While approaching a stop sign and slowing down, the vehicle completely shut down, could not steer as steering wheel locked, lost all power, could not apply brakes as they did not work, then the same thing happened a 1/2 hour later coming out of a parking lot, called the VW national number, explained what happened and how dangerous this could have been if it happened at faster speeds, they did not seem overly concerned, told me to tow it to the nearest VW dealer for service, this vehicle is unsafe to drive, I don't feel safe in taking it back from the dealer, what do I do?

- Staten Island, NY, USA

While driving the car on 2 separate occasions went from the "on" position to "accessory" or in basic terms it shut off causing a loss in control of the vehicle. After a few minutes I was able to start the car again and drive it normally.

- Gastonia, NC, USA

Turbocharger failure on a tdi engine. Engine died with vehicle traveling in the left-most lane of 3 lane interstate highway. Resulted in vehicle stranded in emergency lane awaiting a tow.

- Rockford, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that the engine was slow to start upon depressing the accelerator pedal and would accelerate without warning. The vehicle would also drift to the right when traveling various speeds. Additionally, the steering wheel was not centered. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who diagnosed that an alignment was needed. The dealer replaced four tires but the failure still recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer, who was then unable to diagnose the problem. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 7.

- Boca Raton, FL, USA

Turbocharger failed. Started making noises, then power losses, then dashboard lights. By the time I got to the dealership, it was no longer drivable. Dealership diagnosed turbocharger failure due to 'internal malfunction' and stated that it was not a problem that could have been caused by driving style, external factors.

- Gorham, ME, USA

Exiting interstate and merging onto state route, vehicle lost power, could not maintain speed in traffic. Towed to dealer next day, found turbocharger had failed with no warning.

- Milford, OH, USA