NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Volkswagen Passat Recalls
The 2019 Volkswagen Passat has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on May 22, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 Volkswagen Passat. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 12
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
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On a 2019 Volkswagen Passat, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2019 Volkswagen Passat
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 19V389000
- Reported
- May 22, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 662,185
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2018, 2020 Passat, 1 other model
2019 Volkswagen Passat complaints by year
NHTSA has received 12 owner complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Passat, the newest on March 16, 2025.
In complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Passat, the component group named most often is the electrical system (33%), followed by the service brakes (25%) and the engine (17%).
The 2019 Volkswagen Passat's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2019 Volkswagen Passat owners gave the mileage (11 complaints), the median was 3,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System4
- Service Brakes3
- Engine2
- Power Train2
- Forward Collision Avoidance1
- Fuel System, Gasoline1
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Passat peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 8. 92% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Volkswagen Passat drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Volkswagen Passat year in the same window: 20th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2019 one of the three best-measured Volkswagen Passat years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 12 complaints about the 2019 Volkswagen Passat are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Volkswagen Passat by model year
Other 2019 Volkswagen models
Newest record on this page: March 16, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted