Overview & Reviews
The radio display and anti-theft system have been updated. A brake-wear indicator is now standard on all models.
- Fun-to-drive, excellent value, functional and comfortable interior.
- Slight turbo lag on four-cylinder models, body rolls through tight corners.
User Reviews:
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Fun to Drive/Dog to Own - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By SPS - November 10 - 10:00 amI love to drive this car. Unfortunately, I cannot relax in this car due to the problems that I have experienced. When I picked up the car, the sunroof did not work. The brake light on the spoiler shorted out in less than 1 year. With premium gas, still had a bad fuel injector at 22,000 miles. Went for my first post-service warranty oil change to find out that I was short over 2 quarts of oil in less than 5,000 miles and required an engine flush. Mechanic thought car had 100,000 miles, not 30,000. I have taken excellent care of this car - I now check my oil at nearly every gas fill - and I get the feeling that the engine could go at any time.
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Money Pit - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By Never Again - September 28 - 3:30 pmThe check engine / emissions light came on within months of the purchase (new) and hasnt been off for more than two weeks since then...and Ive owned the car for five years now. I have put about $7,000 into repairs for this car and still it leaks coolant and cant get the emissions light off. The plastic panel parts were cracked and ugly within months for no reason, the adhesive for the fabric around the windows melted in the AZ heat within two summers, and the plastic peels around the handles and looks really bad. This is with EXCELLENT care and maintenance / hand washing. I wont buy a VW again! And, I dont recommend VW to anyone else, either!
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Cant even think of ALL the repairs! - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By aliz - September 4 - 2:56 amI bought this car over 2 years ago and have found nothing but problems! The heater core valve, the shifter broke, brakes, recalls, and many other problems. The knob for my mirror fell off, the power locks no longer work correctly. Every time I have needed to get something fixed, it has cost me over $1,000. Future VW buyers, BEWARE! Tried to start my car this a.m. and it wont even turn over now! This car (since I have owned it) has been well maintained, all oil changes, tune ups etc, and this car still wont run properly. After reading all of these reviews, I am EXTREMELY worried about what the current problem is. I cant wait to get rid of this money pit!
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poor rating - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By kschoen148 - August 23 - 10:00 amI have owned this car for less than 3 years and have had many many problems with it such as mechanical failure, to defects, not being able to get the tires off the car to do a tire rotation. The car is very comftable but has slowly fallen apart at the seems. In the past 3 months I have replaced the undercarriage protector, 2 new headlights, replaced the light bulbs in the dashboard 2 times, replaced all four brakes, replaced lug nuts that had to be chiseled off to get the tire removed, an alignement of the subframe and back window motor fixed. none of this is under warranty. VW doesnt consider this a lemon. Also this car takes premium gas only.
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Wow - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By gandaft - August 23 - 10:00 amIve driven alot of cars and for the money I would have to say this one of the best. It has plenty of room for the family but the drive is that of a sports car. The design of the interior is sleek and very comfortable and so far Im very satisfied.
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Glad Im handy with a wrench - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By ns1915 - August 20 - 5:32 pmWhy I will never buy another VW. Replaced control arms twice in 80,000 miles. Bad ABS module, bad CCM, bad ECU, all oxygen sensors have been replaced, engine sludge problem, two bad window regulators, Emissions Workshop Errors all the time. Every two winters battery needs to be replaced. Took it to dealer for a check engine and was told I had 2 bad catalytic converters, $2,300. Had it scanned somewhere else and was told that it does have a catalytic error, but the dealer failed to mention several vacuum leak errors. I replaced $20 worth of vac hose, problem solved. Havent had an error in 10,000 miles, this is a record!! Replacing the above parts with non OEM has helped a lot.
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213500 miles and still hauls A** - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By beastv6b5 - August 19 - 8:14 pmI baught this car a year ago with 202k i have put a VERY hard 11k on her i mean racing hard i have owend many cars and none of them could handle me till i got this V6 5s manual passat for 1750 the only issue it has is the ABS system but it doesnt effect what im after. this car seriously exceeds 140 with over 213k... on the track of course! And the only mods on it is a comp chip to over ride the govern, and muffler delete so it sounds like a racer! this car is a great comfortable family car on the road and an absolute beast on the track it is without a doubt the best 1750 i ever spent!
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B5 Variant - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By onie - August 8 - 2:00 am25000 miles and still going strong
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Passat wagon-love it - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By amelia - July 20 - 7:06 amI have been very happy with my wagon, with basically no trouble.
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excellent car - 2000 Volkswagen Passat
By Lothar - June 21 - 10:00 amNot one problem to date!
