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2015 Volkswagen Passat TDI Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 18, 2017
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Nov 18, 2017

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2015 Volkswagen Passat TDI. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Filed Nov 18, 2017

EVEN WHEN THE ENGINE IS FULLY WARMED UP, THE HEATER ONLY PRODUCES HEAT TO 100 DEG F, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE WINDSHIELD DEFROST FROM CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD IN THE WINTER.

NHTSA ID
11047168
Incident
Nov 15, 2017
Mileage
57,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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