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2006 Volkswagen Passat wipers, windshield & visibility problems

Owners reported wipers, windshield & visibility problems in 21 complaints for the 2006 Volkswagen Passat, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
21 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
58,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2006 Volkswagen Passat Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 58,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 58,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 58% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 19 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 58,000 miles, and 58% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the wipers, windshield & visibility complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Dt: the contact complained about a windshield wiper problem. After engaging the windshield wipers into the on position they b worked intermediately based on speed at which the vehicle was traveling. This only occurred when the vehicle was traveling at less than 5 MPH. Once the vehicle reached a speed of more than 5 MPH the windshield wipers worked properly. The contact felt there may be a computer problem with the windshield wiper motor.

Reported at 50 miles, December 2005

Tl* - the contact stated that while driving a 2006 volkswagen passat it stalled in a turn. He had been driving along steadily for 2 hours with out incident prior to the vehicle losing power. The contact took the vehicle to be serviced, and was informed that they could not find the cause of the problem. The passenger side headlight was inoperable, the work was completed, however 2 hours later the headlight failed again.

Reported at 5,400 miles, December 2006

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