The Lemon Index$1,600 middle bill · most between $611 and $6,000
Higher than the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 65,000 miles (21 reports).
Volkswagen Passat owners reported paying a median of $1,600 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $611 and $6,000. That's from 24 owner reports (24 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5008%
- $500–$1,00038%
- $1,000–$2,50012%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up42%
Share of the 24 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2002 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2003 Volkswagen Passat3$500 middle bill
- 2004 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2007 Volkswagen Passat2too few for a middle
- 2008 Volkswagen Passat4$1,400 middle bill
- 2009 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2010 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2012 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat8$6,500 middle bill
- 2014 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
- 2015 Volkswagen Passat1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2003 Volkswagen Passat99 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2008 Volkswagen Passat43 complaints name it25% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Volkswagen Passat42 complaints name it28% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Volkswagen Passat39 complaints name it7% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Volkswagen Passat30 complaints name it4% of that year's complaints
- 2007 Volkswagen Passat23 complaints name it8% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Volkswagen Passat reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Volkswagen Passat owners reported
ABS module replacement (52) · Engine replacement (27) · Steering column repair (22) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (21) · Brake repair (8) · Heater core replacement (8) · Ignition coil replacement (7) · Timing chain replacement (6) · Brake booster replacement (5) · ECM (engine computer) replacement (5) · Turbocharger replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11559011, 11321452, 11209300, 11183735, 11129923, 11123243, 11112393, 11062205, 10945702, 10944383, 10926243, 10910086 and more.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a Volkswagen Passat?
Volkswagen Passat owners reported a median of $1,600, and the middle half paid $611 to $6,000, from 24 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Volkswagen Passat fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Volkswagen Passat middle bill of $1,600 is higher than the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Volkswagen Passat repair costs come from?
From 24 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Volkswagen Passat years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2003 (99), 2008 (43), 2009 (42) Volkswagen Passat named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.