Volkswagen CC: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 12 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen CC, model years 2009 to 2017. NHTSA has 16 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 9 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Volkswagen CC: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2017 Volkswagen CC	3	0	0%	119,463
2016 Volkswagen CC	6	0	0%	434,064
2015 Volkswagen CC	4	0	0%	428,383
2014 Volkswagen CC	5	0	0%	1,720,198
2013 Volkswagen CC	5	0	0%	1,720,198
2012 Volkswagen CC	6	0	0%	1,720,202
2011 Volkswagen CC	4	0	0%	1,719,946
2010 Volkswagen CC	4	10	563%	1,719,946
2009 Volkswagen CC	4	6	338%	1,309,121

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

18 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Volkswagen CC: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Power Train	333.3	6
Steering	166.7	3
Engine and Engine Cooling	111.1	2
Fuel System, Gasoline	111.1	2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	111.1	2
Unknown or Other	55.6	1
Electrical System	55.6	1
Tires	55.6	1

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Volkswagen CC, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2016, with 2 campaigns.

Complaints about the Volkswagen CC, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 12 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Jetta79 campaigns
Passat54 campaigns
Beetle32 campaigns
Golf54 campaigns
GTI34 campaigns
Touareg12 campaigns
Eurovan6 campaigns
New Beetle5 campaigns
Cabrio5 campaigns
Corrado6 campaigns
R323 campaigns
Fox5 campaigns
Rabbit20 campaigns
Vanagon15 campaigns
Cabriolet6 campaigns
EOS7 campaigns
Routan8 campaigns
Tiguan39 campaigns
Scirocco16 campaigns
Quantum4 campaigns
Camper6 campaigns
Dasher5 campaigns
Type III7 campaigns
Atlas48 campaigns
Atlas Cross Sport30 campaigns
ID.426 campaigns
Beetle Convertible6 campaigns
Golf R16 campaigns
Golf Sportwagen9 campaigns
Type I16 campaigns
Type II13 campaigns
Passat Wagon3 campaigns
E-Golf8 campaigns
Karman Ghia5 campaigns
Taos8 campaigns
Touareg Hybrid3 campaigns
Arteon6 campaigns
Jetta Hybrid3 campaigns
Syncro3 campaigns
Golf Alltrack4 campaigns
Thing3 campaigns
ID. Buzz2 campaigns

Volkswagen: all 43 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Volkswagen CC: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/cc/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file: Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Volkswagen CC model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2016 with 6, 2012 with 6, 2014 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Volkswagen CC model year has the most complaints?: The 2010 model year, with 10 of the 16 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Volkswagen CC name?: Power Train: 6 component mentions. Steering: 3 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 2 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Volkswagen CC?: 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.