1999 Volkswagen Passat air bags problems
22 complaints about air bags have been filed for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 22 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 6 injuries.
What owners wrote
Vehicle was involved in a frontal collision at 60 MPH, and airbags did not deploy, causing minor injuries. Dealer and manufacturer will be notified.
While driving the air bag warning light continuously illuminated on the dashboard. As a result, air bags became inoperative, and wouldn't deploy when needed. Dealership inspected vehyicle at least 10 times, and lately dealer charged to the consumer every time vehicle had a problem.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Volkswagen Passat
- Brakes 250 complaints
- Suspension 140 complaints
- Engine 87 complaints
- Steering 79 complaints
- Electrical system 62 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 36 complaints
- Cruise control 32 complaints
- Fuel system 31 complaints