Volkswagen Passat problems by model year
26 vehicle records, 6,356 complaints and 105 recall records across model years in this data build.
| Year | Complaints | With crash | With fire | With injury | Deaths | Recalls | Investigations | Communications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 349 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 455 |
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 536 |
| 2018 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 609 |
| 2017 | 110 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 679 |
| 2016 | 106 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 833 |
| 2015 | 243 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1,131 |
| 2014 | 594 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1,567 |
| 2013 | 748 | 29 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1,595 |
| 2012 | 484 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1,573 |
| 2011 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 583 |
| 2010 | 163 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 836 |
| 2009 | 146 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 753 |
| 2008 | 168 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 622 |
| 2007 | 262 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 541 |
| 2006 | 576 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 522 |
| 2005 | 148 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 261 |
| 2004 | 279 | 9 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 235 |
| 2003 | 634 | 14 | 94 | 45 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 213 |
| 2002 | 636 | 10 | 46 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 220 |
| 2001 | 430 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 207 |
| 2000 | 507 | 11 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 195 |
Years with no complaints
2023, 2024, 2025. These records list no complaints; see each year for coverage notes. Zero is not confirmed where coverage is incomplete.
Other Volkswagen models
Get this record as JSON
Vehicle records are available through the free rate-limited demo, the paid JSON API and MCP.
Paid endpoint: https://api.theusedcarindex.com/v1/vehicle_risk. MCP endpoint: https://api.theusedcarindex.com/mcp.