Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Passat · model year 2010

2010 Volkswagen Passat

Owners submitted 163 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 27th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2008 to 2012 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Airbags · 20% · group n = 45Engine · 18% · group n = 41Powertrain · 15% · group n = 34Fuel system · 15% · group n = 33Electrical · 9% · group n = 21
163
Complaint records on file
71,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 105 complaints reported mileage
20%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 45
27th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 50 model years

Airbags · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Airbags20%

Airbags reports

Volkswagen Passat · model year 2010

Reports in this group45
Share of classified reports20%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 29 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 32010 Volkswagen Passat
Stalling or shutdown · 20 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32010 Volkswagen Passat
Transmission behavior · 20 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 3 of 32010 Volkswagen Passat

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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