What is the worst year for a Volkswagen Arteon?

The 2021 Volkswagen Arteon has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 25 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the driver assist & collision avoidance.

What is the best year for a Volkswagen Arteon?

The 2022 Volkswagen Arteon has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 10 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Volkswagen Arteon?

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Volkswagen Arteon.

Worst years for a Volkswagen Arteon

Owners have filed 59 complaints about the Volkswagen Arteon with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2023. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2021 Volkswagen Arteon

25 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2022 Volkswagen Arteon

10 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volkswagen Arteon year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

9 2 25 10 13

19 20 21 22 23

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

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2023	B	13	0	0	—	Tires
2022	A	10	0	0	—	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2021	D	25	2	2	—	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020	—	2	0	0	—	Electrical System
2019	—	9	0	0	—	Tires

What breaks on a Volkswagen Arteon

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 20 33.9%

Worst in 2021

Tires 17 28.8%

Worst in 2023

Electrical System 6 10.2%

Worst in 2021

Wheels 4 6.8%

Worst in 2023

Other & Unspecified 3 5.1%

Worst in 2021

Airbags 2 3.4%

Worst in 2019

Acceleration & Cruise Control 2 3.4%

Worst in 2021

Engine & Cooling 1 1.7%

Worst in 2021

Steering 1 1.7%

Worst in 2022

Brakes 1 1.7%

Worst in 2019

Lights 1 1.7%

Worst in 2021

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1 1.7%

Worst in 2019

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Volkswagen Arteon, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2021 peak 11 Aug 2026

Compare the Volkswagen Arteon

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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