24V834000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 779 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints779
Complaints citing a crash24
Complaints citing a fire7
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
18V247000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could explode with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
17V509000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
If the fuel pump fails, the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V079000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 145AIR BAGS
- 111STEERING
- 68ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 64ENGINE
- 41FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 31VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 28POWER TRAIN
- 28ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2006 VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.