Nissan Titan vs Volkswagen Passat

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Nissan Titan	Volkswagen Passat
Complaints on file	4,171	10,345
Model years covered	2004–2024	1990–2022
Worst model year	2004	2003
Best model year	2024	1994
Crashes reported	158	335
Fires reported	71	366
Injuries reported	79	266
Deaths reported	12	13
Most complained-about part	Transmission & Drivetrain	Airbags
Share of complaints involving harm	7.7%	9.5%

Nissan Titan by year

1,295 1,104 545 195 174 66 61 31 28 19 12 18 257 125 70 34 70 21 26 20

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,398 33.5%

Engine & Cooling 593 14.2%

Brakes 565 13.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 287 6.9%

Electrical System 270 6.5%

Suspension 210 5.0%

Airbags 156 3.7%

Other & Unspecified 120 2.9%

Volkswagen Passat by year

50 30 60 90 36 142 48 57 476 854 625 558 772 816 348 172 779 341 240 211 226 27 662 1,027 791 389 179 177 65 18 31 28 20

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 1,661 16.1%

Engine & Cooling 1,590 15.4%

Electrical System 1,199 11.6%

Brakes 1,023 9.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,019 9.9%

Steering 584 5.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 487 4.7%

Suspension 416 4.0%