2007 Volkswagen Passat

Documented records held locally from official US and Canadian sources. Each record shows its official identifier so it can be confirmed at the source; nothing here is a score or a prediction.

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Coverage held for this vehicle

  • OFFICIAL ACTION 7 US Recalls
  • MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION 540 Manufacturer Bulletins
  • INVESTIGATION 1 Investigations
  • CONSUMER REPORT 262 Consumer Complaints
  • CANADIAN RECALL 8 Canada Recalls

These are counts of distinct official records held locally. They are not combined into any score, and a record count is not a failure rate. A zero means no record is held here, not that none exists.

US Recalls

NHTSA Recall US

  • 24V834000 2024-10-30

    Recall 24V834000

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2017-2019 Beetle, Beetle Convertible, 2012-2014 Passat, 2017 Passat Wagon, and 2006-2007 Passat Sedan vehicles. The driver's side frontal air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, high temperatures, and high temperature cycling.

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 18V247000 2018-04-18

    Recall 18V247000

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2006-2007 Volkswagen Passat sedan and wagon vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 18V148000 2018-03-06

    Recall 18V148000

    Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (Volkswagen) is recalling certain 2009-2014 Volkswagen CC, 2010-2014 Golf, 2010-2014 Eos, 2007-2010 Passat Sedan and Wagon, and 2012-2014 Passat vehicles. Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to explode.

    Recorded model years: 2007

Showing 3 of 7 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 52 records exist for the Volkswagen Passat where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Campaign applicability can depend on build date, equipment and market, and a remedy may already have been completed. Confirm any campaign against the official record using the VIN.

Manufacturer Bulletins

NHTSA Manufacturer Communication US

  • 10241177 2023-08-21

    V171901201285565

    Update to Volkswagen engine oil standards

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 10237427 2023-05-30

    V171901201285562

    Volkswagen Engine oil quality standards, update to attachments.

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 10235138 2023-04-24

    V171901201285560

    Engine oil quality standards, update to attachments.

    Recorded model years: 2007

Showing 3 of 540 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 3,214 records exist for the Volkswagen Passat where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

A manufacturer communication is service guidance issued to dealers. It is not a safety recall, and its existence does not mean this vehicle has the described condition.

Investigations

NHTSA Investigation US

  • EA11002 2011-01-26

    Engine Compartment Fire

    In July 2010, the Agency opened PE10-027 to investigate allegations of coil on plug (COP) ignition coil fires in MY2002-2003 VW Passat vehicles.The investigation was upgraded in January 2011 to include all MY2001-2007 4-cylinder VW Passat, gasoline, turbo-charged vehicles.Based on the analysis of VW's response, and including ODI's consumer complaints, ODI has since identified 135 unique engine fire reports attributable…

    Recorded model years: 2007

A further 20 records exist for the Volkswagen Passat where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

An investigation records that a regulator reviewed a suspected defect. It is not itself a finding of defect and not a recall.

Canada Recalls

Transport Canada Recall CA

  • 2024649 2024-10-30

    Transport Canada recall 2024649

    Issue: On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, may eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver-front airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. If the airbag inflator ruptures, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants or cause damage to the airbag assembly, preventing its…

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 2018192 2018-04-18

    Transport Canada recall 2018192

    On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle…

    Recorded model years: 2007

  • 2018111 2018-03-06

    Transport Canada recall 2018111

    On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the driver frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle…

    Recorded model years: 2007

Showing 3 of 8 records held. The full set is available from the official source named above.

A further 43 records exist for the Volkswagen Passat where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

Canadian campaigns are recorded separately from US campaigns and do not imply one another.

Consumer Complaints

NHTSA Complaint US

262 complaint records in the dataset for this vehicle and year.

Outcomes stated in those reports

  • reports mentioning a crash 4
  • reports mentioning a fire 6
  • reported injuries 2

Outcomes as stated by the person who filed the report. They are not verified, not adjudicated, and carry no exposure denominator, so they cannot be turned into a rate.

By system

  • Air bags (restraint system)106 (31.1%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 2003–2020.
  • Engine56 (16.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1995–2016.
  • Fuel system43 (12.6%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 1998–2016.
  • Electrical system34 (10.0%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1996–2014.
  • Brakes17 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 14, covering model years 1998–2018.
  • Steering15 (4.4%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 1998–2009.
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)13 (3.8%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2012–2014.
  • Lights8 (2.3%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 1997–2020.

Other / uncategorized: 8 classifications (2.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

A single report can name several systems, so these figures overlap and must not be added together — their sum is larger than the report total above.

A further 7,633 complaint records exist for this vehicle where the source stated no model year. They are not counted above and appear on no year page.

These are owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects. Counts are record counts in the dataset. No exposure denominator exists, so no failure rate or reliability score can be derived from them.

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