Volkswagen Taos Body Problems
74 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 4 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2022. Best year: 2025.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
Pulling into a parking spot, vehicle had a sudden burst of acceleration, as it was still on the road, resulting in an accident. Vehicle drove over a parking curb, hitting a small tree and a sign. Vehicle felt like there was a lag in re...
The contact owns a 2022 Volkswagen Taos. The contact stated while attempting to drive from a complete stop, the accelerator pedal was depressed twice but failed to respond. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact depressed ...
On 12/20/25, the "lane assist not available" and the "EPC" warning indicators lit up. I was in the car with my 11 year old, we pulled over and looked in the manual to understand EPC, and the manual said it "is possible to continue drivin...
I purchased the vehicle in 2022 & in 2023 the low coolant light turned on. Now at 54k miles the low coolant light has turned on again and the head gasket is definitely leaking. I’m out of warranty because I’ve hit 54k miles. This is ...
The rearview camera will shift the picture from time to time/distort it. Others times the camera won't come on, displays message saying "rear-view camera unavailable", or the screen comes on and it flickers the lighting to the picture.
The steering wheel shakes (vibrates) at elevated speeds (+65 mph) intermittently. It doesn't feel safe driving on a highway with a shaking steering wheel. Multiple attempts to fix at the dealer were performed. The dealer ended up saying...
While my vehicle was completely stopped at a red light, I suddenly heard a very loud explosive sound from the rear of my car. Upon inspection, I saw that my back windshield had completely shattered. The glass exhibited long, linear fract...
On Sunday 8/24/25 I was driving home and the sunroof spontaneously exploded while I was driving. I was covered in glass and have a few minor cuts. I was extremely upset and traumatized. There were no warning signs prior to the sunroof sp...
While driving I heard a small crack I looked up and notice where you can turn the lights on in the inside the whole unit fell out on me while driving. Almost crashed. And once we tried to put it back up it all the plastic strutted to crack.
The car has an issue with acceleration, when you stop or driving if you hit the gas pedal the car wont accelerate instantly it has a delay and it super dangerous when crossing through a 2 lane road, we have taken the car 3 times at VW an...
Leaking head gasket, low coolant light came on twice.
Shocks are leaking after 15,000 miles and 30 months - shocks should last 50,000 to 60,000 miles. VW has release a Technical Service Bulletin due to this issue. Leaking shocks are a safety issue. Transaction No: 2043146/2 40-16-01 - Stru...