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Volkswagen Camper

Model years 1969–1989 · 6 recall campaigns · 2 complaints · 0 investigations · filed by VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA,INC

Across 8 model years (1969–1989), the Volkswagen Camper has 6 NHTSA recall campaigns and 2 complaints on file.

The component named most often in complaints is engine and engine cooling (500 per 1,000 component mentions), followed by tires (500).

The 1969 model year has the most complaints (1). complaints were received in the largest number in 1998 (1). Within Volkswagen, this line ranks 30 of 43 by total complaints.

Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Model years

Model yearRecallsComplaintsvs line averageUnits in campaigns
1969 Volkswagen Camper NHTSA record01400%—
1981 Volkswagen Camper NHTSA record100%16,000
1982 Volkswagen Camper NHTSA record100%16,000
1985 Volkswagen Camper NHTSA record11400%18,328
1986 Volkswagen Camper200%27,500
1987 Volkswagen Camper400%27,930
1988 Volkswagen Camper200%430
1989 Volkswagen Camper NHTSA record100%300

"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.

Components most reported

Engine and Engine Cooling500
Tires500

Per 1,000 component mentions across all Volkswagen Camper complaints (2 mentions).

Campaigns by year reported

90
94
98
02
06
10
14
18
22
26
Distinct NHTSA campaigns naming the Volkswagen Camper, by the year the Part 573 report was received.

Complaints by year received

98
02
06
10
14
18
22
26
Complaints about any Volkswagen Camper model year, by year received.

Other Volkswagen model lines

Questions and answers

Which Volkswagen Camper model years have the most recalls?

1987 (4), 1986 (2), 1988 (2). Across model years 1969–1989 there are 6 distinct campaigns.

Which Volkswagen Camper model year has the most complaints?

1969, with 1 of the line's 2 complaints. Newer model years have had less time to accumulate reports.

What do owners of the Volkswagen Camper complain about?

engine and engine cooling (500 per 1,000 mentions), tires (500 per 1,000 mentions). Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.

Where does this data come from?

NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 24 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.