Volkswagen Passat: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 54 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Passat, model years 1988 to 2021. NHTSA has 3,962 complaints on file for this model line. 28 of the 33 model years have a page on this register.
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 . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19881
- 19891
- 19902
- 19911
- 19921
- 19933
- 19941
- 19951
- 19961
- 19970
- 19984
- 19995
- 20003
- 20013
- 20023
- 20036
- 20043
- 20053
- 20067
- 20077
- 20084
- 20094
- 20104
- 201211
- 20139
- 201410
- 20157
- 20165
- 20177
- 20184
- 20191
- 20203
- 20211
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 30 |
| 2020 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 0 | 0% | 664,017 |
| 2019 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 662,185 |
| 2018 Volkswagen Passat | 4 | 0 | 0% | 680,849 |
| 2017 Volkswagen Passat | 7 | 0 | 0% | 920,120 |
| 2016 Volkswagen Passat | 5 | 0 | 0% | 754,176 |
| 2015 Volkswagen Passat | 7 | 0 | 0% | 918,785 |
| 2014 Volkswagen Passat | 10 | 0 | 0% | 2,596,586 |
| 2013 Volkswagen Passat | 9 | 0 | 0% | 2,675,677 |
| 2012 Volkswagen Passat | 11 | 0 | 0% | 2,676,082 |
| 2010 Volkswagen Passat | 4 | 7 | 6% | 1,719,946 |
| 2009 Volkswagen Passat | 4 | 7 | 6% | 1,304,251 |
| 2008 Volkswagen Passat | 4 | 19 | 16% | 1,310,700 |
| 2007 Volkswagen Passat | 7 | 55 | 46% | 1,739,877 |
| 2006 Volkswagen Passat | 7 | 227 | 189% | 868,453 |
| 2005 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 88 | 73% | 1,433,284 |
| 2004 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 187 | 156% | 1,433,284 |
| 2003 Volkswagen Passat | 6 | 507 | 422% | 2,012,206 |
| 2002 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 546 | 455% | 899,295 |
| 2001 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 386 | 322% | 969,284 |
| 2000 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 470 | 391% | 969,284 |
| 1999 Volkswagen Passat | 5 | 645 | 537% | 1,122,305 |
| 1998 Volkswagen Passat | 4 | 327 | 272% | 647,105 |
| 1997 Volkswagen Passat | 0 | 69 | 57% | |
| 1996 Volkswagen Passat | 1 | 139 | 116% | 10,450 |
| 1995 Volkswagen Passat | 1 | 93 | 77% | 34,000 |
| 1994 Volkswagen Passat | 1 | 25 | 21% | 34,000 |
| 1993 Volkswagen Passat | 3 | 68 | 57% | 393,200 |
| 1992 Volkswagen Passat | 1 | 39 | 32% | 12,650 |
| 1991 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA page | 1 | 24 | 20% | 12,650 |
| 1990 Volkswagen Passat | 2 | 34 | 28% | 20,750 |
| 1989 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,100 |
| 1988 Volkswagen Passat NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 8,100 |
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
5,112 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 162.8 | 832 |
| Electrical System | 133.4 | 682 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 125.8 | 643 |
| Suspension | 70.2 | 359 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 64 | 327 |
| Visibility | 59.9 | 306 |
| Power Train | 54 | 276 |
| Steering | 53.8 | 275 |
| Exterior Lighting | 35.4 | 181 |
| Seats | 34.2 | 175 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Jetta79 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
- CC12 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
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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 Passat: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/volkswagen/passat/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- VOLKSWAGEN 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 Passat model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2012 with 11, 2014 with 10, 2013 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Volkswagen Passat model year has the most complaints?
- The 1999 model year, with 645 of the 3,962 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Volkswagen Passat name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 162.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 133.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 125.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Volkswagen Passat?
- 21 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.