2014 Volkswagen Eos problems
Owners have filed 47 complaints with NHTSA about the 2014 Volkswagen Eos. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 66% of complaints. Next are electrical system (9%) and drivetrain & axles (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 47 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 66% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 17,000 miles 10 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 6 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 10 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 17,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 1 injury reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2014 ranks 3rd most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Volkswagen Eos with enough data (30 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen EOS. The contact stated that while operating, a burning odor was present inside the cabin of the vehicle. Later, while operating the vehicle, the front driver's side seat became extremely hot, causing the driver's back and legs to become burned. The contact indicated that the burn injuries would later require medical treatment. The contact indicated that the sweater worn was also charred, and a small burn hole was present in the sweater.
While driving at approx. 30 MPH <1 mile from home the transmission suddenly downshifted into first gear, and my wife was thrown into the steering wheel as the seatbelt did not catch. The car was driven home at 10 MPH and parked. I drove it around the block approx. 30 minutes later and experienced the same thing from 25 MPH on a neighborhood street. Again, the seatbelt did not restrain me when the car suddenly downshifted.
While driving on a highway the glass sunroof just exploded. It sent glass flying but it did not hit any cars behind me. There were no overpasses whereby someone could have thrown an object to break the glass. My wife and I were not injured because, thankfully, the inside cover was not open or we would have been severely injured as we were amazed at the sharp pieces that stayed on the inside of he sunroof. They were like daggers and could not believe that volkswagen would not use safety glass.
Takata recall. I am concerned about injury in the event the airbag deploys and that takata has not provided a remedy to my dealer southern volkswagen in chesapeake, virginia.
"takata recall" my 2014 VW eos has had 2 major leaks that resulted in water standing in the car. I have had to use a green machine to vacuum out the water twice. The humidly was so high and the temperature in the summer resulted in 100% humidity in the car. The dealer finally got the leaks fixed and VW replaced the carpets. I am still worried about the air bags and VW will do nothing, the lady told me government (NHTSA) has not given a time line for repairs and their hands are tied.