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What 80 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Volkswagen Cc

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (80)Crash / fire / injury (3)Airbags (52)Fuel system (13)Electrical system (10)Engine (6)Steering (5)Brakes (3)Lights (2)Speed control (2)Backup camera & sensors (1)Electronic Stability Control (esc) (1)

1 of 80 complaints match · Electronic Stability Control (esc) · clear filters

Apr 26, 2018Electrical systemElectronic Stability Control (esc)Brakes

MY VEHICLE START WITH THE PROBLEM AT 33KMILES. NOW I'M AT 37KMILES AND IT'S HAPPENING DAILY. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND PUTTING IT ON DRIVE, THE BRAKE WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY AND STARTED MAKING A SCREECHING NOISE. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD LIT UP, THE MESSAGE CENTER SHOWS ERROR WITH AIRBAG, ABS BRAKE, VEHICLE STABILIZATION...ETC. I AM AFRAID FOR MY LIFE, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I WOULD STOP AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE, SOMETIMES THAT RESET THE LIGHTS AND OTHER TIMES THAT DOES NOT HELP. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE BRAKES NOISES AND THE POWER STEERING GETS UNSTABLE, AND AFRAID THE AIRBAG MIGHT NOT WORK PROPERLY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. I JUST UPDATE THE AIRBAG FROM THE LAST RECALL. I CAN'T DRIVE WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES.

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Working with the data? Download all 80 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 25, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Volkswagen Cc verdict →