2013 Volkswagen Eos — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 1,016 evidence records for the 2013 Volkswagen Eos, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 32 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Air bags (restraint system)19 (59.4%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2010–2016.
  • Electrical system4 (12.5%)
  • Engine3 (9.4%)
  • Suspension2 (6.3%)
  • Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)1 (3.1%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2009–2010.
  • Steering1 (3.1%)

Other / uncategorized: 2 classifications (6.3%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (850 records, model years 2007–2016) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and engine.
  • Manufacturer communications (8,900 records, model years 2007–2016) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2007 467 records for 2007
  2. 2008 559 records for 2008
  3. 2009 747 records for 2009
  4. 2010 858 records for 2010
  5. 2011 873 records for 2011
  6. 2012 1,077 records for 2012
  7. 2013 1,016 records for 2013
  8. 2014 992 records for 2014
  9. 2015 685 records for 2015
  10. 2016 570 records for 2016

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 1mention a fire
  • 1mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 4
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 979
  • Investigations NHTSA 3
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 4
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 26

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

Symptoms and warning lights in these systems

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