2022 Volkswagen Taos
Complaints about this year name coolant far more often than the model's other years — 24% of them, about 59× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 306 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 9 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 29.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- head gasket — 23% of complaints, 57× usual
- about — 20% of complaints, 49× usual
- check engine — 17% of complaints, 43× usual
What owners wrote
Coolant system has been giving low warnings with no visible leak. Over last month has had to be topped up several times. Then had another low level warning, as well as ECP warning and RPM limiting warning as well as check engine light. Upon taking to dealer to…
while driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the radiator and the engine was leaking coolant and that the head gasket and hose needed to be replaced. The vehi…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V651000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V615000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V176000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V514000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 22V687000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V214000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Taos was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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