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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen is recalling 27,822 2015-2016 CC and Tiguan vehicles because a defective air bag control unit may cause air bags to fail or deploy unexpectedly.
Volkswagen is recalling specific 2015-2017 models because the driver's airbag inflator may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury.
Volkswagen is recalling 2006-2016 CC, Passat, and Passat Wagon vehicles because a fuel pump control module defect may cause the engine to stall, increasing crash risk.
Volkswagen is recalling 2011-2017 models including Tiguan, Golf, and CC because internal modifications may prevent them from meeting regulatory requirements, increasing crash risk.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
2 trims tested for 2015; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
453 manufacturer service bulletins across 5 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.