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.
2019 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT
1 safety recall campaign, 18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints18
Complaints citing a crash0
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3SERVICE BRAKES
- 2POWER TRAIN
- 2ENGINE
- 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 1FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
- 1SEATS
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 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.