https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Volkswagen EOS. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:29:15 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2157605 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT When pushing the driver side seat belt into the buckle, it instantly unlatched buckles. Yea it can be inspected. If in a car accident the driver could be seriously injured or fatally injured. I contacted Germain Westerville, Ohio who informed me it’s not under warranty and it would be $500 - $600 dollars. Contacted corporate who said it’s out of warranty but will have a supervisor call my on Dec https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2148626 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2008 Volkswagen EOS equipped with Goodyear Tires, Tire Line: Assurance A/S, Tire Size: 215-55/R16, DOT Number: (NA). While the contact’s son was driving approximately 60 MPH, there was an abnormal thumping sound coming from underneath the vehicle. After pulling over and inspecting the vehicle, the driver noticed a blowout of the front passenger’s side tire. The tire was replaced https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2128221 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT While in slow traffic and transmission in Drive position, if I slow down or stop for traffic in front of me or a red light, the transmission does not engage again when given acceleration. I have shut the car off and restarted again, sometimes more than once to get it to engage and get me out of traffic. I have held up traffic behind me. There are also loud clunking noises coming from what I believ https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2123186 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2014 Volkswagen EOS. The contact stated that while operating, a burning odor was present inside the cabin of the vehicle. Later, while operating the vehicle, the front driver's side seat became extremely hot, causing the driver's back and legs to become burned. The contact indicated that the burn injuries would later require medical treatment. The contact indicated that the swea https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2082951 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT I have the RNS510 radio which the NHTSA has received concerns about and there are several Tec Bulletins in regards to the radio not functioning properly. When this radio goes out due to the need of over priced software update, we loose our Bluetooth and backup cameras! Backup camera we installed so the drive could make sure they were not running over any small children on the ground and when that https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2070280 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT In an accident I was struck by another vehicle that swerved into my lane at a very high rate of speed. His vehicle struck my car on the drivers side front quater panel just after the head light and continued past the drivers door. Air bags failed to deploy causing injuries to my head and body. In a separate accident, head on collision the airbags failed in the front and side causing bodily injuri https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2070281 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT In an accident I was struck by another vehicle that swerved into my lane at a very high rate of speed. His vehicle struck my car on the drivers side front quater panel just after the head light and continued past the drivers door. Air bags failed to deploy causing injuries to my head and body. In a separate accident, head on collision the airbags failed in the front and side causing bodily injuri https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2070282 Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT In an accident I was struck by another vehicle that swerved into my lane at a very high rate of speed. His vehicle struck my car on the drivers side front quater panel just after the head light and continued past the drivers door. Air bags failed to deploy causing injuries to my head and body. In a separate accident, head on collision the airbags failed in the front and side causing bodily injuri https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2061755 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT While driving, turned seat heater on, it overheated enough to burn the seat and my coat. No noticeable fire. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2055980 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Due to the cold weather I turned on the driver heated seat. I suddenly started feeling it extremely hot, I was wearing a quilted sweater. When I arrived at my work a coworker noticed that my sweater was burned from the back, it had a hole. Then I saw that the seat was burnt due to the extreme heat, the seat melted, it had three small holes and one bigger. I am just concerned that my car could’ https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2029377 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT My daughter was driving on the freeway to work around 5am when her sunroof burst onto thousands of pieces. She stated "it sound like a massive explosion and scared her causing her to swerve her car." Thank God it was early in the morning, on a weekend, and with minimal traffic on the road. She was able to pull over safely, and call me. We have now been dealing with the insurance company that tells https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2029378 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT My daughter was driving on the freeway to work around 5am when her sunroof burst onto thousands of pieces. She stated "it sound like a massive explosion and scared her causing her to swerve her car." Thank God it was early in the morning, on a weekend, and with minimal traffic on the road. She was able to pull over safely, and call me. We have now been dealing with the insurance company that tells https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-2020895 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen EOS. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked, the vehicle failed to start. The contact stated that the battery was drained and was jumpstarted. The contact stated that after the battery had been recharged, several unknown warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1995072 Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT My car goes into a false neutral and shifts out of gear while driving. The "PRNDS" indicator on dash had a blinking "D" alternating with a wrench. I have to come to a complete stop turn the car off and right back on and it goes away for about 5-10 minutes only to reoccur. This started happening when weather became hot, and only occurs after driving for an hour or more. Only when hot outside. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1959850 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT My seat heaters were on for 1 minute and started to smoke and burned multiple quarter sized holes in my seat. They burned holes in my winter coat and even made my skin have minor burns. There was a smoke that appeared and a very bad burning smell. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1959851 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT My seat heaters were on for 1 minute and started to smoke and burned multiple quarter sized holes in my seat. They burned holes in my winter coat and even made my skin have minor burns. There was a smoke that appeared and a very bad burning smell. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1954686 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT We have the Xenon headlights, which requires us to have headlight washers on our cars due to safety issue for the other drivers on the road so they don’t get blinded, who’s is great if 1) they worked most of the time 2) people did not start pulling the fuse or discontinuing the hose so it hit the ground. See Volkswagen has a know issue, that when they pop out to spray the headlights, they are know https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1954687 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT We have the Xenon headlights, which requires us to have headlight washers on our cars due to safety issue for the other drivers on the road so they don’t get blinded, who’s is great if 1) they worked most of the time 2) people did not start pulling the fuse or discontinuing the hose so it hit the ground. See Volkswagen has a know issue, that when they pop out to spray the headlights, they are know https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1937252 Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT I slowly at 5mph went over a bump and my car went automatically into neutral, all of the P R N D S lights on the dash started blinking and the car just kept revving when I tried to put it into gear. I had the car towed to the dealership and it is currently there. I looked on Kelly Blue Book and saw there was a recall for my vehicle type and the recall states exactly what happened to my car. Ca https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1926424 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT All of my lights on the right side of my dashboard is on..the traction light, brake light,steering wheel light and the speedometer is acting iradical..I put new speed sensors on it and it still haven't fixed the problem..alot of mechanics say it's and electrical problem..I bought the car from flow Mazda dealership a couple years ago it's been sitting since then https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1926425 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT All of my lights on the right side of my dashboard is on..the traction light, brake light,steering wheel light and the speedometer is acting iradical..I put new speed sensors on it and it still haven't fixed the problem..alot of mechanics say it's and electrical problem..I bought the car from flow Mazda dealership a couple years ago it's been sitting since then https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1926426 Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT All of my lights on the right side of my dashboard is on..the traction light, brake light,steering wheel light and the speedometer is acting iradical..I put new speed sensors on it and it still haven't fixed the problem..alot of mechanics say it's and electrical problem..I bought the car from flow Mazda dealership a couple years ago it's been sitting since then https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1921473 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT Multiple random misfires and failed ignition coils. My mechanic suggested that I report this because he has seen multiple instances of this in VW models like mine. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1894499 Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Eos. The contact stated while having a routine check at the dealer, the mechanic informed the contact that the horn was not functioning and that the clockspring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the clockspring needed to be replaced again. The vehicle was no https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1894500 Fri, 12 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2013 Volkswagen Eos. The contact stated while having a routine check at the dealer, the mechanic informed the contact that the horn was not functioning and that the clockspring needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure reoccurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the clockspring needed to be replaced again. The vehicle was no https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1894018 Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT Unable to drive vehicle ABS system failure - no braking is possible. ABS warning light and loss of braking control while attempting to drive. The module part recall 45F2 does not apply to my year 2011 vehicle. Though the previous year there is a recall for the part by VW. VW representatives will not offer recall or payment for part replacement saying recall does not apply to 2011. Vehicle is at ri https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1894019 Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMT Unable to drive vehicle ABS system failure - no braking is possible. ABS warning light and loss of braking control while attempting to drive. The module part recall 45F2 does not apply to my year 2011 vehicle. Though the previous year there is a recall for the part by VW. VW representatives will not offer recall or payment for part replacement saying recall does not apply to 2011. Vehicle is at ri https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1869420 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT Drove the car to the bank when trying to leave the car would not start. We towed the car to the volkswagen dealership `and they said it the engine and some other faults totaling over $21000.00 Now the car is back home and not repaired. https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1854401 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT On 2 separate occasions, I lost transmission service to my 2016 VW EOS. 65K miles. While driving, my RPM increased dramatically, and it felt like the car went into neutral and wouldn't accelerate. I came to a slow, uncontrolled stop on the side of the road. The EPC code, check engine light and the gear indicator warning lights were flashing. It was very scary to not have any control of the car. V https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos https://plaincars.com/make/volkswagen-eos#complaint-1854402 Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMT On 2 separate occasions, I lost transmission service to my 2016 VW EOS. 65K miles. While driving, my RPM increased dramatically, and it felt like the car went into neutral and wouldn't accelerate. I came to a slow, uncontrolled stop on the side of the road. The EPC code, check engine light and the gear indicator warning lights were flashing. It was very scary to not have any control of the car. V