Volkswagen Volkswagen
Owners filed 64 complaints across 13 model years of the Volkswagen Volkswagen. The 2000 drew the most (12).
Which Volkswagen Volkswagen years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Volkswagen Volkswagen model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Volkswagen Volkswagen model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling | Routine | |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine | Routine | |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 | 1 | — | Electrical System › Ignition › Module | Routine | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | — | — | Visibility › Power Window Devices and Controls | Routine | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System › Ignition › Switch | Routine | |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components | Routine | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | — | — | Equipment › Mechanical › Accessory Scissor/Screw/Bottle Jack/Lift | Routine | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Structure › Body › Bumpers | Routine | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.