FaultScore

Worst years for a Volkswagen CC

Owners have filed 1,359 complaints about the Volkswagen CC with NHTSA across model years 2008 to 2017. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2012 Volkswagen CC

337 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2015 Volkswagen CC

49 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Volkswagen CC 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.

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
2017 7 1 0 Electrical System
2016 B 38 2 0 41,000 Airbags
2015 A 49 0 0 37,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2014 C 102 5 0 33,000 Airbags
2013 C 188 10 0 48,000 Airbags
2012 D 337 24 4 65,789 Airbags
2011 B 120 2 0 75,000 Airbags
2010 D 330 12 0 79,000 Airbags
2009 C 185 10 1 88,000 Airbags
2008 3 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Volkswagen CC

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

Airbags 424 31.2%

Worst in 2013

Fuel & Propulsion 227 16.7%

Worst in 2012

Engine & Cooling 203 14.9%

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2012

Worst in 2010

Steering 65 4.8%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Brakes 28 2.1%

Worst in 2012

Wheels 22 1.6%

Worst in 2012

Stability & Traction Control 21 1.5%

Worst in 2012

Lights 20 1.5%

Worst in 2012

Body & Structure 17 1.3%

Worst in 2010

Suspension 12 0.9%

Worst in 2010

Exactly what failed on a Volkswagen CC

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 14 28.0%
Automatic Transmission 14 28.0%
Fuel Pump 7 14.0%
Driver Clockspring/Spiral Cassette 5 10.0%
Accelerator Pedal 2 4.0%
Brake Lights 2 4.0%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 2 4.0%
Horn 2 4.0%
Latch 1 2.0%
Camera 1 2.0%

Complaints filed over time

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

Apr 2009 peak 61 Jun 2026

Volkswagen CC problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Volkswagen CC

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