21V321000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of injury, crash, or fire.
2016 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
5 safety recall campaigns, 179 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints179
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire0
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 5 of 5
20V561000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of a crash or injury to vehicle occupants.
19V389000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Without the blocking cap, the headlight aim can be adjusted out of specification, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
16V403000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL
A fuel leak, in the presence of an ignition source, can result in a vehicle fire.
15V705000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the camshaft lobe shears off there would be a loss of brake assist, lengthening the distance needed to stop the vehicle and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 22AIR BAGS
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 19STEERING
- 17ENGINE
- 15SERVICE BRAKES
- 15FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 13UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 11VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.