NHTSA — Electrical System: Starter Assembly Problems

2.4

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
62,520 miles

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1998 Volkswagen Passat electrical problems

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1998 Volkswagen Passat Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 082003

Passat 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 62,520 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Starter coil failure - for over a month the problem would appear and disappear. Sounded almost like the muffler fell off, but would be accompanied by loss of power to the vehicle. Unexplainable as to why this happened.

- Glens Falls, NY, USA

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