Inadvertent Automatic Emergency Braking
EA24004
Still open engineering analysis · opened December 18, 2024 · forward collision avoidance
NHTSA safety record
Volkswagen
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Volkswagen, model years 2010 to 2025.
152
Vehicles
16,953
Complaints
256
Recalls
129
Fires
10
Deaths
152Volkswagen year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 16,953 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name the electrical system than any other system: 4,017 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2010 Jetta, with 852.
NHTSA holds 256 recall campaigns naming Volkswagen vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here. 2 defect investigations into these vehicles are open and unresolved. A death has been reported in 7 of these 152 vehicles.
Most complained-about Volkswagen models
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
What goes wrong on a Volkswagen
The systems named most often across every Volkswagen complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 4,017
- ENGINE 3,396
- AIR BAGS 3,165
- POWER TRAIN 1,806
- FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1,718
Open investigations (2)
NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining and has not closed the file. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.
Air Bag Clockspring Failure
EA18003
Still open engineering analysis · opened April 18, 2018 · the air bags
Most recent Volkswagen recalls
The newest campaigns naming a Volkswagen, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
26V473000 · July 22, 2026
A rearview camera that fails to display an image can reduce the driver’s view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 57,851 vehicles
Pages 2025 Atlas 2025 Atlas Cross Sport 2024 Atlas 2024 Atlas Cross Sport
BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE
26V321000 · May 20, 2026
A rearview camera that does not display an image can reduce the driver's rear view, increasing the risk of a crash.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 8 vehicles
Pages 2024 Tiguan
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:PRESSURE SENSOR
26V258000 · April 22, 2026
A fuel tank with a dislodged or separated fuel pressure sensor can leak fuel after a rollover crash, increasing the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 38,710 vehicles
Pages 2025 Taos
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
26V185000 · March 25, 2026
An instrument panel that does not display critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, can increase the risk of a crash.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 75,323 vehicles
Pages 2025 Jetta 2025 Taos
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
26V138000 · March 11, 2026
An open circuit may draw a higher current and increase the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 48,165 vehicles
Pages 2025 Jetta
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
26V030000 · January 21, 2026
A high-voltage battery that overheats increases the risk of a fire.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 43,881 vehicles
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
26V028000 · January 21, 2026
A vehicle fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 670 vehicles
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
25V854000 · December 10, 2025
A deactivated passenger air bag increases the risk of injury during a crash.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 3,138 vehicles
Pages 2025 Tiguan
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
25V836000 · December 3, 2025
A vehicle fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 629 vehicles
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
25V835000 · December 3, 2025
Incorrect wheel bolts can allow a wheel to detach from the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. · up to 27 vehicles
Every manufacturer's latest recalls, or check a single car with the VIN lookup.
Every Volkswagen page on this site
152 vehicles across 24 models, newest model year first.
Built from NHTSA's complaint file published August 20, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
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Independent developer and analyst