

"The delivered maps were about 3 years out of date when I took delivery of the car. VW absolutely refused to correct the problem after each of several times I reported the issue and complained about the lack of current maps and points of interest. E"

"not as well designed as other cars...poor directions and ability to change when another route is taken... NOT up to date"

"When I went to update the database, the unit froze up and when it came back it experienced errors. The dealer replaced the unit and no problems since"

"The ENTIRE 510 system is CRAP! It is WAY TOO SLOW, user Unfriendly and generally is a waste of money - including the back up camera. I have written/talked to the VW Company but they do nothing. Check the internet for similar complaints, many, many sa"

"Not user friendly to us that have used Garmin hand held in our other automobiles. Slow to locate requests and not always accurate. Requires expensive update that takes considerable time. Does not update when asked. Would not consider this company a"

"Navigation did not find itself and I could not use it for one leg of a trip out of state"

"Very slow to respond and system lockups"

"VW RNS510 NAV system stopped working after map update, Cannot load new maps, but nav works with map cd in cd player. No features available in NAV system and saved routes and saving routes from memory very sketchy. VW can't or won't fix, and manufacturer of NAV system, Continental blames software. Software by HERE Technologies (Formerly NAVTEQ) can't help - they tried diagnosing and walking me through fixes on phone, but nothing worked."

"The infotainment center had been damaged by the previous owner and it had to be removed and repaired."

"not reliable"

"On more than one occasion the phone will not connect to the car"

"Bluetooth is horrible. You can't use it since no one can understand what you are saying. Took it back to the dealer numerous times with no satisfactory fixes"

"In January this year, just a few months past the 3year warranty, the phones constantly need to be re-paired. Pairing worked perfectly until then. We never know if, when we start the car, whether the phones will connect. Concurrently, the radio opens to a different station every time we start the car. I'm not paying to fix it, given that I'll be getting a refund on the car any time now"

"The car stopped pairing with the cell phone I had been using regularly since the car was new. It proved to be a failed Bluetooth Module under the front passenger's seat. I purchased a used module from Europe for $200 and fixed it myself after the dealership charged me $140 to diagnose it and quoted over $600 to fix it"

"The infotainment system was damaged by the previous owner and had to be removed and repaired."

"Radio freezes (no audio or control) for minute or 2 then resets and works again. May repeat every 2 to 10 mins. for an hour or may work entire time in the car the next time. Seems to occur same time touch door locks fail while key fob still works"

"I was having a problem with the volume control. Sometimes I could not turn the volume up or down. I would have to turn the ignition of and then on again to reset the unit. This was a pain on trips. It also would not repeat at the dealer, so it to"

"Radio/Navigation/Back-up-camera shuts itself off at random times. This was replaced once under warrenty and is again happening"

"Squirrels in the computer. Volume control stopped working for the satellite radio. Turned off car. Volume control works on restart. Radio goes dead. Restart car. Radio OK. etc"

"The radio gets stuck on a station and nothing works to get the station to change, the whole radio just freezes on a station that I do not choose"

"Radio starts on a random station each time i start the car."

"Sometimes the AM radio band freezes and does not operate properly. It usually operates properly after turning it off and back on again."

"There is a spring that failed in the steering wheel that caused all the steering wheel electronic controls to fail. It cost over $800 to fix at the dealer. Fortunately I had purchased an extended warranty (I don’t usually)"

"Not reliable"

"I experienced a reductive agent heating element failure"

"RECALL FOR TDI re LYING ABOUT EMISSIONS"

"DEF heater failed, replaced under VW settlement with Federal Government"

"Heater on the blue fluid injected into the exhaust failed. Repair would have cost over $1000. They agreed to to fix under warranty"

"MIL light went on. Problem was bad DEF heater followed by a bad sensor. Took a week to get parts to replace Heater"

"Fraudulent emision control program, I will be selling the car back to VW very soon"

"At only 40000 miles the DEF heater failed. $750 repair but later VW/EPA agreed to extend the warranty and VW reimbursed me"

"DEF injection error requiring replacement of the DEF Injector. Cost was $140 to diagnose at dealer and $112 for parts to replace by myself. Dealer wanted another $400 to replace."

"This is the one that was the source of all the hullabaloo and the one that resulted in the huge pay-out and warranty repair. I elected to take the money and keep the car."

"Part of the diesel scandal. Had the fix completed. Did not notice any difference in performance or mpg. Love the car."

"Problem with DEF system not functioning properly."

"Fuel door lid fail to open"

"there is this related fuel vapor leak detection pump that went bad."

"The rubber seal leaked depressuring the fuel system."

"Failure of fuel pump required replacement of the entire fuel system, a $4,000 repair under warranty"

"The fuel system was contaminated with bad diesel fuel. So the entire system had to be replaced"

"Dirty fuel injectors at only 47000 miles had to be replaced. $1800 but account Diesel issues VW replaced at no charge"

"The check engine light came on during a trip to Houston. Houston area VW dealership did software update which fixed the problem temporarily. Check engine light came on as we returned home. Local VW dealership replaced throttle body."

"Car abruptly quit running and had to be towed to dealer. Diagnosis was complete failure of fuel pump which was replaced"

"Parts within the fuel pump broke and pieces contaminated the entire fuel system"

"Due to the same issue, had to replace the pump. This is only made in Germany and it took a lot of time to replace"

"Failed and covered under warrantee"

"VW said the car needed a fuel rail system ($1200) turns out it needed a new fuel pump. VW would not made any concessions since they mis diagnosed the problem. Love the car, but not real reliable"

"The O2 sensor had to be replaced around 38000 miles. The paid for the repairs since it was close to the warranty"

"Fat lights came on. Sensor and computer replaced after warranty expired but dealer and VW covered total cost"

"Temp sensor in emissions control system failed. $1200 dollars to replace"

"Check engine light came on and it was the temperature sensor for the "adblue" clean diesel tank. repair was pretty significant, total cost $900. Happened at 38k miles and was out of warranty due to mileage"

"The cost of the sensor alone was over $400 and not included in emissions system warranty"

"Compressor Failed at 35,000 miles, just after warranty"

"The entire a/c system was replaced under warranty as the a/c took approx 5 minutes before it would turn on once I started to drive my car"

"Leak in compressor. Replaced under warranty"

"compressor replaced in april 2015, total system failure in 2016 and all parts had to be replaced"

"The air conditioning seems to work fine, but when heat is called forth, the driver side never responds the way any other car has (normally)"

"Fan made noise when turned on and did not blow air high enough at the highest speed"

"blower didn't blow sufficient air to drivers side floor"

"the "mixer" blower was sticking so we would get blasts of warm air from outside into the cabin while A/C was on intermittenly- they replaced the air mixing module"

"poorly designed for gravel roads. blower is outside cabin filter and gets dust on blades causing imbalance. car has a lot of areas that catch dust such as door sills and on frame underneath"

"Blower fan motor began to fail by getting quit noisy. I had it replace, then that one failed. The third one has now failed and I need to get it replaced also."

"It is a combination of both climate control and heater. The system that controls air flow is not working and will require the removal of the dash to repair"

"The heater core was somehow clogged up and stopped providing heat a 2 year old car should not have an issue with the heater core"

"Heat was provided only to the right front heat ports. We had to take the car in three times before the problem was resolved. The first to diagnose the problem and the other two times to wait on the arrival of parts"

"The car's engine system says that the engine is warm, but the interior driver side never warms up to level desired"

"The heater core has small passages and some of them got blocked with some kind of debris, perhaps casting sand from the engine block. This caused cold air to blow on passenger side of car. This happened to a lot of Passats"

"heater core went bad, but VW extended the warranty so there was no cost tome"

"Clogged heater core; over the course of a few months, lost heating capacity inside the vehicle covered by an recall via an extended warranty for this known problem"

"Climate control would blow cold when, in similar conditions, it would blow very warm or hot. Not with AC on"

"A women post on the Facebook forum asking has any one had a problem with their heater core quitting. I respond No only thing that still works well. At 18000 my Stario head unit quit. Within a year. Warranty covered that. At 61000 km the turbo blows and dies almost $8000 damage to the car. So at 82000km I responded to the lady on Facebook and the next morning. Only the drivers side front window clears. 40 minutes later I can only see out one side. It was like someone drew a invisible line down th"

"In my cold climate I need a reliable heater. The passenger floor heat has now twice only blown frigid air when the outside air is frigid."

"Heater coil clogged and had to be replaced."

"Dispensing reservoir deteriorated - pitiful for a car this age"