Volkswagen ownership costs & problem years

Volkswagen models ranked by owner data

24 Volkswagen nameplates carry enough federal data to score: 16,218 owner complaints and 602 recall campaigns in total. The strongest average across its model years is the Jetta Hybrid at 91/100; the weakest is the ID.4 at 56/100.

ModelAvg scoreVerdictYears scoredBest yearWorst yearComplaintsRecalls
Jetta Hybrid91BUY32015201306
Golf Alltrack90BUY22017201904
Touareg Hybrid90BUY320112012305
ID. Buzz89BUY12025202502
Arteon88BUY320202019105
Jetta GLI86BUY120212021670
Jetta SportWagen84BUY4201220111,5944
Touareg84BUY62011201616311
e-Golf82BUY5201720153610
GTI81BUY112014201933435
Golf R78BUY92012201736112
Routan78BUY4201320112471
Eos76BUY62015201218517
Tiguan75BUY15201620221,97758
Beetle73BUY82017201542242
Taos72BUY1202220223096
CC70BUY72017201260433
Golf SportWagen68CAUTION52019201538020
Passat67CAUTION11201920122,37258
Golf66CAUTION112021201574763
Jetta65CAUTION15202220193,43976
Atlas64CAUTION8202020211,93964
Atlas Cross Sport63CAUTION62023202447149
ID.456CAUTION32025202353121

Average score is the mean across the model years we hold data for. Complaint counts are raw NHTSA totals and rise with how many cars were sold — the score itself corrects for that. Methodology.

Every Volkswagen model we hold data for

Volkswagen Arteon6 model years indexedVolkswagen Atlas8 model years indexedVolkswagen Atlas Cross Sport6 model years indexedVolkswagen Atlas Peak Edition2 model years indexedVolkswagen Atlas SE2 model years indexedVolkswagen Atlas SEL2 model years indexedVolkswagen Beetle8 model years indexedVolkswagen Beetle Dune3 model years indexedVolkswagen CC7 model years indexedVolkswagen Eos6 model years indexedVolkswagen GLI4 model years indexedVolkswagen GTI15 model years indexedVolkswagen Golf11 model years indexedVolkswagen Golf Alltrack3 model years indexedVolkswagen Golf R11 model years indexedVolkswagen Golf SportWagen5 model years indexedVolkswagen ID. Buzz1 model years indexedVolkswagen ID.43 model years indexedVolkswagen ID.4 1st1 model years indexedVolkswagen ID.4 Pro5 model years indexedVolkswagen ID.4 Pro S5 model years indexedVolkswagen ID.4 S3 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta15 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta GLI2 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta Hybrid4 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta SE/SEL1 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta Sport/SE/SEL3 model years indexedVolkswagen Jetta SportWagen4 model years indexedVolkswagen Passat11 model years indexedVolkswagen Routan4 model years indexedVolkswagen Taos4 model years indexedVolkswagen Tiguan15 model years indexedVolkswagen Tiguan R-Line3 model years indexedVolkswagen Tiguan S3 model years indexedVolkswagen Touareg7 model years indexedVolkswagen Touareg Hybrid5 model years indexedVolkswagen e-Golf5 model years indexed

Sources: NHTSA complaints and recalls, EPA fuel economy · Methodology · Calculators · Updated 2026-10-04