It offers an unusually high level of active and passive safety features.
Active safety features include a well-thought-out design of the car and controls - from the running gear to a comfortable interior arrangement; to passive safety means - an energy-intensive front part of the body and a rigid interior structure, a safety steering column, seat belts with inertial coils and an airbag system for the driver and front passenger.
The body structure is very reliable, but in the event of an accident it distributes the impact energy in such a way that the middle part of the body in most cases remains not crumpled - it is mainly the front part that is deformed.
To protect passengers from a side impact, reinforcing channel beams are installed in the doors.
Crush welded beams provide directional deformation of the front end in a frontal collision.
The passive safety of this car has been tested to the strictest extent in more than 30 types of collisions.
With its own safety standards, far above the norm, Volkswagen is far ahead of the most stringent American regulations.
Even the seats in the Volkswagen Passat contribute to the effective protection of passengers. They have a rigid base, a strong platform and are designed in such a way that in the event of a collision, a person does not slip down when the seat belt is properly fastened.
Volkswagen Passat is equipped with a safe steering column, the deformation of which upon impact significantly increases passive safety.
The new airbag system is the perfect complement to the existing seat belts. Controlled by an electronic sensor, the airbag protects the chest and head of the front passenger (driver) from a possible impact on the dashboard, windshield and steering wheel.
Corporate maintenance (for Western Europe).
To service Volkswagen Passat cars, there is one of the highest quality and largest technical service organizations: only in Europe there is a network of more than 9,000 Volkswagen servicing enterprises that work at reasonable prices and with high quality, in accordance with the requirements of the manufacturer.
At Volkswagen service stations you are offered:
- 1 year factory warranty, unlimited mileage; in most countries, a whole range of warranty work is additionally carried out, for example:
- 3 years paintwork warranty;
- 6-year warranty against through-corrosion of the body without additional treatment (provided there is no mechanical damage, of course);
- Mobility guarantee. This means that if you have a breakdown, Volkswagen representatives will help you as soon as possible. You will be assisted in the repair, and in difficult cases, a replacement car or even a place in a hotel for you and your passengers can be provided for the duration of the repair.
- Reliable Volkswagen emergency service almost throughout Western Europe, 24/7 assistance - just call, phone numbers are indicated in the passport.
- If you have any questions, claims or complaints, you can call the Volkswagen service staff free of charge. Telephone numbers are 0130/3102 and in the new federal states 0371/5600426. This option is currently only available in Germany.
- In addition to a 1-year warranty for the car itself, for all original spare parts and equipment attached to the Volkswagen car, service stations carry out quick and inexpensive express repairs, while an inexpensive car can be rented for the duration of the repair - by agreement.
Service stations also carry out the installation and maintenance of accessories and additional equipment for the car, approved by Volkswagen.
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