15
Models
28,459
Complaints
862
Recalls
NHTSA safety data for Volkswagen vehicles covering 15 models. Select a model to view recalls, complaints, and safety ratings by year.
The Volkswagen make hub is most useful for deciding where to drill down next. It compresses many models and many years into one overview, which makes it a good routing page for research but a weak place to make final safety judgments.
Volkswagen has enough tracked complaint volume here that model-level differences matter more than the make total alone. The current highest-volume model in this hub is Volkswagen Jetta, which makes it a strong first click if you want to inspect real complaint patterns.
Use these make-and-year pages to compare only Volkswagen models from one model year at a time before opening exact vehicle-year pages.
This page summarizes NHTSA records across all tracked Volkswagen models. The complaint and recall totals shown on each model card are aggregate counts across all covered model years — they are browsing signals, not reliability verdicts. A model with more complaints may simply have higher sales volume or a longer production history. Click any model to see its year-by-year breakdown, where you can compare recall counts, complaint trends, and NHTSA crash test ratings across specific model years.
If you are starting broad and narrowing toward one used vehicle, this is the right stage to decide which model family deserves a closer look. Once you know the likely model, switch to the model page and then compare the exact years rather than staying at the make-total level.
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All data is sourced from NHTSA public records. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration or any government agency. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and may not reflect confirmed defects. For official information, visit nhtsa.gov.
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026