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Volkswagen Taos Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 8 recall campaigns for the Volkswagen Taos, across 2 model years from 2022 to 2025. The 2022 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (2).

Model years
2

2022–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
8
Most recalls
2022

6 recalls

Owner complaints
504

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 504 complaints with NHTSA about the Volkswagen Taos across 5 model years; the most, 323, concern the 2022.

Owners marked a crash on 11 of the Volkswagen Taos complaints (2%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Volkswagen Taos model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 201 complaints), then the service brakes (114).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Volkswagen Taos in 2026: 117, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Volkswagen Taos is engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Volkswagen Taos recall, 26V258000, was reported on April 22, 2026 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: pressure sensor.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2023 and 2024 Volkswagen Taos, model years owners have filed complaints about.

Volkswagen Taos years to avoid

Too few Volkswagen Taos model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Volkswagen Taos, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202604—not ranked
2025212—not ranked
2024055—not ranked
20230110—not ranked
20226323269not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Volkswagen Taos years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Volkswagen Taos

  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM):SOFTWARE2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:PRESSURE SENSOR1
  • SUSPENSION1
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP1

Volkswagen Taos model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Volkswagen Taos recall campaign (8)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Volkswagen Taos, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V258000April 22, 2026fuel system, gasoline: delivery: pressure sensor2025crash and fire38,710
26V185000March 25, 2026electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2025crash75,323
23V214000March 29, 2023fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2022crash15,874
22V687000September 14, 2022engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software2022crash2
22V514000July 20, 2022back over prevention: sensing system: camera2022crash43,091
22V176000March 23, 2022suspension2022crash10,119
21V651000August 20, 2021fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings2022crash and fire16,737
21V615000August 6, 2021engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm): software2022crash5,092

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Volkswagen Taos. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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