Volkswagen cruise control problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 1,267 complaints involve cruise control. The Jetta accounts for the largest share (28%). The single worst model year is the 2023 ID.4 with 57 cruise control complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,267 about cruise control, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- Jetta 28% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 40,000 miles 678 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 156 and 9
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for cruise control
- 2023 Volkswagen ID.457 complaints
- 2021 Volkswagen ID.435 complaints
- 1999 Volkswagen Passat32 complaints
- 2006 Volkswagen Passat32 complaints
- 2010 Volkswagen Jetta31 complaints
Cruise control complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 8 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 15 |
| 1993 | 3 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 16 |
| 1996 | 5 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 21 |
| 1999 | 77 |
| 2000 | 57 |
| 2001 | 55 |
| 2002 | 44 |
| 2003 | 32 |
| 2004 | 42 |
| 2005 | 24 |
| 2006 | 60 |
| 2007 | 26 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 71 |
| 2010 | 56 |
| 2011 | 45 |
| 2012 | 53 |
| 2013 | 55 |
| 2014 | 34 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 40 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 40 |
| 2019 | 50 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 58 |
| 2022 | 62 |
| 2023 | 75 |
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2026 | 3 |
Among the 678 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.