Federal complaint record · Volkswagen Passat · model year 2000

2000 Volkswagen Passat

Owners submitted 507 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 58th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is brakes. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Brakes · 35% · group n = 219Engine · 18% · group n = 109Fuel system · 8% · group n = 47Electrical · 7% · group n = 43Suspension · 7% · group n = 42
507
Complaint records on file
69,250
Median mileage at the reported problem · 346 complaints reported mileage
35%
Of classified component reports name brakes · group n = 219
58th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Brakes · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Brakes35%

Brakes reports

Volkswagen Passat · model year 2000

Reports in this group219
Share of classified reports35%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 208 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32000 Volkswagen Passat
Fire or smoke · 42 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 2 of 32000 Volkswagen Passat
Stalling or shutdown · 25 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32000 Volkswagen Passat

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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