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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Volkswagen is recalling 2017-2018 Passat and 2018 Atlas vehicles because brake caliper bracket bolts may be loose, potentially reducing braking ability.
Volkswagen and Audi are recalling 2018 models because brake caliper pistons may have insufficient coating, potentially reducing braking performance and increasing crash risk.
Volkswagen is recalling 23 internal use vehicles, including Golf and Passat models, because they may not meet federal safety standards. Owners will be offered a repurchase.
Volkswagen is recalling 2012-2020 Passat and 2018-2019 Atlas vehicles because a missing blocking cap allows headlight aim to be adjusted out of specification, 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.
Source: 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.
1,565 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 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.