NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Volkswagen Passat Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 163
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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, 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 2006–2009 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, 2012–2014 Passat, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 15V483000
- Reported
- August 4, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 415,825
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2014 Passat, 6 other models
2010 Volkswagen Passat complaints by year
NHTSA has received 163 owner complaints about the 2010 Volkswagen Passat, the newest on March 14, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Volkswagen Passat, the component group named most often is the air bags (28%), followed by the engine (25%) and the power train (21%).
3 of the 2010 Volkswagen Passat's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2010 Volkswagen Passat owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 71,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags45
- Engine41
- Power Train34
- Fuel/Propulsion System25
- Electrical System21
- Steering13
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 28 | |
| 2018 | 29 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2010 Volkswagen Passat peaked in 2018, when NHTSA received 29. 15% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Volkswagen Passat drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Passat year in the same window: 16th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 163 complaints about the 2010 Volkswagen Passat are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2010 Volkswagen Passat crash tests and safety technology
On the 2010 Volkswagen Passat, in the side barrier test the front seat scored 5 stars and the rear seat 4.
For the 2010 Volkswagen Passat, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard and no forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the Passat with the 2017 model year, 7 years after this one.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2010 Volkswagen Passat rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 11.8% (4 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 17 Passat years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (10.7%–11.8%); the 2015 had the lowest, 10.7%. Of 99 other 2010 cars with NHTSA ratings on this site, 53 (54%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 11.3%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 5546, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2010 Volkswagen Passat: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Volkswagen Passat by model year
Other 2010 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: March 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted