Volkswagen seats problems
Across all Volkswagen models in NHTSA's complaint database, 842 complaints involve seats. The Jetta accounts for the largest share (44%). The single worst model year is the 2003 Jetta with 103 seats complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 842 about seats, all Volkswagen models
- Most affected
- Jetta 45% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 56,000 miles 549 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 255
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Volkswagen models
Worst model years for seats
- 2003 Volkswagen Jetta103 complaints
- 2002 Volkswagen Jetta102 complaints
- 2003 Volkswagen Passat98 complaints
- 2004 Volkswagen Passat35 complaints
- 2001 Volkswagen Jetta27 complaints
Seats complaints by model year
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| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1995 | 8 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 30 |
| 1999 | 32 |
| 2000 | 29 |
| 2001 | 48 |
| 2002 | 131 |
| 2003 | 218 |
| 2004 | 67 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 23 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Among the 549 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 56,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.