2014 Volkswagen Passat Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2014 Volkswagen Passat reflects a four-engine year for the 4-door sedan. Two are turbocharged inline-fours, a 1.8L on gasoline and a 2.0L diesel, while the 2.5L inline-five and 3.6L V6 breathe without forced induction and run on gasoline; the quartet shares DOHC heads. Fifteen trims run from Base and 1.8T Sport to TDI SEL Premium and Wolfsburg Edition. Engine, fuel, cooling, transmission, brake and electrical procedures come with specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics.

Engines covered

• 1.8L inline-four (110 cu in) — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline
• 2.0L inline-four (120 cu in) — DOHC, turbocharged, diesel
• 2.5L inline-five (151 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline
• 3.6L V6 (219 cu in) — DOHC, naturally aspirated, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sedan

Trims covered

• Base
• 1.8T Sport
• Comfortline
• Comfortline TDI
• Highline
• Highline TDI
• S
• SE
• SEL Premium
• Sportline
• TDI SE
• TDI SEL Premium
• Trendline
• Trendline TDI
• Wolfsburg Edition

Known issues on the 2014 Passat. The federal record lists 10 recalls for the 2014 Passat. The driver's frontal air bag on certain 2014 Passat vehicles could build too much pressure on deployment, bursting the inflator. Certain TDI-engined cars could see water corrode an underbody sensor connector until it shorted and overheated. And a blocking cap meant to lock the headlights' horizontal aim may have been left off certain vehicles, so the beams could be knocked out of alignment. Of 594 complaints, air bags lead at 354; the engine has 77 and the electrical system 74, and 19 complaints reported a crash, 11 an injury and 3 a fire. Air bag, lighting and electrical wiring diagrams and diagnostics apply.