Our company bought a VW Passat Highline 2 Litre TDi from the dealership in 2013. The car ran beautifully, it was a pleasure to drive and is very economical. There have been issues with the car relating to the wheel speed sensors and rattles which were relatively minor. However it had serious problems early on.

About 3 months after the warranty period and with 40,000 Klms on the clock (the car has always been serviced as recommended) I noticed that the coolant was dropping over a period of about a week.
When I took it to the dealership, they ...Read more

The car was used for general family transport with a few long holiday trips, it was in daily use for 6 years but has since been sold early this year, it was serviced at the dealership according to the service book.
It had a number of issues, had to replace the thermostat at about 60000 k's because it would not warm up and the fan kept running. After this was fixed the engine block started leaking water (Fixed no charge although out of warranty)
Reversing camera failed as did the GPS system, quoted $7000.00 to fix this problem as it alegedly n...Read more

I've now owned my Passat 125 TDI sedan from new for just over six years. During that time I have had no major issue, exceot for the stop start system which was stalling the engine when releasing the brake. This was traced to the battery and was replaced. Unfortunately it was outside the warranty period. The performance is more than satisfactory, with plenty of torque and power and pulls like a locomotive. Handling is pretty good as are noise and comfort levels. The interior is typically German, designed for purpose and lacking some flair but er...Read more

The Alltrack Passat is very smooth, quiet to drive and handles surprisingly well through the hills, we bought one recently and really impressed with the economy even though it has the diesel gate software update. We bought it used with 55k kms for a good price. We average around 6.5 combined hwy and city driving, a bit more than the catalogue states at 5.9L combined, I suspect this is from the diesel gate mod. The car is loaded with features, Sat Nav, reverse parking cameras, heated seats, automatic tailgate just to name a few and has a really ...Read more

Good gone Bad! In pursuit of world domination! Once good value now Vv. Poor. All new vehicle sales staff completely changed.... why? Prices getting ridiculous now too! Audi prices. Cost of Joining the Master Race ain't cheap Right?
Wife's car was 'Given' a 60,0000k service BUT VW had traveled Only 50k! Cost $1,100! @&#%. NB. Capped price was $800ish but still Charged over $ 200 just for the oil alone (5litres of Standard oil that they chose). Will BYO next time. Lots of stuff 'checked' over. Little real work!
Effectively only got a minor se...Read more

I chose this car after testing a company car for a few months and being overall very impressed. I has been a nice, satisfying car to own with zero reliability issues in this first 50,000km.

Drive Experience: Easy to drive, great acceleration and handling, good comfort and visibility. Fuel economy is approx 7-8L/100km mostly city driving. Generally the best driving experience I've had in a road car of this class, aside perhaps from the Audi equivalent which is a cut above. The Alltrack has lower fuel economy from the 2x4 Passat but is defin...Read more

Got the 2012 sedan 1.8 petrol turbo with the 7 speed auto. Bought it one year old as ex VW executive vehicle but found out later previous owner was Europecar. Still a great car, about 900 kms from a tank and goes well. Does need oil between services but this is normal. Pay attention to transmission feeling though. Mine was shuddering a bit at low revs and it seems the clutch was engaging too quickly and would have been a 3 grand fix if not just inside warranty. It would be very easy to ignore the shuddering, so pay attention if it happens becau...Read more

Driving performance in this car is amazing! Handles well and the turbo really gives power to get out of the way. The TDI diesel engine does more then they state, I clock over 50 miles to the gallon highway miles in this car just on my way into work!!! The interior is plush and roomy and the radio is good, but could be better.. I would like to see VW pair up with Bose and install a better radio system. The radio is the one thing I wish was better. Ultimately, I would buy this car again in a heartbeat. You cannot beat the cost of milage in ...Read more

Have had mine for a year now. 2013 Alltrack (Wagon). DSG is the best gearbox I have ever had ( and after driving for 35 years, I have had many cars). The engine has lots of grunt and torque, it drives so smoothly, and yet firm enough for corners.
Space and quality are perfect.
I have a couple of negatives:
1- the AC switch is confusing and not easy to use. when it is off, its light is on, and vice versa, which is odd.
2- turn on the engine, put the geer in reverse, you expect to the rear view camera to immediately show the rear of the car,...Read more

We purchased the 1.8 litre petrol in June last year and haven't looked back. We needed a vehicle that could double as a work vehicle as well as transport two adults and two dogs around on the weekend. The dogs have different in-car styles, one preferring the back passenger seat and looking out the window, the other preferring to drop down on the floor and saying 'let me know when we get there'! - so he gets a bed in the back.
Vehicle selection wasn't easy as we considered wagons and mid-size SUVs from Volkswagen, Mazda, and Peugeot, and also c...Read more

Bought a 2012 Passat Wagon TDI with the following extras, Satnav, RVC, Electric tailgate and panaromic sunroof. Everything else in the car is standard, such Bluetooth phone connectivity, leather seats stop/start technology, hill hold, forward and reverse sensors etc.

In one word "fabulous". What a great car, lots of standard features, far too many to mention, but all very simply to use. For instance, the bluetooth phone system is fantastic. I use the car mainly for work and spend a lot of time driving, so I'm on the phone a lot. The pho...Read more

Bought this car new, i got the 1.8l turbo with the 7 speed DSG. i have to say im not disappointed.
The car has more then enough power, lots room, and the feeling of driving a quality car.
lots of people advised me against it due to being european but 15,000 kms late and not a problems has occurred compared to my previous car Toyota Aurion constant problems.
The best economy i got as 5.8l/100 on a trip down to canberra with 4 people and full boot and my average at the moment including suburban trips is 8.7l/100. My aurion was constantly in th...Read more

Purchased a new Grey 2012 passat wagon 1.8 turbo and I must say I'm very impressed. I had no reservation buying another vw as I had 2007 turbo jetta with 110 000 Kms that I never had any issues with. Just outgrew it with the family, dispite it's huge boot!

My Passat has panoramic sunroof and auto tailgate which is very handy trying to juggle the shopping or kids bikes etc. I live in Canberra and travel to Sydney about once a month and the car cruises along the freeway so quiety at about 2200rpms at 110kph being 7 speed helps too, using 6 lit...Read more