MODELYEARINDEX

Volkswagen CC

388 complaints across 7 scored model years and 10 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Volkswagen CC Full report
F
Grade 2010–2016
2013 vs model median 2.5×
Model median3× median
Airbags & Restraints 71
Engine 11
Electrical 8
Avoid

2012 · 2013

Best

2011 · 2015

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
1.00× 49 C
2011
0.23× 12 B
2012
2.11× 82 F
2013
2.48× 119 F
2014
1.57× 78 D
2015
0.55× 24 B
2016
0.44× 20 B

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG25
City / Highway21 / 31
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,050

Recalls

10 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V078000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2014 659,493
15V483000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2010–2014 415,825
18V148000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010–2014 363,713
17V509000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2010–2016 280,915
19V014000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2015, 2016 119,394
19V535000 AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE 2015, 2016 27,822
16V464000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 2016 5,658
18V329000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER 2012–2016 252

+ 2 further campaigns

Others in Midsize Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura TL
2012
C
Acura TLX
20152020
C
Acura TSX
2010
C
Alfa Romeo Giulia
2017
C
Audi A4
none flagged
B
Audi A4 Allroad
2013
C
Audi A5
none flagged
C
Audi S4
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2013 CC
Complaints in window
119
Severity-weighted
164
Model median (weighted)
66
vs model median
2.48×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
1
Score 22 F