NHTSA Safety Recalls
Volkswagen Passat Wagon Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Passat Wagon, across 1 model year from 2010 to 2010.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2010
- Owner complaints
- 50
2010–2010, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 50 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen Passat Wagon across 8 model years; the most, 11, concern the 2007.
Owners marked a crash on 3 of the Volkswagen Passat Wagon complaints (6%) and a fire on 3.
Across all Volkswagen Passat Wagon model years, owners name the fuel/propulsion system most often (at least 19 complaints), then the air bags (10).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen Passat Wagon in 2018: 19, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen Passat Wagon is air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Volkswagen Passat Wagon recall, 18V148000, was reported on March 6, 2018 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
Volkswagen Passat Wagon years to avoid
Too few Volkswagen Passat Wagon model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | 9 | 0 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen Passat Wagon years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen Passat Wagon
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1
Volkswagen Passat Wagon model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Volkswagen Passat Wagon recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen Passat Wagon. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 19, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted