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Volkswagen Passat · 2021

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·21V812000·2021-10-15

    2021 Volkswagen Atlas front wheel bearing bolts may loosen and cause crash risk

    Volkswagen is recalling certain 2021 Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, and Passat vehicles because the front wheel bearing bolts may have been incorrectly tightened and could loosen, potentially causing loss of control and crash risk.

    Product
    VOLKSWAGEN — VOLKSWAGEN ATLAS, PASSAT, ATLAS CROSS SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

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.

  • 20214/5

    2 trims tested for 2021; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

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.

Federal investigations — 1 open

  • PE21008 Preliminary Evaluation · fuel system, gasoline:fuel injection system:injectors
  • DP19003 Defect Petition · engine
  • EA18003 Engineering Analysis · open · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • RQ17009 Recall Query · air bags:frontal:driver clockspring/spiral cassette
  • PE15010 Preliminary Evaluation · air bags:frontal
  • EA11002 Engineering Analysis · electrical system

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2006 · engine 91 complaints, median 83,000 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2007 · engine 52 complaints, median 53,800 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2013 · steering 51 complaints, median 68,000 mi
  • 2012 · steering 46 complaints, median 69,000 mi
  • 2014 · steering 44 complaints, median 40,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,565 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2022: 4.4/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: brakes
  • 2021: 4.9/5
  • 2020: 4.0/5 · 17 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2019: 4.3/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2018: 3.7/5 · 45 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

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.

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