Volkswagen Passat
NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data
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Most commonly reported issues
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Recent Complaints
Latest owner reports
ABS sensor has failed. Air bag sensor is faulty due to abs
began smelling fuel in the cockpit about 2 months ago but thought not much about why until it kept getting stronger. Looked under the car a saw fuel d...
The contact owns a 2017 Volkswagen Passat. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle lost motive power, with the chec...
Fuel pump control module over heated and burned
While backing into a parking spot there was a crunching sound in the steering column. Following this noise the air bag light came on and all steering...
Today, as my wife was driving home, she heard a "crunch" noise while making a turn. Afterwards, the Airbag light came on, and her steering wheel botto...
while in cruise control and going up a incline or a hill The EPC light will come on and the car will start lugging down very badly and have no power,...
said vehicle started making a grinding sound and all of a sudden the brake pad or shoe they'll completely off of the vehicle and the caliper for disc...
Clock spring on vehicle has failed. This is a known issue with many VW vehicles, but I have been told my vehicle is not on the extended warranty progr...
On 6 separate occasions while operating my vehicle it randomly stops running. The first two were at 40 mph and I was told it was a battery issue. It h...
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Summary
The 2017 Volkswagen Passat has 107 complaints and 3 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is UNKNOWN OR OTHER. 8 crash-related incidents have been reported.