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2010 Volkswagen Routan steering problems

23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the steering on the 2010 Volkswagen Routan10% of all complaints for this model year.

23
Steering complaints
10%
share of all complaints
110,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • I was driving home from work approx. 30-35 miles per hour and my van died. I lost power steering and brakes. Luckily I wasn't seriously injured. There was no warning. No service engine light. Within a span of less than 2 years ive already replaced the fuel pump, the battery, and the alternator is…

    filed Sep 11, 2020

  • The engine stalls as the vehicle is driven and it locks the steering wheel. This happened about 8 times within the past 24 months. We discovered that 12,000 and more routan 2009 and 2010 have been recalled for the same problems with some fatalities reported due to this defect: ignition moduls and…

    filed Aug 19, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Steering problems in other Routan years

YearReportsShare
2012 Routan813%
2011 Routan116%
2009 Routan3412%
Routan steering problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.