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2022 VOLKSWAGEN TAOS — Complaint #2178591

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING filed February 19, 2026

NHTSA complaint #2178591 (ODI reference 11719146) concerns a 2022 VOLKSWAGEN TAOS and was filed on February 19, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 23, 2025. The vehicle had 87,100 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same VOLKSWAGEN TAOS cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2022 VOLKSWAGEN TAOS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2022 VOLKSWAGEN TAOS
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
State
Illinois
Mileage
87,100 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2022 Volkswagen Taos. The contact stated that while the vehicle was started and running, the low coolant warning light illuminated. The coolant reservoir was topped off, and the warning light disappeared. The contact referenced a Technical Service Bulletin with NHTSA ID Number: 10241177 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING); and associated the failure with the TSB. The vehicle was towed to a local dealer but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 87,100.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2178591
ODI Number 11719146
Date Filed February 19, 2026
Failure Date November 23, 2025
VIN 3VVYX7B2XNM

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.