NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Volkswagen Passat Recalls
The 2008 Volkswagen Passat has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 6, 2018.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Volkswagen Passat. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 168
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Volkswagen Passat, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2008 Volkswagen Passat
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 18V148000
- Reported
- March 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 363,713
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2014 Passat, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 17V509000
- Reported
- August 16, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 280,915
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Passat, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V078000
- Reported
- February 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 659,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2010, 2012–2014 Passat, 7 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 08V235000
- Reported
- May 28, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,579
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2008 Volkswagen Passat complaints by year
NHTSA has received 168 owner complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen Passat, the newest on July 4, 2025. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen Passat, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (26%), followed by the engine (26%) and the air bags (19%).
2 of the 2008 Volkswagen Passat's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2008 Volkswagen Passat owners gave the mileage (126 complaints), the median was 90,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System44
- Engine43
- Air Bags32
- Electrical System21
- Fuel System, Gasoline19
- Unknown Or Other13
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 38 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen Passat peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 38. 15% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Volkswagen Passat drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Passat year in the same window: 17th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 168 complaints about the 2008 Volkswagen Passat are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Passat by model year
Other 2008 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: July 4, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted