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2013 Volkswagen Passat lighting problems

60 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2013 Volkswagen Passat, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
60 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
70,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2013 Volkswagen Passat Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 70,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 8 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 70,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 40% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles8
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 40 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 70,000 miles, and 40% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

I was pulling slowly into a parking space, and the car suddenly surged and hit a parking meter pole. The same thing happened again six and a half weeks later, again at very low speed. This time the car hit the wall of the parking ramp, and the driver's airbag deployed. In both cases, it was the first time the car had been driven that morning, a distance of about three miles.

Reported at 12,153 miles, June 2014 Crash

2013 VW passat tdi sel the check left low beam light radomly would come on then go off. Then it stayed on, left low beam was no longer working. Light was replaced but did not work. Bulb did work in right side. When inspected module that bulb was inserted into, noticed a melted area. Checked internet and discovered a recall for left low beam headlight for 2012-2013 passats due to this same issue. Called local dealership, explained issue, said they would check and never got back to me.

Reported at 84,000 miles, December 2017

Other problems reported for the 2013 Volkswagen Passat

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Lighting problems across all Volkswagen models