NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Passat · model year 1999
1999 Volkswagen Passat
Owners submitted 664 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 76th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1997 to 2001 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is brakes. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Brakes · 29% · group n = 250Suspension · 16% · group n = 140Engine · 11% · group n = 92Steering · 9% · group n = 79Electrical · 7% · group n = 62
664
Complaint records on file
75,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 391 complaints reported mileage
29%
Of classified component reports name brakes · group n = 250
76th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 36 model years
Reports describe steering effort or control concerns
Cluster 2 of 31999 Volkswagen Passat
Stalling or shutdown · 39 reports
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 3 of 31999 Volkswagen Passat
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.