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Volkswagen Passat: year-by-year record
Review the federal complaint, recall, crash-test, and fuel-economy record across Passat model years, then open a year for the supporting evidence.
| Year | Complaints | Per 100k | Recalls | Severity | Crash | Evidence note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | — | 0 | 9 | No production count | |
| 2021 | 0 | — | 1 | — | No production count | |
| 2020 | 15 | — | 3 | 27 | No production count | |
| 2019 | 12 | — | 1 | 0 | No production count | |
| 2018 | 45 | — | 4 | 24 | No production count | |
| 2017 | 107 | — | 7 | 15 | No production count | |
| 2016 | 106 | — | 5 | 12 | No production count | |
| 2015 | 243 | — | 7 | 15 | No production count | |
| 2014 | 592 | — | 10 | 9 | No production count | |
| 2013 | 747 | — | 9 | 15 | No production count | |
| 2012 | 481 | — | 11 | 9 | No production count | |
| 2011 | 15 | — | 0 | 47 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2010 | 172 | — | 4 | 6 | Not rated | No production count |
Raw totals and, when NHTSA production exposure is available, complaints per 100,000 produced. A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. Open a year to see what the evidence supports.
1 model year show zero owner complaints in the current NHTSA data. That can reflect low reporting volume, not a clean bill of health: 2021.