Model years to avoid

Volkswagen Taos

What it says about you

Opinion

Small, cheap, sensible. VW without ambition, which is occasionally exactly right.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

6 model years on record, 467 complaints filed. That is too few to measure against. Every finding on this site compares a year with the same model's other years, and that needs about 40 complaints in a year and 4 years to compare it with. This nameplate has 3. So nothing is claimed either way — the recalls and ratings below are the record, and they are the whole record.

The years to look at closely: 2023 (brake), 2022 (coolant). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 1 recall 1 complaints
  3. 2025 2 recalls 9 complaints
  4. 2024 0 recalls 50 complaints
  5. 2023 brake 101 complaints
  6. 2022 coolant 306 complaints

What does a Volkswagen Taos say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.