Volkswagen Routan
Registered from 2009 to 2014.
About this model
The Volkswagen Routan is a seven-seat minivan marketed and sold by Volkswagen from the 2009 to 2014 model years. It is a rebadged variant of the Chrysler RT platform, with revised styling, content features, and suspension tuning from the fifth-generation Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country.
From the Wikipedia article Volkswagen Routan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where it stands out against its peers
- Electrical system: more complaints than 98% of 2012 cars — 62% of its 63 complaints, where an ordinary 2012 car has 16%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
Crash test
| Rollover | ★★★★☆ |
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway |
| 2013 | 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway |
| 2012 | 2039 kg · 3080 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway |
| 2011 | 2039 kg · 3080 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway |
| 2010 | 2096 kg · 3080 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
| 2009 | 2337 kg · 3080 mm wheelbase · 13.1 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 10.2 motorway |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
80% of 2012 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
12V147000
THIS COULD RESULT IN A DECREASE IN DURABILITY, WHICH MAY LEAD TO WHEEL SEPARATION, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
VOLKSWAGEN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE RIGHT REAR HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 20, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT VOLKSWAGEN AT 1-800-822-8987.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Volkswagen filed 394 bulletins about the 2014 Routan.
- Equipment: 148
- Electrical system: 55
- Engine and engine cooling: 45
- Power train: 27
- Engine: 23
- Visibility: 18
- Structure: 13
- Steering: 10
- Service brakes: 8
- Fuel system, gasoline: 7
- Other: 40
- This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct the error message ERP0204E… · April 2026
- This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct multiple test plans: All… · April 2026
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent warning regarding counterfeit replacement airbag inflators that are being installed in used vehicles. · April 2026
- This is a notice for software changes with the ODIS diagnostic program to correct the communication during vehicle programming function: A software fix is needed to correct a test that is not reading… · February 2026
- Identifying and Mixing Engine Coolant · March 2025
- Vehicle Concerns Before Recall Repair Available · November 2024
- Fluid requirements · October 2024
- Wind & Water Leak Checking · October 2024
386 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.