It has stalled at a rail road crossing which has a stopping point before you cross. There is no warning, it just stalls when this issue arises. To get the car started again, you have to move the steering column back and forth and after about 4-10 attempts to start, the car will start. I was told that the fix is to replace the entire steering column which is about $2k. It occurs on a daily basis now and was intermittent at first. This issue has caused two incidents while in highway traffic and was a near miss accident each time. It has come on while driving causing it to stall at high speeds making it hard to steer to the right shoulder safely. Car stalls anytime this light warning comes on. Steering wheel column lock error on computer of 2006 vw Passat. I urge a recall to move forward immediately!. A search on google about this issue revealed thousands of other drivers with the exact same problem (stall at highway speeds, loss of power steering, difficulty starting and restarting, possible stranding of the driver). I believe this defect is not a result of any habit of myself as the driver but rather a defect in the workmanship of the vehicle and the dealer should be subject to a recall. Car is now out of warranty (58,000 miles). Estimated cost to myself was $1,000-2,000. Was told it was a defect in the steering column requiring a complete replacement. I took the car into the dealer for diagnosis. This is done without the aid of power steering and can be very dangerous in traffic and at high speeds as there is no way of "knowing" when the defect will occur. Occasionally, I have been unable to restart the car while in motion and have had to pull off to the side of the road. The dashboard will light up "steering column defect" and prompt a warning light for the steering column as if it were locked from a car alarm prompt. The fix is to shift the car into neutral and attempt to restart by removing and reinserting the key until it starts again. Suddenly the car is just dead and rolling along at extreme speeds. This defect causes the engine to stall immediately, the loss of power steering and the loss of all power controls at speeds at least up to 70 mph. Symptom #2) major safety issue! car will lose all power without warning at highway speeds. After moving the steering wheel back and forth repeatedly, reopening the door several times and attempting to start the push ignition 5-10 times it will eventually start and run. Symptom #1) car will not start or if it does start it will immediately stall and steering column will lock. In the process of contacting the main Volkswagen office to complain, but according to all the people and sites I found on the web, they were of no help. The car only has 72,000 miles and is only 4 years old. This has been going on for years according to the information I read. All were solved if the owners were willing to pay $1500-$2000 to replace the steering column. The car wouldn't start again and took the car back to the mechanic and googled the problem and discovered many websites where there were descriptions of the same problem and all when the car had just gone past the warranty and all were attributed to the steering column locking up. Called about having the key reprogrammed and the local Volkswagen dealership in braintree thought it wasn't the problem. She starting using her other key and there was no problem for a few weeks. He thought it might be the chip in the key that had a problem and maybe the key needed to be reprogrammed. I took it to my mechanic and he checked everything and could find nothing wrong. Recently the key box, has not always worked to start the car. My daughter owns a 2006 Volkswagen Passat.
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