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Volkswagen Passat

Every Volkswagen Passat model year on file, 2015 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years56539 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years112015 to 2025

Recall campaigns17Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins4,957Summed across model years

By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 243, 43% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Airbags leads the Volkswagen Passat complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags

153

Electrical system

111

Engine and cooling

104

Brakes

Steering

Fuel system

Driver assistance

Powertrain

Speed control

Visibility and wipers

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Volkswagen Passat 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 Passat by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2025	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	1
2024	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	25
2023	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	83
2022	Sedan	13	7.7	186	0	268
2021	Sedan	18	11.1	212	1	347
2020	Sedan	18	5.6	200	3	453
2019	Sedan	12	0.0	89	1	535
2018	Sedan	45	11.1	375	4	607
2017	Sedan	110	9.1	647	7	677
2016	Sedan	106	5.7	757	5	832
2015	Sedan	243	5.8	1,519	7	1,129

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Volkswagen Passat

24V-834 Oct 30, 2024
Driver's side frontal air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity,…
Airbags · 248k vehicles
21V-812 Oct 15, 2021
Front wheel bearing bolts may have been incorrectly tightened
Suspension · 30 vehicles
21V-321 May 5, 2021
These internal-use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been…
Other or unknown · 46 vehicles
20V-561 Sep 16, 2020
These internal use vehicles were sold without confirmation that they were built to all applicable regulatory requirements and may have been…
Other or unknown · 23 vehicles
20V-533 Sep 2, 2020
Passenger frontal air bag may have been folded incorrectly affecting its deployment force
Airbags · 1,829 vehicles
19V-862 Dec 4, 2019
Driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high…
Airbags · 226 vehicles
19V-679 Sep 25, 2019
Modifications made while the vehicles were in an internal evaluation period may cause the affected vehicles to not comply with all of the…
Other or unknown · 113 vehicles
19V-389 May 22, 2019
Blocking cap disabling the adjustment of the headlight's horizontal aim may not have been installed
Lighting · 662k vehicles
19V-218 Mar 20, 2019
Incorrect driver and/or front passenger side impact air bag may have been installed
Airbags · 3 vehicles
19V-014 Jan 11, 2019
Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode
Airbags · 119k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.