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2010 Volkswagen Routan Electrical system Problems

Complaints
150about this part
Share
63%of 240 total for the year
Median mileage
80,000miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 150 complaints about the electrical system of the 2010 Volkswagen Routan, 63% of the 240 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 80,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 2 a fire, according to the filers. 2 recall campaigns on record are filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“My van shut down while driving for the fourth time. I was slowing down to a stop at a light and the engine lost power and I lost power steering and brakes. This has been happening much more frequently now than before (with 3 times in the last month). My van is not included in win module recall as the VIN is a couple of digits off. This is very frustrating and scary.”

NHTSA complaint #11163515, filed 2018-12, 114,200 miles

“While operating the vehicle the car stalled an simply stopped in the middle of driving. Completely ridiculous, very dangerous! Your website states that vehicles same year, make and model and manfu date thevsame have recalls for exact same issue. This is urgent. This could cause the death of me or my family. It must be fixed by vw, especially when recalls are there for some.”

NHTSA complaint #10981131, filed 2017-04, 163,100 miles

“Driving at any given time the headlights turn off and do not come on. Stop and restart car and still do not turn on. The high beams or the low beams. They will not switch on. They come on for a few seconds and then turn off. Will turn off as we are driving and we are no longer visible to other cars.”

NHTSA complaint #11118664, filed 2018-08, 109,824 miles

“When car is running, either in park or drive, the engine cuts out. We must wait 30 sec to restart. It will then restart. This action happend both when the car is in park and drive. The action happened once in our driveway and once coming out of a carry out driveway.”

NHTSA complaint #11342789, filed 2020-08, 140,000 miles

“There was a recall on the minivan routans I just bought it is exhibiting the key fob issue. Where the car just shuts down. I'm not seeing my vehicle there at all can you assist. Not really able to demonstrate it consistently but my wife and I have seen it happen twice so far.”

NHTSA complaint #11079112, filed 2018-03, 95,000 miles

Related recalls

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2013229%
20123962%
201111163%
201015063%
200915151%

Other parts of the 2010 Volkswagen Routan

Engine
45 complaintsBrakes
27 complaintsSteering
23 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
22 complaintsOther or unknown
18 complaintsBody and structure
11 complaintsElectronic stability control
9 complaintsExterior lighting
9 complaintsFuel system
6 complaintsVehicle speed control
6 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
6 complaintsWheels
6 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2010 Volkswagen Routan

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology