Model overview · 19 published model years
Volkswagen Passat complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Volkswagen Passat model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
7,213
Matched complaint incidents
1999
Highest signal in this published set
7.6
Signal for that model year
Model-year records · newest first
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2017Passat2015 to 2019 midsize sedan1.5interval 1.3 to 1.9107matched incidents2016Passat2014 to 2018 midsize sedan1.3interval 1.3 to 1.9106matched incidents2015Passat2013 to 2017 midsize sedan3.1interval 2.9 to 3.5242matched incidents2014Passat2012 to 2016 midsize sedan4.7interval 4.5 to 5.1592matched incidents2013Passat2011 to 2015 midsize sedan5.7interval 5.5 to 5.9747matched incidents2012Passat2010 to 2014 midsize sedan4.3interval 4.1 to 4.7481matched incidents2010Passat2008 to 2012 midsize sedan2.7interval 1.9 to 2.9163matched incidents2009Passat2007 to 2011 midsize sedan1.9interval 1.3 to 2.9146matched incidents2008Passat2006 to 2010 midsize sedan2.9interval 1.7 to 3.1168matched incidents2007Passat2005 to 2009 midsize sedan3.8interval 3.8 to 3.8262matched incidents2006Passat2004 to 2008 midsize sedan5.7interval 5.5 to 5.9576matched incidents2005Passat2003 to 2007 midsize sedan1.6interval 1.0 to 2.9148matched incidents2004Passat2002 to 2006 midsize sedan4.3interval 4.1 to 4.6279matched incidents2003Passat2001 to 2005 midsize sedan6.2interval 5.9 to 6.9628matched incidents2002Passat2000 to 2004 midsize sedan6.7interval 6.2 to 7.0636matched incidents2001Passat1999 to 2003 midsize sedan4.7interval 4.7 to 5.0430matched incidents2000Passat1998 to 2002 midsize sedan5.8interval 5.3 to 5.8507matched incidents1999Passat1997 to 2001 midsize sedan7.6interval 7.4 to 7.9664matched incidents1998Passat1996 to 2000 midsize sedan5.1interval 5.1 to 5.1331matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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