Visibility/Wiper
Filed Nov 18, 201757,000 milesNJ
EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS FULLY WARMED UP, THE HEATER ONLY PRODUCES HEAT TO 100 DEG F, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE WINDSHIELD DEFROST FROM CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD IN THE WINTER.
2015 Volkswagen Passat Tdi
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the visibility/wiper. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility/Wiper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filings1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.