In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"lane assist too sensitive. pickes up false readings"
Anonymous, WI (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"CAMERA STOPPED WORKING., WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, THE CAMERA WAS WORKING AGAIN, THIS HAPPENED MANY TIMES , THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY HAD TO SEE THE CAMERA NOT WORKING, THE CAMERA WAS NEVER FIXED BECAUSE THE CAMERA ALWAYS WORKED WHEN I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK,"
Anonymous, FL (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"the backup camera does not always come on. I will back out of a parking spot and the camera will be on, then I will drive to my location and put the car in reverse but the camera won't come on. I then have to put the car in park, turn the car off and then turn the car back on in order to reboot the camera. This should not happen"
Mary S., PA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Has not been resolved"
Anonymous, CA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The radio display screen including all functions froze and the radio was able to operate only the function it started with before the freeze. This was a recurrent issue which the dealer resolved by replacing the entire head unit"
Anonymous, FL (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Intermittent issue. I have to shut the car off to reset it."
Anonymous, MS (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Complete failure of the MIB2 unit about 3,000 miles out of warranty, cycles off then on every 2 min 57 seconds. VW can not tell us what software version came with the unit nor what the current version is. Want $1,400 + labor to replace the unit."
Paul E., VA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"the unit goes blank and whole radio system re-boots. some times the indicator of the car starts going around in circles and shows the car going the wrong direction, pull out the sims card and reinstall and its works ok. the worst system i have ever experienced"
Eugene G., TX (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Navigation didn't know where it was. Dealer had to replace the whole head unit."
Anonymous, MS (2017 Volkswagen Passat SEL 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The entire system would reboot itself after 52 seconds. This happened for 3 months, then fixed itself. Have had two occurrences since then where the system stopped working, but turning off the vehicle resolved the issue."
Anonymous, VA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)"AM radio has problem with signal overload causing severe audio distortion. My guess is the automatic gain control (AGC) loop is malfunctioning. (I'm an electronic guy). Have yet to take it in to have Radio swapped."
Brad S., CA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 3.6-L V6)"Left front speaker buzzing"
Edward B., SC (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)
"CarPlay freezes and shuts down"
Anonymous, CA (2017 Volkswagen Passat SE 1.8-L 4 Cyl turbo)