Vehicle report
1994 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT WAGON
This model year
What the record shows
The 1994 Volkswagen Passat Wagon is a midsize-to-large station wagon, and the 5th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1990 to 2010.
The EPA rated two configurations: a single 2.8-litre six-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, two transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 18 mpg.
No complaints, recalls, investigations or service bulletins are on the federal record for this model year.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.