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Volkswagen Dasher

Every Volkswagen Dasher model year on file, 1974 to 1989. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years91974 to 1989
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1989 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.7511974197519761977197819791980198119891
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seat belts leads the Volkswagen Dasher complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Volkswagen Dasher model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Volkswagen Dasher by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1989Sedan1100.010000
1981Not decoded0NoneNone100
1980Not decoded0NoneNone230
1979Not decoded0NoneNone100
1978Not decoded0NoneNone200
1977Not decoded0NoneNone100
1976Not decoded0NoneNone200
1975Not decoded0NoneNone100
1974Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen Dasher

  • 83V-117 Nov 9, 1983
    Fuel pump may stop functioning without warning
    Fuel system · 930k vehicles
  • 80V-146 Nov 12, 1980
    On certain vehicles, porous spots may have developed on the interior surface of the threaded hole for the brake hose during the moulding process
    Brakes · 3,200 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.