Volkswagen cooling system problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 317 complaints involve cooling system. The Passat accounts for the largest share (30%). The single worst model year is the 1993 Corrado with 19 cooling system complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 317 about cooling system, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- Passat 30% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 168 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 12
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for cooling system
- 1993 Volkswagen Corrado19 complaints
- 2000 Volkswagen Eurovan12 complaints
- 2000 Volkswagen Jetta12 complaints
- 1992 Volkswagen Corrado11 complaints
- 1995 Volkswagen Passat11 complaints
Cooling system complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 18 |
| 1991 | 4 |
| 1992 | 16 |
| 1993 | 36 |
| 1994 | 9 |
| 1995 | 19 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 22 |
| 2000 | 43 |
| 2001 | 20 |
| 2002 | 28 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Among the 168 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.