NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Passat · model year 2012
2012 Volkswagen Passat
Owners submitted 481 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 43th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2010 to 2014 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Airbags · 45% · group n = 296Electrical · 14% · group n = 95Fuel system · 7% · group n = 47Steering · 7% · group n = 46Engine · 7% · group n = 44
481
Complaint records on file
58,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 253 complaints reported mileage
45%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 296
43th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 50 model years
Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns
Cluster 1 of 32012 Volkswagen Passat
Steering effort · 76 reports
Reports describe steering effort or control concerns
Cluster 2 of 32012 Volkswagen Passat
Stalling or shutdown · 28 reports
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 3 of 32012 Volkswagen Passat
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.