18V369000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
A reduction of braking performance can increase the risk of a crash.
2018 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 65 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2018 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints65
Complaints citing a crash8
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
20V561000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Vehicles that do not meet all regulatory requirements may have an increased risk of a crash or injury to vehicle occupants.
19V389000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Without the blocking cap, the headlight aim can be adjusted out of specification, reducing visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
18V536000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
The loose brake bracket bolts can allow the caliper to move, reducing braking ability or causing a loss of vehicle control and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
- 11ENGINE
- 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4AIR BAGS
- 3UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 VOLKSWAGEN PASSATs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.